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[ 0 => '{{short description|English Methodist preacher who founded The Salvation Army with his wife Catherine}}', 1 => '{{Other people}}', 2 => '', 3 => '{{Use British English|date=June 2018}}', 4 => '{{Infobox Officeholder', 5 => '| honorific-prefix = General', 6 => '| name = William Booth', 7 => '| honorific-suffix = ', 8 => '| image = William-Booth-c1900.jpg', 9 => '| imagesize = ', 10 => '| caption = Booth circa 1900', 11 => '| office = 1st [[Generals of The Salvation Army|General of The Salvation Army]]', 12 => '| predecessor = ''Position Established''', 13 => '| successor = [[Bramwell Booth]]', 14 => '| term_start = 2 July 1865', 15 => '| term_end = 20 August 1912', 16 => '| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1829|4|10}}', 17 => '| birth_place = [[Sneinton]], [[Nottingham]], [[England]]', 18 => '| death_date = {{death date and age|1912|8|20|1829|4|10|df=y}}', 19 => '| death_place = [[Hadley Wood]], [[London]], England', 20 => '| nationality = ', 21 => '| spouse = [[Catherine Booth|Catherine Mumford]]', 22 => '| party = ', 23 => '| relations = ', 24 => '| children = {{plainlist|', 25 => '*[[Bramwell Booth|Bramwell]] ', 26 => '*[[Ballington Booth|Ballington]]', 27 => '*[[Kate Booth|Kate]]', 28 => '*[[Emma Booth (The Salvation Army)|Emma]]', 29 => '*[[Herbert Booth|Herbert]]', 30 => '*[[Marie Booth|Marie]]', 31 => '*[[Evangeline Booth|Evangeline]]', 32 => '*[[Lucy Booth|Lucy]]}}', 33 => '| residence = ', 34 => '| alma_mater = ', 35 => '| occupation = ', 36 => '| profession = ', 37 => '| signature = Lefnadsteckning öfver Catherine Booth-039-William Booth-signature.png', 38 => '}}', 39 => '{{The Salvation Army}}', 40 => ''''William Booth''' (10 April 1829{{snd}}20 August 1912) was an English [[Methodist]] preacher who, along with his wife, [[Catherine Booth|Catherine]], founded [[The Salvation Army]] and became its first [[Generals of The Salvation Army|General]] (1878–1912). The Christian movement with a quasi-military structure and government founded in 1865 has spread from London, England, to many parts of the world and is known for being one of the largest distributors of humanitarian aid. In 2002, Booth was named among the [[100 Greatest Britons]] in a BBC poll.', 41 => '', 42 => '==Conversion and early ministry==', 43 => '{{more citations needed|section|date=April 2017}}', 44 => 'William Booth was born in [[Sneinton]], [[Nottingham, England|Nottingham]], the second son of five children born to [[Samuel Booth]] and his second wife, [[Mary Moss]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Hattersley|1999|p=13}}</ref> Booth's father was relatively wealthy by the standards of the time, but during William's childhood, the family descended into poverty. In 1842, Samuel Booth, who could no longer afford his son's school fees, apprenticed the 13-year-old William Booth to a pawnbroker. Samuel Booth died on 23 September 1842.<ref>{{Harvnb|Hattersley|1999|p=17}}</ref>', 45 => '', 46 => 'Two years into his apprenticeship Booth was [[Religious conversion|converted]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Hattersley|1999|p=19}}</ref> He then read extensively and trained himself in writing and in speech, becoming a Methodist local [[preacher]]. Booth was encouraged to be an [[Evangelism|evangelist]] primarily through his best friend, Will Sansom. Sansom and Booth both began in the 1840s to preach to the poor and the [[sin]]ners of Nottingham, and Booth would probably have remained as Sansom's partner in his new Mission ministry, as Sansom titled it, if Sansom had not died of [[tuberculosis]], in 1849.<ref>{{Harvnb|Hattersley|1999|pp=23–25}}</ref>', 47 => '', 48 => 'When his apprenticeship ended in 1848, Booth was unemployed and spent a year looking in vain for work.<ref>{{Harvnb|Hattersley|1999|p=30}}</ref> In 1849, Booth reluctantly left his family and moved to London, where he again found work with a pawnbroker. Booth tried to continue lay preaching in London, but the small amount of preaching work that came his way frustrated him, and so he resigned as a lay preacher and took to open-air [[evangelism|evangelising]] in the streets and on [[Kennington Park|Kennington Common]].', 49 => '', 50 => '[[File:william-booth-c1862.jpg|thumb|left|upright|William Booth in about 1862]]', 51 => 'In 1851, Booth joined the Reformers ([[Methodist Reform Church]]), and on 10 April 1852, his 23rd birthday, he left pawnbroking and became a full-time preacher at their headquarters at Binfield Chapel in [[Clapham]]. William styled his preaching after the [[Christian revival|revival]]ist American [[James Caughey]], who had made frequent visits to England and preached at the church in Nottingham where Booth was a member, Broad Street Chapel. Just over a month after he started full-time preaching, on 15 May 1852, William Booth became formally engaged to [[Catherine Booth|Catherine Mumford]].', 52 => '', 53 => 'Interested in the Congregationalist approach, Booth consulted [[David Thomas (born 1813)|David Thomas]] at [[Stockwell]] about the ministry. Through Thomas, he met [[John Campbell (minister)|John Campbell]] and then [[James William Massie]]. The recommendation was training under Rev. John Frost; but Booth disliked Frost's school, and left shortly.<ref>{{cite book|author=Herbert Hewitt Stroup|title=Social Welfare Pioneers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NYyUTxgj_6EC&pg=PA98|year=1986|publisher=Taylor Trade Publications|isbn=978-0-88229-212-0|pages=98–99}}</ref> In November 1853, he was invited to become the Reformers' minister at [[Spalding, Lincolnshire|Spalding]], in [[Lincolnshire]]. He married Catherine Mumford on 16 July 1855 at Stockwell Green Congregational Church in London.', 54 => '', 55 => 'Though Booth became a prominent Methodist [[evangelism|evangelist]], he was unhappy that the annual conference of the denomination kept assigning him to a pastorate, the duties of which he had to neglect to respond to the frequent requests that he do evangelistic campaigns. At the [[Liverpool]] conference in 1861, after having spent three years at [[Gateshead]], his request to be freed for evangelism full-time was refused yet again, and Booth resigned from the ministry of the [[Methodist New Connexion]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=What Will A Man Give In Exchange For His Soul|last=Johnson|first=George D.|publisher=Xlibris|year=2011|isbn=1465380973|location=|pages=88}}</ref>', 56 => '', 57 => 'Soon he was barred from campaigning in Methodist congregations, so he became an independent evangelist. His [[doctrine]] remained much the same, though; he preached that [[Hell|eternal punishment]] was the fate of those who do not believe the [[Gospel]] of [[Jesus Christ]] and the necessity of [[repentance]] from [[sin]], and the promise of [[Sacred|holiness]]. He taught that this belief would manifest itself in a life of love for God and mankind.{{citation needed|date=November 2013}} The ''Ethical'' characteristic of William Booth's business ventures was evident in the manufacture of boxes of Salvation Army matches<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Salvationists|last=Coutts|first=John|publisher=A R Mowbray & Co Ltd|year=1977|isbn=0-264-66071-4|location=Oxford|page=85}}</ref> which bore the slogan "Lights in darkest England, Security from fire, Fair wages for fair work". His match factory on Old Ford paid 4 pence a gross, while the larger firms only paid 2 1/2 pence.', 58 => '', 59 => '==The Christian Mission==', 60 => '[[File:christian-mission-volunteer.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Manifesto of The Christian Mission as a "Volunteer Army" (1878)]]', 61 => '', 62 => 'The tent was set up on an old [[Quaker]] burial ground on Mile End Waste in [[Whitechapel]], with an initial goal to deliver the [[Good News (Christianity)|good news]] to all. <ref name=IHC>[http://www.salvationarmy.org.au/en/Who-We-Are/History-and-heritage/Salvation-Army-generals/William-Booth/ William Booth – Founder Of The Salvation Army], 'The Salvation Army Australia, Southern Territory - History and Heritage' section website</ref>', 63 => '', 64 => 'By 1865, Booth and his wife [[Catherine Mumford|Catherine]] had opened 'The Christian Revival Society' in the [[East End of London]], which held regular evening meetings to share the repentance that Booth believed Christian [[salvation]] could bring both the poor and marginalised. The Christian Revival Society was later renamed [[The Christian Mission]], subsequently to become the ''East London Christian Mission''.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Salvationists|last=Coutts|first=John|publisher=A R Mowbray & Co Ltd|year=1977|isbn=0-264-66071-4|location=Oxford, Great Britain|pages=21}}</ref>', 65 => 'The Christian Mission's slow growth was hard work for Booth; His wife writes that he would "stumble home night after night haggard with fatigue, often his clothes were torn and bloody bandages swathed his head where a stone had struck[.]" {{citation needed|date=March 2019}}', 66 => '', 67 => 'Evening meetings were held in an old warehouse where [[Street children|urchin]]s threw stones and fireworks through the window.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}} Outposts were established throughout the city, attracting converts, but the Christian Mission remained just one of the five hundred charitable groups working in London's East End.<ref name=IHC/>', 68 => '', 69 => 'Booth practiced various types of [[charity (practice)|charity]] himself, such as opening "Food for the Million" ([[soup kitchen]]s). {{citation needed|date=March 2019}}', 70 => '', 71 => '==The Salvation Army==', 72 => '[[File:christian-mission-army.jpg|thumb|upright|left|The Christian Mission becomes The Salvation Army (May 1878)]]', 73 => '[[File:William Booth, In Darkest England and the Way Out, 1890, Cornell CUL PJM 1104 01.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Salvation Army Social Campaign, 1890, by William Booth.]]', 74 => '', 75 => 'Having been founded as the ''East London Christian Mission'' in 1865, the name ''[[The Salvation Army]]'' developed from an incident in May 1878. William Booth was dictating a letter to his secretary [[George Scott Railton]] and said, "We are a volunteer army." [[Bramwell Booth]] heard his father and said, "Volunteer, I'm no volunteer, I'm a regular!" Railton was instructed to cross out the word "volunteer" and substitute the word "salvation".<ref>[http://www.gospeltruth.net/booth/boothbioshort.htm William Bramwell Booth 1829–1912 His Life and Ministry] – A Very Short Biography</ref>(The printer's proof copy of the Missions' report for 1878 declared "The Christian Mission Is A Volunteer Army", but the corrected proof read "The Christian Mission Is ... A Salvation Army"<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Salvationists|last=Coutts|first=John|publisher=A R Mowbray & Co Ltd|year=1977|isbn=0-264-66071-4|location=Oxford, United Kingdom|pages=23}}</ref>) The Salvation Army was modelled after the military, with its own flag (or colours) and its own music, often with Christian words to popular and folkloric tunes sung in the pubs. Booth and the other soldiers in "God's Army" would wear the army's own [[Uniform of The Salvation Army|uniform]], 'putting on the armour,' for meetings and ministry work. He became the "[[General of The Salvation Army|General]]" and his other ministers were given appropriate ranks as "[[Officer in The Salvation Army|officers]]". Other members became "[[Soldier in The Salvation Army|soldiers]]".', 76 => '', 77 => 'Though the early years were lean ones, with the need of money to help the needy an ever growing issue, Booth and The Salvation Army persevered. In the early 1880s, operations were extended to other countries, notably the United States, [[France]], [[Switzerland]], [[Sweden]] and others, including to most of the countries of the [[British Empire]]: [[Australia]], [[Canada]], [[India]], [[Cape Colony]], [[New Zealand]], [[Jamaica]], etc.', 78 => '', 79 => 'Often the beginnings in other countries occurred through "salvationist" activities by non-officers who had emigrated. With some initial success they would contact London to 'send officers.'', 80 => '', 81 => 'In other cases, like in [[Argentina]], a non-salvationist told Booth that there were thousands of British people there who needed salvation. The four officers sent in 1890 found that those British were scattered all over the [[pampas]]. But the missionaries started ministry in the Spanish language and the work spread throughout the country – initially following the rail-road development, since the British in charge of building the rail-roads were usually sympathetic to the movement.', 82 => '', 83 => 'During his lifetime, William Booth established Army work in 58 countries and colonies, travelling extensively and holding, "salvation meetings."', 84 => '', 85 => 'Booth regularly published a magazine and was the author of a number of books; he also composed several songs. His book [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/475 In Darkest England and the Way Out] not only became a [[best-seller]] after its 1890 release, it set the foundation for the army's modern social welfare approach. It compared what was considered "civilised" England with "Darkest Africa" – a land then considered poor and backward. What Booth suggested was that much of London and greater England after the [[Industrial Revolution]] was not better off in the quality of life than those in the underdeveloped world.', 86 => '', 87 => 'He proposed a strategy to apply the Christian Gospel and work ethic to the problems. The book speaks of abolishing [[vice]] and poverty by establishing homes for the [[homelessness|homeless]], farm [[community|communities]] such as [[Hadleigh, Essex#Salvation Army Farm Colony|Hadleigh Farm]] where the urban poor can be trained in agriculture, training centres for prospective [[emigrant]]s, homes for fallen women and released prisoners, aid for the poor, and help for drunkards. He also lays down schemes for poor men's lawyers, banks, clinics, industrial schools and even a seaside resort. He says that if the state fails to meet its social obligations it will be the task of each Christian to step into the breach.{{citation needed|date=November 2013}} However, Booth was not departing from his spiritual convictions to set up a socialist or communist society or sub-class, supported by people forced to finance his plans; Booth's ultimate aim was to get people "saved."{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}', 88 => '', 89 => 'Booth asserts in his introduction,', 90 => '', 91 => '{{quote|I have no intention to depart in the smallest degree from the main principles on which I have acted in the past. My only hope for the permanent deliverance of mankind from misery, either in this world or the next, is the regeneration or remaking of the individual by the power of the Holy Ghost through Jesus Christ. But in providing for the relief of temporal misery I reckon that I am only making it easy where it is now difficult, and possible where it is now all but impossible, for men and women to find their way to the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.}}', 92 => '', 93 => 'It was asserted in some circles that ''In Darkest England'' was actually written by the crusading journalist, [[William Thomas Stead|W.&nbsp;T. Stead]], who, in his own words, acted as a "literary hack" for the General when Mrs. Booth lay dying. However, this assumption was swiftly dismissed by Stead some years later, declaring that, "The idea of Darkest England ... was the General's own. My part, of which I had no wish to speak ... was strictly subordinate throughout."<ref>Quoted in Robert Sandall, ''The History of the Salvation Army'', vol. 3, 1883–1953, Social Reform and Welfare Work (1955), Appendix B, pp. 324–32</ref>', 94 => '', 95 => '''In Darkest England and the Way Out'' was reprinted several times and lately in 2006.', 96 => '', 97 => 'There are also other works that have focused on the impact and significance of ''In Darkest England''. For example, marking the 125th anniversary of the publication of ''In Darkest England'', the book ''Darkness and Deliverance: 125 Years of the Darkest England Scheme'' contains fifteen chapters from leading and emerging authors that explore various historical aspects and future implications of the ''Darkest England'' scheme.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://chaordiccreative.com/darkness-and-deliverance|title=Darkness and Deliverance: 125 years of the Darkest England scheme|last=Seaman (ed.)|first=Matthew|date=2016|website=|publisher=Salvo Publishing / Chaordic Creative|access-date=}}</ref>', 98 => '', 99 => '==Opposition==', 100 => '[[File:booth-money.jpg|thumb|right|''The Entr'acte'' cartoon of 1882 captioned, "Now, Mr Booth, let us know what you are going to do with all this money!"]]', 101 => 'During its early years The Salvation Army faced a great deal of opposition, especially from those in the alcohol-selling industry who were concerned that the activities of Booth and his followers would persuade the poorer classes to stop drinking. One group opposed to Booth and The Salvation Army was the [[Skeleton Army]], a diffuse group, particularly in [[Southern England]], that opposed and disrupted [[The Salvation Army]]'s marches against alcohol from the early 1880s until about 1892. Clashes between the two groups lead to the deaths of several [[The Salvation Army|Salvationists]] and injuries to many others. During 1882 alone 662 Salvation Army [[Soldier in The Salvation Army|soldiers]] were assaulted: 251 of them were women and 23 of them were under fifteen years of age.<ref>[http://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10063/726/thesis.pdf? ''Officership in the Salvation Army: A Case Study in Clericalisation''] Doctoral thesis by Harold Ivor Winston Hill – Victoria University of Wellington (2004)</ref>', 102 => '', 103 => 'Other accusations centred around the fact that Booth appointed his own children to posts for which others were better qualified, leading to claims that The Salvation Army was a Booth family-business. For example, he appointed his daughter [[Emma Booth (The Salvation Army)|Emma Booth]] as the Principal of the Officers' Training Home, The Salvation Army's first training school for women when she was just 19. While William Booth had once said to his children that "The Salvation Army does not belong to you, or to me, it belongs to the world" and was very wary of the leadership of the army becoming a dynasty,<ref name="Larsson">{{Cite book |last=Larrson |first=John |year=2009 |title=1929: A Crisis that Shaped The Salvation Army's Future |place=London |publisher=Salvation Books |isbn=978-0-85412-794-8 }}</ref> others believed that Booth was creating a dynasty, as was suggested by the fact that he insisted that his sons-in-law added 'Booth' to their own names (see [[Frederick Booth-Tucker]] and [[Arthur Booth-Clibborn]]).<ref>Hodges, Samuel Horatio ''General Booth: "the Family", and the Salvation Army: Showing its Rise, Progress, and ... Decline'' (1890)</ref> This was further borne out when Booth appointed his son, [[Bramwell Booth]], as his successor as [[Generals of The Salvation Army|General]] in his will.', 104 => '', 105 => 'The press was often hostile to Booth and The Salvation Army as well because their methods and message were widely misinterpreted. The army's motto "Blood & Fire", which had deep [[theology|theological]] meaning representing the saving "blood of Jesus" and the sanctifying "fire of the [[Holy Spirit]]", was erroneously thought to mean the blood of sinners and the fire of hell. There was also suspicion about the army's motives, with Booth often portrayed as a charlatan only out to make money.<ref>[http://www.ourchurch.com/view/?pageID=12278 The Booths: The Salvation Army (1878–1890)] ourchurch.com</ref>', 106 => '', 107 => 'The [[Church of England]] was at first also extremely hostile to the activities of Booth and The Salvation Army. The philanthropist, politician, and evangelist [[Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury|Lord Shaftesbury]] even went so far as to describe Booth as the "[[Anti-Christ]]". One of the main complaints against Booth was his "elevation of women to man's status". Many found him dictatorial and hard to work with. Some of his own children denounced him as their leader and turned their backs on The Salvation Army, including his daughter [[Kate Booth]] and his sons [[Herbert Booth|Herbert]] and [[Ballington Booth]], the latter founding a separate organisation, the [[Volunteers of America]] with himself as "General". The evangelist [[Rodney "Gipsy" Smith]] left him because of his rigidity and [[Dwight L. Moody|D.&nbsp;L. Moody]] would not support him because he felt there was a threat to the local church. But no one could deny his compassion for the sufferings of his fellow man.<ref>[http://www.gospeltruth.net/booth/boothbioshort.htm William Booth: His Life and Ministry], the Gospel Truth website</ref>', 108 => '', 109 => '==Later years==', 110 => '[[File:booth-booth-1904.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Booth and his granddaughter [[Catherine Bramwell-Booth]] during the 1904 motorcade]]', 111 => '', 112 => 'Opinion of [[The Salvation Army]] and William Booth eventually changed to that of favour. In his later years, he was received in audience by kings, emperors and presidents, who were among his ardent admirers. Even the mass media began to use his title of 'General' with reverence.', 113 => '', 114 => 'In 1899, Booth suffered from blindness in both eyes, but with a short rest, was able to recover his sight. In 1904 he took part in a "motorcade" when he was driven around Great Britain, stopping off in cities, towns and villages to preach to the assembled crowds from his open-top car. In 1906 Booth was made a Freeman of the [[City of London]], and was granted an honorary degree from the [[University of Oxford]]. In 1902 he was invited to attend the coronation of [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|King Edward VII]].', 115 => '', 116 => 'He made his last visit to North America in 1907, and in 1909 he embarked on a six-month motor tour of the United Kingdom. During this tour he discovered he was blind in his right eye and the sight in his left eye was dimmed by [[glaucoma|cataracts]]. The rest of the tour had to be cancelled. On 21 August 1909 a surgeon at [[Guy's Hospital]] removed his right eye. Despite this setback, in 1910 Booth campaigned in the [[Netherlands]], [[Denmark]], [[Germany]], Switzerland and [[Italy]]. On his return to England, he embarked on his seventh and last motor tour.', 117 => '', 118 => '==Death==', 119 => 'William Booth died at age 83 on 20 August 1912 (or, in Salvationist parlance, was [[Promoted to Glory]]) at his home in [[Hadley Wood]], London. His body lay in state for three days at Clapton Congress Hall where 150,000 people filed past his casket. On 27 August 1912, Booth's funeral service was held at London's [[Olympia, London|Olympia]] where 40,000 people attended, including [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]], who sat almost unrecognised far to the rear of the great hall. In a letter to [[Bramwell Booth]], King [[George V]] wrote: “The nation has lost a great organizer and the poor a whole-hearted and sincere friend." [[United States]] President [[William Howard Taft|William Taft]] wrote "[Booth's] long life and great talents were dedicated to the noble work of helping the poor and weak and giving them another chance to attain success and happiness." Media agencies around the world reported on Booth's death, including the [[Daily Express]] in the United Kingdom, [[The South African]] in South Africa, the [[Globe and Mail]] in Canada, and the [[New York Times]] in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Remembering General William Booth – The Salvation Army NCV DHQ|url=https://virginiasalvationarmy.org/news/remembering-general-william-booth/|access-date=2020-07-24|website=virginiasalvationarmy.org}}</ref> ', 120 => '', 121 => 'Booth's funeral procession began at the Salvation Army's international headquarters as 10,000 uniformed [[The Salvation Army|Salvationists]] fell in behind. Forty Salvation Army bands played the "Dead March" from [[George Frideric Handel|Handel]]'s ''[[Saul (Handel)|Saul]]'' as the vast procession set off. He was buried with his wife [[Catherine Mumford|Catherine Booth]] in the main London burial ground for 19th-century non-conformist ministers and tutors, the non-denominational [[Abney Park Cemetery]] in [[Stoke Newington]].<ref>{{YouTube|utDd1awwPaE|William Booth's funeral}}</ref>', 122 => '', 123 => 'Upon Booth's death, his son, [[Bramwell Booth]], became the 2nd [[General of The Salvation Army]]. It was William Booth's intention to have each general choose his successor. However, Generals of the Salvation Army are now elected by the [[High Council of The Salvation Army]].', 124 => '', 125 => '==Legacy==', 126 => '[[File:William Booth at his birthplace - geograph.org.uk - 1275114.jpg|thumb|upright|Statue of William Booth outside his birthplace in [[Sneinton]]]]', 127 => 'In Booth's honour, [[Vachel Lindsay]] wrote the poem, "General William Booth Enters Into Heaven".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bartleby.com/271/48.html|title=General William Booth Enters into Heaven by Vachel Lindsay. Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. 1922. The Second Book of Modern Verse|website=www.bartleby.com}}</ref> [[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'.', 128 => '', 129 => 'The William Booth rose, developed by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, was named in his honour. [[William Booth Memorial Training College|The William Booth Memorial Training College]] in [[Denmark Hill]], [[London]], the College for Officer Training of The Salvation Army in the United Kingdom, is named after him,<ref>[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4723 William Booth College, Denmark Hill], Geograph</ref> as is the William Booth Primary School in his native [[Nottingham]] and William Booth Lane in central [[Birmingham]]. Many Salvation Army training colleges, schools, orphanages hospitals and other institutions around the world bear his name. ', 130 => '', 131 => 'Statues of each of the Booths by [[George Edward Wade]] were erected on [[Champion Hill]] in London, next to the Salvation Army's training college in London in 1929.<ref>Darke, Jo, ''The Monument Guide to England and Wales: A National Portrait in Bronze and Stone'', photographs by Jorge Lewinski and Mayotte Magnus, a MacDonald Illustrated Book, London, 1991 pp. 72-73</ref> Replicas of these statues stand in the Mile End Road, close to the site of the first Salvation Army meeting: that of William was unveiled in 1979, and that of Catherine in 2015.', 132 => '', 133 => 'In his honour One Mile End, a brewery from East London created a craft beer called Salvation! Pale Ale. The beer is sold in a couple of pubs including the White Hart Brewpub, only a few meters away from the statue of William Booth on Mile End Road.', 134 => '', 135 => '[[Mount William Booth]] in [[Alberta, Canada]] was named after Booth.<ref name="pf">[http://www.peakfinder.com/peaks/1530 Mount William Booth] PeakFinder</ref>', 136 => '[[File:Mount William Booth.jpg|thumb|Mount William Booth]]', 137 => '', 138 => '==Children of William and Catherine Booth==', 139 => 'William Booth and Catherine Mumford were married on 17 June 1855<ref>{{Harvnb|Sandall|1947|p=7}}</ref> at Stockwell New Chapel, at that time part of [[Surrey]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Hattersley|1999|p=73}}</ref> They had eight children:<ref name=ODNB>L. E. Lauer, 'Clibborn, Catherine Booth- (1858–1955)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edn, October 2006 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/49017, accessed 26 May 2010]</ref><ref>D. C. Lamb, 'Booth, (William) Bramwell (1856–1929)', rev. L. E. Lauer, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/31969, accessed 21 June 2010]</ref>', 140 => '', 141 => '*[[Bramwell Booth]] (8 March 1856{{snd}}16 June 1929)', 142 => '*[[Ballington Booth]] (28 July 1857{{snd}}5 October 1940)', 143 => '*[[Kate Booth]] (18 September 1858{{snd}}9 May 1955)', 144 => '*[[Emma Booth (The Salvation Army)|Emma Booth]] (8 January 1860{{snd}}28 October 1903)', 145 => '*[[Herbert Booth]] (26 August 1862{{snd}}25 September 1926)', 146 => '*[[Marie Booth]] (4 May 1864{{snd}}5 January 1937)', 147 => '*[[Evangeline Booth]] (25 December 1865{{snd}}17 July 1950)', 148 => '*[[Lucy Booth]] (28 April 1868{{snd}}18 July 1953)', 149 => '', 150 => '<!--Grandchildren of William and Catherine Booth (37)', 151 => ''''Children of Bramwell'''', 152 => '* [[Catherine Bramwell-Booth]] 20 July 1883{{snd}}4 October 1987', 153 => '* Bernard Booth', 154 => '* Mary Booth', 155 => '* Florence Miriam Booth', 156 => '* Olive Booth', 157 => '* Dora Booth', 158 => '* Wycliffe Booth', 159 => '', 160 => ''''Children of Ballington'''', 161 => '* Charles Brandon Booth', 162 => '* Theodora Myrtle Booth', 163 => '', 164 => ''''Children of Kate'''', 165 => '* Catherine Evangeline Booth-Clibborn', 166 => '* Victoria Margaret Booth-Clibborn', 167 => '* Herbert Samuel Booth-Clibborn', 168 => '* Arthur Augustin Booth-Clibborn', 169 => '* William Emmanuel Booth Clibborn', 170 => '* John Eric Booth-Clibborn', 171 => '* Freda Lucy Booth-Clibborn', 172 => '* Evelyn Beatrice Booth-Clibborn', 173 => '* Theodore Percy Booth-Clibborn', 174 => '* Josephine Christina Booth-Clibborn', 175 => '', 176 => ''''Children of Emma'''', 177 => '* Evangeline Booth-Tucker', 178 => '* Frederick Kristodas Booth-Tucker', 179 => '* Herbert Booth-Tucker', 180 => '* John Booth-Tucker', 181 => '* Lucy Mina Booth-Tucker', 182 => '* Catherine Motee Booth-Tucker (Mrs. Commissioner Hugh Sladen)', 183 => '* Muriel Booth-Tucker', 184 => '* Tancred Bramwell Booth-Tucker', 185 => '* William Booth-Tucker', 186 => '', 187 => ''''Children of Herbert'''', 188 => '* Ferdinand Booth', 189 => '* Henry Booth', 190 => '* Victor Booth', 191 => '', 192 => ''''Children of Lucy'''', 193 => '* Emma Booth-Hellberg', 194 => '* Eva Booth-Hellberg', 195 => '* Lucy Booth-Hellberg', 196 => '* Daniel Booth Hellberg', 197 => '* Ebba Mary Booth-Hellberg-->', 198 => '', 199 => '==Gallery==', 200 => '<gallery>', 201 => 'File:Portrait of General Booth (4673956).jpg|Photograph of Booth, c.1870', 202 => 'File:William booth birthplace.JPG|Plaque on the house in [[Sneinton]] in which Booth was born on 10 April 1829', 203 => 'File:Reverend William Booth.jpg|Booth in old age', 204 => 'File:Abney park booth.jpg|Memorial to William and Catherine Booth in [[Abney Park Cemetery]]', 205 => 'File:General William Booth memorial (Battery Park, New York) 01.jpg|Booth memorial in Battery Park, New York City', 206 => '</gallery>', 207 => '', 208 => '==Works==', 209 => '===Literature===', 210 => '* ''In Darkest England and The Way Out'' Diggory Press, {{ISBN|978-1-84685-377-7}}', 211 => '* ''Purity of Heart'' Diggory Press, {{ISBN|978-1-84685-376-0}}', 212 => '* ''Boundless Salvation: The Shorter Writings of William Booth,'' Edited by Andrew M. Eason and Roger J. Green. New York: Peter Lang, 2012. {{ISBN|978-1-4539-0201-1}}', 213 => '* ''Sergeant-Major Do-Your-Best of Darkington No. I: Sketches of the Inner Life of a Salvation Army Corps'' 1906', 214 => '*"Founder Speaks Again" Salvation Army, Dec 1, 1960. {{ISBN|978-0854120826}}', 215 => '', 216 => '===Music===', 217 => '*''O Boundless Salvation'' (1893)<ref>{{cite web|title=Boundless Salvation|url=http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/b/o/u/boundles.htm |work=Hymntime |accessdate=27 April 2020 }}</ref>', 218 => '*''Send the Fire'' (1894) <ref>{{cite web|title=Send the Fire|url=http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/s/e/n/d/sendfire.htm|work=Hymntime|accessdate=27 April 2020 }}</ref>', 219 => '*''Bless His Name He Sets Me Free,'' which was set to a popular music-hall song of the time, [[Champagne Charlie (song)|Champagne Charlie]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Stories of inspiration beyond the songs|url=https://others.org.au/army-archives/stories-of-inspiration-behind-the-songs/|work=Lauren Martin (Salvation Army Australia)|accessdate=27 April 2020 }}</ref>', 220 => '', 221 => '==References==', 222 => ''''Notes'''', 223 => '{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}', 224 => '', 225 => ''''Sources'''', 226 => '*{{Citation', 227 => ' | surname = Hattersley', 228 => ' | given = Roy', 229 => ' | authorlink = Roy Hattersley', 230 => ' | year = 1999', 231 => ' | title = Blood and Fire: William and Catherine Booth and the Salvation Army', 232 => ' | publisher = Little Brown', 233 => ' | isbn = 0-316-85161-2}}', 234 => '*{{Citation', 235 => ' | surname = Railton', 236 => ' | given = George Scott', 237 => ' | authorlink = George Scott Railton', 238 => ' | year = 1912', 239 => ' | title = The Authoritative Life Of General William Booth', 240 => ' | publisher = George H. Doran}}', 241 => '*{{Citation', 242 => ' | surname = Sandall', 243 => ' | given = Robert', 244 => ' | year = 1947', 245 => ' | title = The History of the Salvation Army Vol.1 1865–78', 246 => ' | publisher = Thomas Nelson}}', 247 => '*{{Citation', 248 => ' | surname = Eason, Andrew M.', 249 => ' | given = Roger J. Green (eds.)', 250 => ' | year = 2012', 251 => ' | title = Boundless Salvation: The Shorter Writings of William Booth', 252 => ' | publisher = Peter Lang}}', 253 => '', 254 => ''''Further reading'''', 255 => '*"[[wikisource:Men I Have Painted/General Booth|General Booth]]", a biographical portrait by [[wikisource:Author:John McLure Hamilton|John McLure Hamilton]] from ''[[wikisource:Men I Have Painted|Men I Have Painted]]'' (1921).', 256 => '*Yaxley, Trevor. 2003. ''William and Catherine: The Life and Legacy of the Booths: Founders of the Salvation Army.'' Bethany House.', 257 => '*Le Feuvre, Cathy. 2013. William and Catherine: A Love Story Told Through Their Letters''. Monarch Books.', 258 => '*Seaman, Matthew (ed). 2016. ''Darkness and Deliverance: 125 Years of the Darkest England Scheme''. Salvo Publishing / [http://chaordiccreative.com/darkness-and-deliverance Chaordic Creative]', 259 => '', 260 => '==External links==', 261 => '{{Wikiquote}}', 262 => '{{Commons category|William Booth}}', 263 => '{{wikisource author}}', 264 => '{{EB1911 poster|Booth, William}}', 265 => '* [http://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/node/784 Biographical Data on General William Booth]', 266 => '* {{Gutenberg author | id=Booth,+William }}', 267 => '* {{Internet Archive author |sname=William Booth}}', 268 => '* {{Librivox author |id=11818}}', 269 => '* [http://www.heilsarmeemuseum-basel.ch/E/william_booth_books.php Books by William Booth]', 270 => '* {{Gutenberg|no=13958|name=The Authoritative Life of General William Booth}}', 271 => '* [http://sounds.bl.uk/View.aspx?item=024M-1CS0024305XX-0200V0.xml Recording of William Booth reading ''Please Sir, Save Me'' (1906)] – a British Library sound recording (EU users only)', 272 => '*[https://www.christianitytoday.com/history/people/activists/william-booth.html Christian Today Profile ]', 273 => '* {{PM20|FID=pe/002167}}', 274 => '', 275 => '{{s-start}}', 276 => '{{s-rel}}', 277 => '{{s-new|office}}', 278 => '{{s-ttl|title=[[General of The Salvation Army]]|years=1878–1912}}', 279 => '{{s-aft|after=[[Bramwell Booth]]}}', 280 => '{{S-end}}', 281 => '', 282 => '{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2012}}', 283 => '{{Authority control}}', 284 => '', 285 => '{{DEFAULTSORT:Booth, William}}', 286 => '[[Category:1829 births]]', 287 => '[[Category:1912 deaths]]', 288 => '[[Category:19th-century Christian saints]]', 289 => '[[Category:19th-century English clergy]]', 290 => '[[Category:19th-century English Christian theologians]]', 291 => '[[Category:19th-century Methodist ministers]]', 292 => '[[Category:19th-century Protestant theologians]]', 293 => '[[Category:Anglican saints]]', 294 => '[[Category:British evangelicals]]', 295 => '[[Category:British humanitarians]]', 296 => '[[Category:Burials at Abney Park Cemetery]]', 297 => '[[Category:Christianity in London]]', 298 => '[[Category:Converts to Methodism from Anglicanism]]', 299 => '[[Category:English evangelicals]]', 300 => '[[Category:English Methodist ministers]]', 301 => '[[Category:English Salvationists]]', 302 => '[[Category:Freemen of the City of London]]', 303 => '[[Category:Methodist Church of Great Britain people]]', 304 => '[[Category:Methodist theologians]]', 305 => '[[Category:People from Sneinton]]', 306 => '[[Category:Salvation Army officers]]', 307 => '[[Category:William Booth family| ]]' ]