The
Life of General William Booth
Table of Contents ~ Volume 1
Table of Contents ~ Volume 2
CHAPTER I ~ 1829
THE TIMES INTO WHICH OUR HERO WAS BORN
HIS PARENTAGE, A TALE OF THE HOUSE IN WHICH HE WAS BORN,
AND THE CHARACTER OF HIS ENVIRONMENTS
WHICH TELLS OF A DIFFICULT ROAD LEADING UP
TO A YOUTHFUL CONVERSION
BEGINNINGS OF THE NEW LIFE AND THE FIRST
SERMON EVER PREACHED BY WILLIAM BOOTH
WHAT HE BELIEVED AT THIS TIME
OBEDIENCE TO AUTHORITY COUPLED WITH THE
DETERMINATION TO ACHIEVE GREATNESS
LONDON; THE EARLY VICTORIANS
THE CALL TO PREACH
A CRISIS IN METHODISM
TELLS HOW WILLIAM BOOTH BECAME A PASTOR, AND
INTRODUCES THE READER TO CATHERINE MUMFORD
THE BEGINNINGS OF A LOVE STORY
PURITAN LOVE-LETTERS
WILLIAM BOOTH AS A SUCCESSFUL EVANGELIST,
CATHERINE MUMFORD AS A GUARDIAN ANGEL
WILLIAM BOOTH TO CATHERINE MUMFORD
THE EVANGELIST TROUBLED ABOUT MANY THINGS
MARRIAGE, HONEYMOON, AND THE THEOLOGY OF REVIVALISM
THE HAPPINESS OF A YOUNG MARRIED COUPLE
WHICH TELLS OF A THORN IN THE FLESH, SECTARIAN
DIFFERENCES, AND A BREAK WITH METHODISM
WILDERNESS
THE MOVE TO LONDON
A LADY LODGER’S ACCOUNT OF THE BOOTHS’ HOME LIFE
THE FIRST LONDON MISSION
A SUMMING UP IN MIDDLE AGE
FROM THE CHRISTIAN MISSION TOWARDS THE SALVATION ARMY
WHICH GIVES SOME ACCOUNT OF THE HAPPINESS AND EXCITEMENT OF
THE MISSION AND DESCRIPTIONS OF “HOLINESS MEETINGS”
LETTERS OF THE PERIOD IN VARIOUS MOODS
THE REV. WILLIAM BOOTH BECOMES GENERAL OF THE SALVATION ARMY
THE QUESTION OF HOLY COMMUNION
HOSTILITY, SUSPICION, AND OPPOSITION