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In Booth's honour, Vachel Lindsay wrote the poem "General William Booth Enters into Heaven". [23] Charles Ives , who had been Evangeline Booth 's neighbour, set the poem to music. In 1990 a diesel locomotive in the British Rail fleet was named 'The William Booth'.
William Booth Taliaferro (/ ˈ t ɒ l ɪ v ər / TOL-iv-ər; December 28, 1822 – February 27, 1898) was a United States Army officer, a lawyer, legislator, Confederate general in the American Civil War, and Grand Master of Masons in Virginia.
General William Booth Enters into Heaven Booth led boldly 19 Songs Vachel Lindsay: God Bless and Keep Thee Grace Grantchester would I were in Grantchester 17 Rupert Brooke: The Greatest Man My teacher said 19 Anne Timoney Collins [10] Gruss Harpalus (An Ancient Pastoral) Oh, Harpalus! 73 Thomas Percy: He Is There! Fifteen years ago 50 Ives
General Booth served as General until his death in 1912; Booth selected his son, Bramwell Booth as his successor. It was William Booth's intention to have each General dictate their successor, but the Salvation Army Act 1931 passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom requires that each General is selected by the High Council of The ...
William Bramwell Booth, CH (8 March 1856 – 16 June 1929) was a Salvation Army officer, Christian and British charity worker who was the first Chief of Staff (1881–1912) and the second General of The Salvation Army (1912–1929), succeeding his father, William Booth.
Catherine Booth organized Food for the Million shops where the poor could buy a cheap meal and at Christmas, hundreds of meals were distributed to the needy. [9] When the name was changed in 1878 to The Salvation Army and William Booth became known as the General, Catherine became known as the 'Mother of The Salvation Army.' She was behind many ...
The office of Chief of the Staff was created in 1880 by General William Booth. The first officer to take the position was his son, Bramwell Booth, in 1881. The Chief of the Staff also summons all Commissioners and Territorial Commanders of The Salvation Army to form a High Council to elect a new general when a vacancy exists. [1]
In 1917, five years after the death of the founder of the Salvation Army William Booth, his son, General Bramwell Booth, inaugurated the Order of the Founder to recognise Salvationists who had rendered distinguished service, such as would have specially commended itself to the Founder.