William Booth
William Booth
William Boothwas a British Methodist preacher who founded The Salvation Army and became its first General. The Christian movement with a quasi-military structure and government founded in 1865 has spread from London, England, to many parts of the world and is known for being one of the largest distributors of humanitarian aid...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth10 April 1829
army men clean
... you cannot make a man clean [simply] by washing his shirt.
needs
I must go, not only to those who need me, but to those who need me most.
fire soul baptism
Before we go to our knees to receive the Baptism of Fire, let me beg of you to see to it that your souls are in harmony with the will and purpose of the Holy Spirit whom you seek.
army secret
I will tell you the secret. God has had all there was of me.
fire soul looks
Look well to the fire of your souls, for the tendency of fire is to go out.
men
Some of my best men are women!
girl heart ideas
Don't instill, or allow anybody else to instill into the hearts of your girls the idea that marriage is the chief end of life. If you do, don't be surprised if they get engaged to the first empty, useless fool they come across.
work men civilization
A man's labor is not only his capital but his life. When it passes it returns never more. To utilize it, to prevent its wasteful squandering, to enable the poor man to bank it up for use hereafter, this surely is one of the most urgent tasks before civilization.
fighting self true-life
Without excuse and self-consideration of health or limb or life, true soldiers fight, live to fight, love the thickest of the fight, and die in the midst of it.
dark fighting light
While there remains one dark soul without the light of God, I'll fight - I'll fight to the very end!
heaven ghost hell
There is a day coming when there will be a religion without repentance, a salvation without the Holy Ghost, a Heaven without Hell.
soul missionary motto
Go straight for souls, and go for the worst.
heart army today
If there is anything of power in The Salvation Army today, it is because God has had all the adoration of my heart, all the power of my will, and all the influence of my life.
success sea red
If Moses had operated through committees the Israelites never would have got across the Red Sea.