so one of the happiest of men. The
Salvation Army is a good, Christian undertaking, and William Booth was
one of the noblest Christians whose name history can record."

Hanover Courier

"Booth was the born orator of the people. He possessed above all the
rare gift of keeping always to the level of his hearers, and so to speak
about the highest themes that the wayfaring man understood him."

Hamburg Strangers Paper

"To the last he was the living, energising centre of The Army, and to
the last breath in the truest sense its General."

Munchen Latest News

"With the decease of General Booth, mankind has to mourn the loss of a
willing, self-sacrificing benefactor, a noble philanthropist of the most
distinguished purpose."

The Kingdom's Messenger of Berlin

"What he accomplished in the fighting of drunkenness or other evils is
too well known to need description. Taken all in all, whatever any one
may have to say about any details of The Army's methods, one must agree
with _The Daily Chronicle_ that the loss of General Booth is a heavy
blow, and the whole world will unite with us in applauding such a life
of devotion to a great end."

The Cross Gazette of Berlin

"It was seen that he was not merely a preacher of repentance, but a real
shepherd of his sheep, who had an open heart, and a good understanding
for all in need."

German News of Berlin

"He was no quack, no charlatan, and Carlyle, had he known him, would
have certainly put him into his list of heroes as priest and prophet. It
is great, what The Army has done in fighting manifold human miseries,
such as drunkenness. We have often known learned men and politicians who
went over the sea scoffers at it come back its admirers."

Markish People's Paper of Barmen

"Our opposition on principle does not prevent our acknowledging that The
Army has done much good to the poorest of the poor."

German Daily Paper of Berlin

"With the greatest pity he combined the most iron discipline, and
sacrificed to the happiness of all every personal enjoyment."

Germania of Berlin

"But the light that always led him out of the deepest darkness to the
day was his sympathy for his brethren, whose misery in the East End of
London so deeply laid hold of him."

Daily Look-round of Berlin

"Perhaps the most remarkable fact about him was that with all his
gigantic plans he never lost himself in phantasy, but alway