[The Authoritative Life of General William Booth by George Scott Railton]@TWC D-Link bookThe Authoritative Life of General William Booth CHAPTER XXIII 5/18
Mr.Booth spoke in both Meetings with the freshest energy and youthful fire, and to-day he travels to Denmark." The _Frankfort Gazette_, and other papers, having the opportunity for the first time to report The General's Meetings on a whole Sunday, a little later, gave a much completer description of his preaching:-- "The Founder of The Army," says the _Gazette_, "bears his eighty-one years lightly.
He is still equal to all the toils of the agitation, and spoke for over five hours in three Meetings in the great hall of the Merchants' Union.
The old gentleman keeps up his good humour, and perfectly understands how to intersperse interesting anecdotes in his addresses." "Last Sunday," says another paper, "was a Booth Day, and certainly a Repentance Day.
The General came to win Soldiers for his Army, and ammunition for it, too; but there was plenty of opportunity for repentance given.
Everybody knows now the why and wherefore of The Army's Meetings.
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