ith this Volume._

II. ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER. A Brief History of the Last Days of
MRS. GENERAL BOOTH.

III. GEORGE FOX, THE RED-HOT QUAKER.

IV. HELPS TO HOLINESS.

V. DAVID STONER; OR, THE SHY PREACHER.

VI. RED FLOWERS OF MARTYRDOM.

VII. HEART TALKS ON HOLINESS.

VIII. COMMISSIONER DOWDLE, THE SAVED RAILWAY GUARD.

IX. PETER CARTWRIGHT: GOD'S ROUGH-RIDER.

X. THE LIFE OF LIEUT.-COLONEL JUNKER.

XI. THE SOUL-WINNER'S SECRET.

XII. GIDEON OUSELEY: AN OLD-TIME IRISH SALVATIONIST.

XIII. FLETCHER OF MADELEY.

XIV. THE CROSS OUR COMFORT.

XV. SIGHS FROM HELL.

XVI. WHAT HINDERS YOU?

XVII. THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT, AND THE WHOLE ARMOUR OF GOD.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER. PAGE.

I.--ASSISI AND FRANCIS 1

II.--A CHANGE 5

III.--A LONELY STRUGGLE 10

IV.--VICTORY WITHOUT AND WITHIN 15

V.--FRANCIS' CALL 21

VI.--FRANCIS' EARLY DISCIPLES 28

VII.--FRANCIS CALLED TO BE A SAINT 36

VIII.--FRANCIS AS A LEADER OF MEN 44

IX.--ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ORDER 50

X.--THE STORY OF CLARA 57

XI.--THE FIRST CHAPTER 62

XII.--SOME OF FRANCIS' CONVERTS 70

XIII.--THE STORY OF THE MARTYRS 80

XIV.--FIRST FOREIGN MISSIONS 87

XV.--FRANCIS' VISIT TO THE SULTAN: DISCOURAGEMENTS 95

XVI.--BRETHREN OF THE MILITIA OF JESUS CHRIST 103

XVII.--CLOUDS 111

XVIII.--LAST DAYS 119

PREFACE.

The following pages have been written by my request with a view to
making the Soldiers of The Salvation Army somewhat familiar with the
life-story of one of the most remarkable men this world has ever seen.

While many and varied will be the opinions respecting the methods
employed by Francis of Assisi, and while some will doubtless strongly
dissent from these methods, yet I think no serious follower of Jesus
Christ can do otherwise than admire the sincerity, devotion and
sacrifice of the ma