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THE SALVATION ARMY. The New Commissioner.Commandant Herbert Bootb.Sketoh of Hla Carecp-Th# Work of His Wire, Mrs. Connells Booth-Bohoah.Tho arrival In Melbourne of Commandant Herbert Booth, tin* newly* appointed commissioner for A net rn login, excited extreme Interest among adherents of the Salvation Array, which was mingled with keen sympathy at the paint ill Illness whleh necessitated the postponement of his VISIT TO SYDNEY.It lias been tlellultely decided that the commissioner and his wire. Mrs. Cor nolle Booth-Bohoch, slinll eotitltiet a demonstration In this elt.v towards the end nf November, when two public meet bigs will he held.Coinniandniit Herbert Booth, young-henrt Into the work, she llukod her tnlentn with those of the daughter of n meinlier of the Dtiteli Cabinet, and conmieurod a work of mercyAMONfJ FACTORY GIRLS.Soon afterward* she Joined the Balvn-tlou Army, uud worked with wondrous effect at Alkenanr. In the north of Uolliind, and Inter on nt Utrecht. From the Bishop City she was appointed to Iinnrlem. to assist Captain Ilnrwood. now Mrs. KtnfT-cnptnln Mitchell. Her health falling she travelled to Switzerland. and while there composed Salvation words toMi JUNTAINEERINC. HONGS.Iler niuslcnl genius manifested itself, and the Rose of Sharon was the result. Her attempt, strangely enough, came for crltlelsm Into the hands of (.'omniandnnt Herliert Booth. Upon restoration to henltli she entered the ranks as a cadet, and ruse to he train- ' Ing stiiff-enptaln to the Regent Hull i garrison. In London. It was then that . she was united hi wedloel; to the commandant. Her work In Caundn Is one of the brightest passages lu army history.COMMANDANT BOOTH.cat son of General Booth, was born In August, isdll, amidst the stirring triumphs of the Salvation Array ut IVnznncc. lie was eonvertcd at THE EARLY AUK OF SEVENYEARS.and upon leaving school ••titered the trade department of the army at London hendipmrient. In issu he was despatched to Furls to help his sister, the Mnrechnle, who was lighting eottrage-ously in I lie face of stivnnotis and even violent opposition. Ills next appointment was to the Clapton Training Homes, and he llnaiieed the lust It ut Ion in a shrewd and eminently businesslike manner. In lsss he visited New Zealand and the United States IN SEARCH OF HEALTH.Upon returning to London he took charge of the training operations, eollpled with the eoiumand of the Central Division, uml Inaugurated the A ti x 11 In i v a ml Rescue Helpers' Leagues, lie was the pioneer of the annual week of self-denial, ly which £30,000 Is raised annually throughout the world for the maintenance of home and foreign missions. lie Instituted the Lite Guards March, uml also a cycle corps. The In i ter consist a of brigades of six or eightTANDEM BICYCLES.It was due to his enterprise that tin* Cavalry Fort scheme was brought to a successful conclusion, lu l*«i lie assumed charge of operations lu Great Britain niul Ireland, whleh had formerly been emitroljcd from the International llcmhiitiirtors. Tho United Kingdom was thus mode a separate command, and the commandant proved hluisclf nu nble leader. On September 18. 1SIK).HE WAS MARRIED to Captain Cornelle School}, of Holland, at Clapton Congress Hull. In .lime, 18! KI, he nml his wife took charge of theMRS HERBERT BOOTH.work lu Canada and Newfoundland, and the progress assumed wonderful proportions. The Commandant and Mrs. Booth possess rich niuslcnl talent, uud Song* of Peace and War Is a Joint production. Although physically afflicted at times, the activity of Mr. Booth Is prodigious, uml his appointment as commissioner under the Southern Cross Is regarded by the army ns the lnltlutlon of a new era of prosperity In Austrulnsla.MRS. CORN ELI E BOOTH-SCHOCH. wife of the commandant. Is the daughter or a Holland soldier of excellent rank. The martial blood was also strong lu her mother's family. She was reared in n refined and genial home. In the low pasture hinds of Holland. and was trained by parents of sterling Christian qualities. From a grand-•mother, whose serenity of disposition gained her the name of Celestlue. she Inherited the gift of song and well-de-veloped sympathy. A biographer of the family once exclaimed All the Schoclis wereBORN SINGING, and certain It Is that Cornelle Bchoch has thus moved the heart* of thousands In England. Canada and IIol-, laud. When her father became nsso-1 elated with the Salvation Army the family became the pioneer* of the movement In Holland. Cornelle finished her school education In Germany, and returned homo nu admirable linguist. She become Impressed with the virtues of an active, robust religion lu 1884, when her father was engaged lu evnugeUslng the masses who flocked to i the great oxhlbltlon at the Palace of 1 Industrie*. Amsterdam. Throwing her
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Sydney Australian Star
Sydney, New South Wales, AU
Sat, Oct 10, 1896
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