I must assert in the most unqualified way that it is primarily and mainly for the sake of saving the soul that I seek the salvation of the body. William Booth More Quotes by William Booth More Quotes From William Booth Some of my best men are women! William Booth men Look well to the fire of your souls, for the tendency of fire is to go out. William Booth soul fire looks There are different kinds of fire; there is false fire. No one knows this better than we do, but we are not such fools as to refuse good bank notes because there are false ones in circulation; and although we see here and there manifestations of what appears to us to be nothing more than mere earthly fire, we none the less prize and value, and seek for the genuine fire which comes from the altar of the Lord. William Booth here-and-there different fire Without excuse and self-consideration of health or limb or life, true soldiers fight, live to fight, love the thickest of the fight, and die in the midst of it. William Booth fighting soldier self Look! Don't be deceived by appearances - men and things are not what they seem. All who are not on the rock are in the sea! William Booth rocks sea men There is a day coming when there will be a religion without repentance, a salvation without the Holy Ghost, a Heaven without Hell. William Booth hell ghost heaven I am for the world's salvation, I will quarrel with no means that promises help. William Booth army mean promise Let the business of the world take care of itself... My business is to get the world saved; if this involves the standing still of the looms and the shutting up of the factories, and the staying of the sailing of the ships, let them all stand still. When we have got everybody converted they can go on again, and we shall be able to keep things going then by working half time and have the rest to spend in loving one another and worshipping God. William Booth half-time sailing goes-on Why should the devil have all the best tunes? William Booth devil army tunes There are men so incorrigibly lazy that no inducement that you can offer will tempt them to work; so eaten up by vice that virtue is abhorrent to them, and so inveterately dishonest that theft is to them a master passion. When a human being has reached that stage, there is only one course that can be rationally pursued. Sorrowfully, but remorselessly, it must be recognized that he has become lunatic, morally demented, incapable of self-government, and that upon him, therefore, must be passed the sentence of permanent seclusion from a world in which he is not fit to be at large. William Booth passion self men Don't instill, or allow anybody else to instill into the hearts of your girls the idea that marriage is the chief end of life. If you do, don't be surprised if they get engaged to the first empty, useless fool they come across. William Booth girl heart ideas We have to recognise, that the gin-palace, like many other evils, although as poisonous, is still a natural outgrowth of our social conditions. The tap-room in many cases is the poor man's only parlour. Many a man takes to beer, not from the love of beer, but from a natural craving for the light, warmth, company, and comfort which is thrown in along with the beer, and which he cannot get excepting by buying beer. Reformers will never get rid of the drink shop until they can outbid it in the subsidiary attractions which it offers to its customers. William Booth light beer men What is the use of preaching the Gospel to men whose whole attention is concentrated upon a mad, desperate struggle to keep themselves alive? William Booth preaching-the-gospel struggle men Go straight for souls, and go for the worst. William Booth motto soul missionary Can we go too fast in saving souls? If anyone still wants a reply, let him ask the lost souls in Hell. William Booth saving soul want No sort of defense is needed for preaching outdoors, but it would take a very strong argument to prove that a man who has never preached beyond the walls of his meetinghouse has done his duty. A defense is required for services within buildings rather than for worship outside of them. William Booth wall strong men While there remains one dark soul without the light of God, I'll fight - I'll fight to the very end! William Booth fighting light dark I must go, not only to those who need me, but to those who need me most. William Booth needs If there is anything of power in The Salvation Army today, it is because God has had all the adoration of my heart, all the power of my will, and all the influence of my life. William Booth army heart today We must wake ourselves up! Or somebody else will take our place, and bear our cross, and thereby rob us of our crown. William Booth crowns wake-up bears
