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The Authoritative Life of General William Booth

CHAPTER VII
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He was followed by a converted thief, who told how he was 'picked up,' and of his persecutions daily while working with twenty unconverted men.
"A man in the centre, who had been a great drunkard, said, 'What a miserable wretch I was till the Lord met with me! I used to think I could not do without my pint a day, but the Lord pulled me right bang out of a public-house into a place of worship.' "He was followed by a young man who was converted at one of the Breakfast Meetings last year, and who said he was exceedingly happy.

Another young man on the left said his desire was to speak more and work more for Jesus.
"Two sisters then spoke.

The first uttered a brief, inaudible sentence, and the second told of being so happy every day, and wanting to be more faithful.
"The verse-- Shall we meet beyond the River, Where the surges cease to roll?
was then sung.
"A young woman said: 'I well remember the night I first heard Mr.
Booth preach here.

I had a heavy load of sin upon my shoulders.

But I was invited to come on the stage.


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