DEATH OF MRS BOOTH.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2109, 9 October 1890, Page 1

DEATH OF MRS BOOTH.

The members of the Salvation .Army throughout the, worjd H w,i|J /egret (says tha Ohrjstcaprch ,'tp bieajc, <pf; ihe death of Mrs Bootb^motherof the army. She .took alteadingpart : im the. organisation and work of the Salvation Amiy. During the time that Mr Booth was an Evangelist befor j the army was started, he was accompanied in, his missions by his'wife., Mrs Bootli commenced preaching 12 'niontbs before her ."husband" left the ministry.'of the* Methodist New Connection.' Her depth of thought and power of e.xpree£tng herself attracted a Urge .amount of among the intelligent ciassep, Commissioner Railtou, writing of her works,

gays :■—'' . . , , her preaching has always been,f|f.such a,kiad a& to attract, charm,,an,f|'edjfjr, people of, wealth, aud Uaste, while aiming all the while at the humblest .intelligence A and the roughest of ch a rhetors. y - She w*as withal one of the weakest of her sex physically, and hal lens been, a great sufferer, It was with great effort and care that she was got about, and nothing bat the prompt-j ingSi.ioiHajh indomitablg. courage .andi strong. Christian spirit enabled her to carry on her good work-. For the last 12 months she has been hovering between, life Bhd death, but alihough suffering/ from,a very terrible disease—cancer in the breast—she, w,as remarkably resigned. She would not allow an operation to be performed,, though at one time a sup-

posed new American cure by means-' of electricity was .tried bat without success. Mrs Booth was a large, contributor to the Army 'literature. Mrs Booth leaves three .spns and fojir.daughters, who are actively! engaged din army work.. Mr-Bramw9ll J Booth, th* eldest son, is chief of staff; Mr Ballington Booth, the second, is in charg»» of the work in the United States { and the third, Mr Herbert*Booth, is in charge of the work in Great Britain. The eldest daughter is, in connection, with her husband, in chargeof the work in Prance. The second, Mrs Coramissipner; Tucker, is in charge, with her husband in India ; the third, Commissioner Eva Booth, is ho'ding special meetings in different parts of England ; and tlie youngest is engaged in training home and rescue work in London.