GENERAL BOOTH BLIND.
4 UNABLE TO SEE HIS AUDIENCE. General Booth made tlie pathetic confession, in addressing a large gathoring at the Ballmra Hippodrome on Sunday, October 29, that his eyesight was now so bad that ho_ could not discern a single person in his audience. lie was glad, howover, that ho had been able to talk as usual to thousands, though ho had not been able to see them. He had just concluded a suecossfui campaign in Scotland and the North of England, and was now engaged upon a 'campaign in the South of Eugknd. After visiting Germany and Denmark, ho hoped to be able to undergo an operation, which would restore to him his vision. The General said that he would continue to beg for the. Salvation Army until ho was laid in his coffin. At the present moment he was negotiating for the transfer of all panper orphans to another land, where they ioul:l be adopted and looked after under tl'.c responsibility of tho Salvation Army.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19111215.2.18
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1312, 15 December 1911, Page 4
Word Count
169GENERAL BOOTH BLIND. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1312, 15 December 1911, Page 4
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in