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Put your ear down to the Bible, and hear Him bid you go and pull sinners out of the fire of sin. Put your ear down to the burdened, agonized heart of humanity, and listen to its pitiful wail for help.

William Booth

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William Booth
Age: 83 †
Born: 1829
Born: April 10
Died: 1912
Died: August 20
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If Moses had operated through committees the Israelites never would have got across the Red Sea.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Before we go to our knees to receive the Baptism of Fire, let me beg of you to see to it that your souls are in harmony with the will and purpose of the Holy Spirit whom you seek.
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It is impossible to comfort men's hearts with the love of God when their feet are perishing with cold.
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Why should the devil have all the best tunes?
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Some of my best men are women!
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We must wake ourselves up! Or somebody else will take our place, and bear our cross, and thereby rob us of our crown.
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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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