William Booth

“God loves with a great love the man
whose heart is bursting with a passion for
the impossible.” William Booth

“‘Not called!” did you say? “Not heard the call,” I think you should say. Put your ear down to the Bible, and hear Him bid you go and pull sinners out of the fire of sin. Put your ear down to the burdened, agonized heart of humanity, and listen to its pitiful wail for help. Go stand by the gates of hell, and hear the damned entreat you to go to their father’s house and bid their brothers and sisters and servants and masters not to come there. Then look Christ in the face — whose mercy you have professed to obey — and tell Him whether you will join heart and soul and body and circumstances in the march to publish His mercy to the world.
- William Booth

Some men's passion is for gold.
Some men's passion is for art.
Some men's passion is for fame.
My passion is for souls.
William Booth
1829-1912
Founded the Salvation Army
to minister to the poor
of Victorian London

While woman weep, as they do now,
I'll fight;
while children go hungry
as they do now,
I'll fight;
while men go to prison,
in and out, in and out,
as they do now,
I'll fight
while there is a drunkard left,
while there is a poor lost girl
upon the streets,
while there remains one dark soul
without the light of God,
I'll fight;
I'll fight to the very end!
William Booth
1829-1912
Founded the Salvation Army
to minister to the poor
of Victorian London