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Most Christians would like to send their recruits to Bible college for five years. I would like to send them to hell for five minutes. That would do more than anything else to prepare them for a lifetime of compassionate ministry.

William Booth

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William Booth
Age: 83 †
Born: 1829
Born: April 10
Died: 1912
Died: August 20
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Some men's passion is for gold. some men's passion is for art. some men's passion is for fame. my passion is for souls
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Secular music, do you say, belongs to the devil? Does it? Well, if it did I would plunder him for it, for he has no right to a single note of the whole seven. Every note, and every strain, and every harmony is divine, and belongs to us.
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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.
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While women weep, as they do now, I'll fight.
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While there remains one dark soul without the light of God, I'll fight - I'll fight to the very end!
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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!
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I must go, not only to those who need me, but to those who need me most.
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