The writings of our Founder will equip the soldiers of today’s Army for holy warfare. The William Booth Collection contains the letters and writings of the founder and the first General of The Salvation Army. Booth’s words possess a boundless energy and passion for souls that will both convict and inspire.
- August, 1865 – East of London Revival Effort
- October, 1868 – Our Purpose
- October, 1869 – The Conversion of the World
- January, 1870 – Do It with Thy Might
- March, 1870 – Go Forward
- June, 1876 – How to Manage a Mission Station
- August, 1880 – Wesleyan Methodist Conference
- April, 1881 – Holiness
- August, 1882 – What is the Salvation Army?
- January, 1883 – The General’s New Year Address to Officers
- November, 1884 – Go!
- June, 1885 – How to be Practical
- 1885 – The Model Salvation Soldier
- 1886 – How We Began
- June, 1886 – Exhibitions / The International Congress
- August, 1886 – Muktifauj
- August, 1886 – Muktifauj (Español)
- Sep, 1886 – To the Officers and Soldiers of the Indian Salvation Army
- January, 1889 – Salvation for Both Worlds
- May, 1889 – The Future of Missions and the Mission of the Future
- February, 1893 – Captain Soundingbrass
- March, 1893 – A small Revolution
- April, 1893 – A Fair Wind for Salvation
- May, 1893 – How to Preach 1
- June, 1893 – How to Preach 2
- July, 1893 – How to Preach 3
- August, 1893 – How to Preach 4
- February, 1894 – Stephen the Staff-Officer Martyr
- April, 1894 – How to Succeed
- May, 1894 – A Ghost Story
- July, 1894 – The General on Leadership
- May, 1895 – How to Get Thoughts & Words
- September, 1896 – How to Keep Souls to the Front
- January, 1899 – How to Fail (part 1)
- February, 1899 – How to Fail (part 2)
- December, 1899 – How to Do a Soldiers’ Meeting
- September, 1901 – On Salvation Women
- November, 1901 – More about Women’s Rights
- March, 1907 – The Success of The Salvation Army
- April, 1909 – A Letter from the General on his 80th Birthday
- September, 1909 – Fishing for Men 1
- October, 1909 – Fishing for Men 2
- November, 1909 – Fishing for Men 3
- December, 1909 – Fishing for Men 4
- October, 1910 – Mrs. Booth as a Woman and a Wife
- December, 1911 – Essential Measures
- A Ladder to Holiness
- How to be Saved
- The Atonement of Jesus Christ
- Introductory Note
- Chapter 1 – Walking In the Light
- Chapter 2 – Comradeship
- Chapter 3 – God’s Gift and the Object of It
- Chapter 4 – Good Work
- Chapter 5 – The Righteous
- Chapter 6 – The Unchangeable Saviour
- Chapter 7 – Buried Forces
- Chapter 8 – Repentance
- Chapter 9 – Fruits Meet for Repentance
- Chapter 10 – God is Good
- Chapter 11 – The Bible I
- Chapter 12 – The Bible II
- Chapter 13 – Begging
- Chapter 14 – The Blood of the Lamb I
- Chapter 15 – The Blood of the Lamb II
- Chapter 16 – Speaking for Christ I
- Chapter 17 – Speaking for Christ II
- Chapter 18 – Doing Your Duty I
- Chapter 19 – Doing Your Duty II
- Chapter 20 – The Children I
- Chapter 21 – The Children II
- Chapter 22 – About Growing Weary I
- Chapter 23 – About Growing Weary II
- Chapter 24 – Separation from the World I
- Chapter 25 – Separation from the World II
- Chapter 26 – Quarrelling I
- Chapter 27 – Quarrelling II
- Chapter 28 – Faith I
- Chapter 29 — Faith II
- Chapter 30 — Faith III
- Chapter 31 – Faith IV
- Chapter 32 – The Forgiveness of Injuries
- Chapter 33 – Woman I
- Chapter 34 – Woman II
- Chapter 35 – Woman III
- Chapter 36 – Woman IV
- Going Too Fast
- Prudence
- Cheering Up People
- The Possibility of War with Russia
- Sacrifice for War
- Neutrality
- Treaties
- Courage
- The Revised Bible
- Christian Fatalism
- “Theoretical Religion” 1
- “Theoretical Religion” 2
- “Theoretical Religion” 3
- Giant Killing – Where are the Davids?
- Misery-Strippers
- Good Haters
- Slander
Part 1: The Darkness
- Chapter 1 – Why “Darkest England”?
- Chapter 2 – The Submerged Tenth
- Chapter 3 – The Homeless
- Chapter 4 – The Out-Of-Works
- Chapter 5 – On the Verge of the Abyss
- Chapter 6 – The Vicious
- Chapter 7 – The Criminals
- Chapter 8 – The Children of the Lost
- Chapter 9 – Is There No Help?
Part 2: Deliverance
- Chapter 1 – A Stupendous Undertaking
- Chapter 2 – To the Rescue! — The City Colony
- Chapter 3 – To the Country! — The Farm Colony
- Chapter 4 – New Britain — The Colony Over-Seas
- Chapter 5 – More Crusades
- Chapter 6 – Assistance in General
- Chapter 7 – Can It Be Done, and How?
- Chapter 8 – A Practical Conclusion
Volume 1
- Chapter 1 – Work
- Chapter 2 – Good Work
- Chapter 3 – The Choice of Work
- Chapter 4 – The Choice of Work (continued)
- Chapter 5 – Why to Work Well
- Chapter 6 – Our Work Must Please God
- Chapter 7 – Work and Religion
- Chapter 8 – The Quantity of Our Work
- Chapter 9 – Responsibilities of the Workman
- Chapter 10 – Labour and Love
- Chapter 11 – The Duty of Masters to Servants
- Chapter 12 – The Master in Relation to the Servant
- Chapter 13 – Trade
- Chapter 14 – On Clothes
- Chapter 15 – On Food
- Chapter 16 – Sleep
- Chapter 17 – Personal Cleanliness
- Chapter 18 – Conversation
- Chapter 19 – Tribulation
- Chapter 20 – Poverty
- Chapter 21 – Sickness
- Chapter 22 – Bereavement
- Chapter 23 – The Bible
- Chapter 24 – The Sabbath
- Chapter 25 – The Salvationist’s Sunday
- Chapter 26 – Duty
Volume 2
- Chapter 1 – Courtship
- Chapter 2 – Engagements
- Chapter 3 – The Choice of a Partner
- Chapter 4 – Keep off the Rocks
- Chapter 5 – Let God Guide You
- Chapter 6 – The Proper Partner
- Chapter 7 – How to Make Love
- Chapter 8 – Advantages and Disadvantages of Marriage
- Chapter 9 – Advantages and Disadvantages of Marriage (continued)
- Chapter 10 – The Wedding
- Chapter 11 – Begin Married Life Aright
- Chapter 12 – The Relations of Husband and Wife
- Chapter 13 – The Relations of Husband and Wife (continued)
- Chapter 14 – The Husband’s Privileges
- Chapter 15 – The Husband’s Duties and Responsibilities
- Chapter 16 – The Husband’s Duties and Responsibilities (continued)
- Chapter 17 – The Husband’s Duties and Responsibilities (continued) II
- Chapter 18 – Fighting for God
- Chapter 19 – The Duty of Wives to their Husbands
- Chapter 20 – Home
- Chapter 21 – The Training of Children
- Chapter 22 – The Training of Children (continued)
- Chapter 23 – The Training of Children (continued) II
- Chapter 24 – Education
- Chapter 25 – Reading
- Chapter 1 – Purity: What It Is
- Chapter 2 – Purity Commanded
- Chapter 3 – Purity Means Deliverance
- Chapter 4 – Purity Described
- Chapter 5 – Purity and Love
- Chapter 6 – Purity Possible
- Chapter 7 – Purity, God’s Gift
- Chapter 8 – Purifying Faith
- Chapter 9 – Witnesses
- Chapter 10 – How to Keep Pure
- Chapter 1 – To the Rescue
- Chapter 2 – David
- Chapter 3 – Our New Name — The Salvationist
- Chapter 4 – Nathan
- Chapter 5 – The Salvation Army
- Chapter 6 – Getting Rid of the Filth
- Chapter 7 – Jeremiah
- Chapter 8 – A Good Soldier of Jesus Christ
- Chapter 9 – Miriam
- Chapter 10 – How to Command a Corps of the Salvation Army
- Chapter 11 – Isaiah
- Chapter 12 – The Child Jesus
- Chapter 13 – Holiness
- Chapter 14 – The Trial and Triumph of Abraham
- Chapter 15 – A Merry Christmas
- Chapter 16 – The Conqueror
- Chapter 17 – Moses
- Chapter 18 – The Baptism of Fire
- Chapter 19 – Die At Your Post
- Chapter 1 – Why I Like Our Captain
- Chapter 2 – Meetings
- Chapter 3 – Visiting
- Chapter 4 – A Lover of the Juniors
- Chapter 5 – Revivals
- Chapter 6 – The Raid on the Fair
- Chapter 7 – Looking After New Converts
- Chapter 8 – Sarah Talks Straight About the Children
- Chapter 9 – The Holiness Meeting
- Chapter 10 – The Local Officers’ Meeting
- Chapter 11 – On Saving Your Own Relations
- Chapter 12 – More on Saving Your Own Relations
- Chapter 13 – Some Rules for Meetings
- Chapter 14 – Conversion of Grumbleton’s Wife
- Chapter 15 – Paying One’s Debts
- Chapter 16 – The Open-Air Meeting
- Chapter 17 – How to Settle Little Troubles
- Chapter 18 – Making Favourites
- Chapter 19 – Band and Other Troubles
- Chapter 20 – How the Grumbletons were Samshed Up
- Chapter 21 – The Juniors
- Chapter 22 – The Drunkard and His Salvation
- Chapter 23 – New Converts
- Chapter 24 – The Drunkards’ Friend Brigade at Work
- Chapter 25 – Sally and the Training Home
- Chapter 26 –Selling the Papers
This volume contains the outlines of a series of addresses by General William Booth, delivered to Salvation Army Officers at the International Congress held in London, in June, 1904.
That which is here printed does not profess to be a verbatim report of those Addresses, but is merely a reproduction of the written notes from which The General spoke, and is issued in this form in reply to an oft repeated request for information as to the teaching given by The General to his Officers.
International Headquarters, May, 1907.- Preface
- Chapter 1 – The Duty of Parents
- Chapter 2 – The Possibility of Giving a Successful Training
- Chapter 3 – Conditions of Successful Training
- Chapter 4 – Godly Parentage
- Chapter 5 – The Responsibility of Parents
- Chapter 6 – Dedication
- Chapter 7 – Parental Example
- Chapter 8 – Family Government
- Chapter 9 – Teaching
- Chapter 10 – What is to be Taught
- Chapter 11 – Training
- Chapter 12 – Obedience
- Chapter 13 – Creation of Habits of Obedience
- Chapter 14 – Truthfulness
- Chapter 15 – Self-Denial
- Chapter 16 – Humility
- Chapter 17 – Chastisement
- Chapter 18 – Companionships
- Chapter 19 – Amusements and Recreations
- Chapter 20 – Saving the Children
- Chapter 21 – Little Soldiers
- Chapter 22 – How to Make Little Soldiers
- Chapter 23 – Objections to Little Soldiers
- Chapter 24 – Dress
- Chapter 25 – Education
- Chapter 26 – Reading
- Chapter 27 – Strong Drink
- Chapter 28 – Tobacco
- Chapter 29 – Industry
- Chapter 30 – Health
- Chapter 31 – Food
- Chapter 32 – Some Other Conditions of Health
- Chapter 33 – Restoration of Health
- Chapter 34 – Hints on the Water Treatment
- Chapter 35 – Will You Give This Training?
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