Brasweut, Boorst.—By Catherine Bran-well Buoth, ich & Cowan, London, lay be, when the Booths, and. soa, and. their work in the Salvation Army come. to. be assessed. in a longer historical Perspective than is now lo that Bramwell Booth will' stand Out as prominently as his father whose reputat'-n served to overshadow that of "his son. Of that, does occur it will inno small degree have been assisted by the @iography which has of th of the! Salvation "Amy, by his daughter Gathevine. "indeed," in'view of the excellent manner in which she has tone' Work there itu fun cation for the note of selfdoprecaton Which te be" found in the Preface Which she writes. to. her Work, and the publishers. view on Brera of eh assoc tte ohh wae aint at eas The ook unquestionably has a
EAAg Or amen Becauee of that i all the moe that Cor att tah eile HOB ttt ment of what has been written, chiefly, it is to be supposed, because wards the end of General Boo Alife ly still the cause of consi able difference of opinion Bramwell Booth had about him the qualities of a mystic: he was a "man of gentle spirit, possess of a readiness to forgive injury ind' a. Tenieney towards. those who showed him personal animosity, "To quote his biographer:—
'There is already a body of opinion the Salvation Arory which considers that' the authors of "widely ven men who thought they. a Frou Jof unreal within wore armed' when. they" met him possible to obtain a surcease from the worry occasioned by the situation "which had arisen. The blow fell on November. 14, 1928. Seven Commissioners of the Salvation Army demanded calling of the High Council for" the purpose of adjudicating as to whether the General for the time being was unfit for office. "The Poll "of 1904 provided for such action being taken. Bramwell Booth appears to we "had. no. illusions as' to the ignificanee of the move, for he quoted as. saying of my weak state and getting thin These man wil be taking advantage fnto'thefe own hands: They. will cod turning me oot and upsetting for time in 183 promised him: with regard to the amendment of the Constitution he ix willing appoint a" Commission 12 ascertain, twhae changes are desired and who: ther they could be" brought about without endangering the' stability of the Army-or fee methods Work, But the agitators were oat Councils reply was letter asking Kim"to relive" Booth himself sume up'the situation quite clearly. refuses to retire Nevertheless, it la not without rearer tt I' nave fo Renounce Set that could ets sri" any tasse Eotent te your request for casing fiee after ne of the it {ithe Yeas than'a threat of expel reaueat formes it" andante Whatever "may" have" been Inthe: way they "hares case realised the end for' which they ithe Way the. General
Were striving, and on January 17, 1920, the centenary of his mother's birth, the High Council decided that "Bramwell 'Booth was_unit, t Fomain General. of the Salvation Army." They refused to, allow the heard. "Phere were Points as to. whether under the Deed' of 1904 mental, could be
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