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Catherine Booth

A Sketch

Reprinted from The Warriors’ Library

by

Colonel Mildred Duff

With a Preface by
General Bramwell Booth

Preface

Colonel Duff has, at my request, written the followingvery interestingand touching account of my dear Mother; and she hasdone so in the hopethat those who read it will be helped to follow inthe footsteps of thatwonderful servant of God.

But how can they do so? Was not Mrs. Booth, you ask,an exceptionalwoman? Had she not great gifts and very remarkablepowers, and was shenot trained in a very special way to do the work towhich God called her?How, then, can ordinary people follow in her steps?Let me tell you.

Mrs. Booth walked with God. When she was only a timidgirl, helping hermother in the household, she continually sought afterHim; and when, inlater years, she became known by multitudes, and waswritten of in thenewspapers, and greatly beloved by the good in manylands, there was nodifference in her life in that matter. She was notcontent with beingMrs. General Booth of The Salvation Army, and withbeing looked upon as agreat and good woman, giving her life to bless others.No! she listeneddaily for God’s voice in her own heart, soughtafter His will, and leanedcontinually for strength and grace upon her Saviour. You can be like herin that.

Mrs. Booth was a soul-winner. A little while beforeher spirit passedinto the presence of God, and when she knew that deathwas quite near toher, she said: ’Tell the Soldiers that the greatconsolation for aSalvationist on his dying bed is to feel that he hasbeen a soul-winner.’
Wherever she went–in the houses of strangers as wellas of friends, inthe Meetings, great and small, when she was welcomedand when she wasnot, whether alone or with others–she laboured tolead souls to Christ.I have known her at one time spend as much troubleto win one as atanother time to win fifty. You can follow her examplein that.

Mrs. Booth always declared herself and took sideswith right. Whateverwas happening around her, people always knew whichside she was on. Shespoke out for the right, the good, and the true, evenwhen doing soinvolved very disagreeable experiences and the bearingof muchunkindness. She hated the spirit which can look onat what is wicked andfalse or cruel, and say, ‘Oh, that is not myaffair!’ You can follow her
example in this also.

Mrs. Booth laboured all her life to improve her gifts.She thought; sheprayed; she worked; she read–above all, she readher Bible. It was her