The Wonder Full Works of God
One time William Booth the founder of Salvation Army had an audience with King Edward VII of England. The King highly commended him for his unflagging zeal and wonderful work among the poor. Booth's reply to the king's glowing words was, "your Majesty, some men's passion is for art. Some men's passion is for fame. My passion is for souls.' One Sunday evening, Booth was walking in London with his son, Bramwell, who was then 12 or 13 years old. The father surprised the son by taking him into a bar! The place was crowded with men and women, many of them bearing on their faces the marks of vice and crime; some were drunk. The fumes of alcohol and tobacco were poisonous. “Willie,” Booth said to his son, “These are our people; these are the people I want you to live for and bring to Christ.” Years later, Bramwell Booth wrote, “The impression never left me.” The gospel was advancing as Jesus had said it would (Acts 1:8). It had spread as far as “all Judea...