General of Evangeline Cory Booth, OF (December 25, 1865 - July 17, 1950) was a British theologian and the 4th General of The Salvation Army from 1934 to 1939. He was the first woman to hold the post. General.
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He was born in South Hackney, London, England, the seventh of eight children born to William Booth and Catherine Mumford, who at the beginning founded The Christian Mission, who became the Salvation Army in 1878. Catherine Booth recently read > Uncle Tom's Cabin and wants to name his baby 'Eva', but William Booth does not like the name and writes 'Evelyne' on the birth certificate. Years later, while in the United States, Evelyne will be persuaded by Frances Willard, founder of Christian Women's Temperament Union, to adopt the name 'Evangeline' as more dignified and more in line with the commander of the Salvation Army in America.
At 15 he was a Sergeant who sold the Army paper The War Cry in the slums of east London. In 1887, at the age of 21, he became a corps officer at Marylebone, where there was a very strong opposition to The Salvation Army. Wherever the difficulty is threatened, General Booth's solution is always the same, 'Send Eva!'.
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He was appointed Commissioner of the Field throughout the United Kingdom from 1888 to 1891, bravely facing the crowds. From 1891 to 1896 he was in charge of the Officers Training. When in 1896, a breakaway group from America led by his brother, Ballington Booth and his wife, Maud Ballington Booth, attempted to seduce the American Salvationists of The Salvation Army and into a rival group called Volunteers of America, General Booth sends Evangeline to New York. When he arrives the door to the Army headquarters on 14th Street has been locked against him. However, "he climbed the fire escape and climbed through the rear window.The dissidents hissed and scorned until he completely wrapped himself in the available and challenging American flag:" Mute it, if you dare. "In a startled silence he played his concert, and sang" Over Jordan without Fear. "The Ballington Rebellion was put out."
He was appointed as Territorial Commander while the United States, then Canadian Territorial Commander. In 1904 he returned as Commander of the United States, and held this position until 1934. After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, he led a mass meeting in Union Square, New York, and raised more than $ 12,000 for the Salvation Army relief work between them. the victims of the disaster. During this period he became a US citizen.
In August 1917, although there was a distinction between Commander Evangeline Booth and US General Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF), the first of 250 Salvationists left New York for the front line of the Great War in France. They immediately won the trust of the troops with a cheerful brand of religion 'seven days a week'. When the tribute was poured, Evangeline protested: 'Salvation Army has no new success; we just do the old thing the old way. 'The Americans disagreed, and subscribed an unprecedented $ 13 million to pay off debts incurred by the Army, through the provision of canteen, hostels, rest rooms during the war, and then on providing care and accommodation for returning troops. For his work in support of the AEF, Booth was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal by the US Army. Booth was one of the few highly respected civilian ladies to service during the First World War.
In 1927 Evangeline visited his brother, General Bramwell Booth, with a memorandum that would change the way the Salvation Army appoints his General. Bramwell was not sure; he insists that he will appoint his successor just as his father did before him.
In January 1929, the First High Council of The Salvation Army decided otherwise, and since then General was elected by the High Council, in line with the original proposal of Evangeline Booth.
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Evangeline Booth was elected General by the Second Higher Council in 1934. He brought to Generalal a wealth of experience in many areas of the Army's work but never lost his passion and enthusiasm from his early years. Nicknamed 'The Musician General' by the Army newspaper at the time, he was very interested in soul-winning activities from the music part of The Salvation Army.
Like his father, the Founder, Evangeline explores the world extensively. After being elected General he toured the United Kingdom, and in 1935 India, Ceylon, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and the United States; then, as soon as he returned, Norway and Sweden. At the end of 1935 he conducted a 'motorcade' - all of the East Coast of England to Darlington, then several Western Counties and Thames Valley. The following year he went with another motorcade from Land's End to John O'Groats, and visited Canada, the United States and France, although he is now over seventy years old.
The Salvation Army's work was very successful during the leadership of Evangeline Booth, with Salvation Army activities starting in Singapore, Algeria, Egypt, Equatorial Africa France, Philippines, Mexico and Penang (Malaya).
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His term ended on 31 October 1939 when Commissioner George Lyndon Carpenter was elected as the fifth General of the Army. By the end of November, Evangeline had left England for his home in New York state, and spent the rest of his life on the land he had served for years.
He wrote several books, including Going to a Better World and Evangel Songs . The Salvation Army Evangeline Booth College in Atlanta, Georgia is named after him, such as 'The Evangeline Booth Lodge' in Chicago which is "a haven for families and individuals who have suddenly lost their homes due to expulsions, disasters such as fires or floods, loss of utilities, domestic violence, stranded on the go, or other crises. "
General Evangeline Booth lived in Hartsdale, New York, until his death at the age of 84 from arteriosclerosis. She is buried in Kensico Cemetery, near White Plains, New York. His home, Evangeline Booth House, now known as St. Episcopal St. Andrew, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
References
External links
- Works by Evangeline Booth at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Evangeline Booth in Internet Archive
- Evangeline Booth Biography
- Evangeline Booth Biography
- Important American Women 1607-1950: Biography Dictionary
- Memorial University of Newfoundland website
- Evangeline Booth on his appointment as General of British PathÃÆ'Â © news 1934
- "General Booth Holds Parts For Slum Kids" British PathÃÆ'Â Â Â Â Â news 1937
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