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Will went to work at the age of thirteen because his father died, leaving the family bankrupt. Will had to support his mother and four sisters. He became an apprentice in a pawnbroker's shop. Life was never easy for his family. Will's work made him aware of the poverty in which people lived and how they suffered because of it. This knowledge would influence him for the rest of his life. Will became a Christian as a teenager and he spent his free time telling others of their need for a Savior. He believed that church ministers should be "loosing the chains of injustice, freeing the captive and oppressed, sharing food and home, clothing the naked, and carrying out family responsibilities." In his thirties, Will became an evangelist. He could be found preaching to the scum of the slums--prostitutes, thieves, gamblers, and drunks. When people became Christians. Will would send them to local churches in London, but the churches often wouldn't accept them because of their previous lifestyles. William Booth finally decided to gather his regenerated, ragtag congregation and have them reach the people who were like themselves. So began the ministry of the Salvation Army. When it began, the Salvation Army wasn't the gentle bell-ringing volunteers we think of around Christmas time. General Booth's battle cry was "Go for souls and go for the worst." Those who served in the Army were pelted with hot coals, sprayed with tar and burning sulfur, beaten, stoned, and even kicked to death in the streets. The Salvation Army resisted their enemies with a cheerful "God bless you" and a prayer. When General Booth was spit on during one of his tours, he told his fellow soldiers, "Don't rub it off--it's a medal!" Another time, two Salvation Army officers set out to begin a new work, only to meet with failure and opposition. Frustrated and tired, they appealed to the General to close the rescue mission. General Booth sent back a telegram with two words on it: "Try tears." The officers followed his advice and witnessed a mighty revival. William Booth was a Christian activist who saw his twin objectives as the saving of lost souls and righting the social injustices of his time. He saw the Salvation Army spread to 58 countries worldwide. Booth never lost his zeal for the Gospel, his love of his Lord or his heartfelt compassion for the poor. In a speech delivered three months before his death, on May 9, 1912, he said: "While women weep as they do now, I'll fight; while little children go hungry as they do now, I'll fight; while men go to prison, in and out, in and out, as they do now, I'll fight; while there is a drunkard left, while there is a poor lost girl on the streets, while there remains one dark soul without the light of God, I'll fight, I'll fight to the very end!" Queen Mary was one of 40,000 who attended Booth's funeral. On that day, the city offices of London were shut down. One hundred and fifty thousand people filed past his casket. The New York Times claimed, "No man of his time did more for the benefit of his people." _________________________________________ LET'S GO SURFING DUDE! ~ What to See _________________________________________
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined. _________________________________________ PARTING HUMOR THINGS YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR ... While on the Operating Room Table
Someone call the janitor - we're going to need a mop Bo! Bo! Comeback with that! Bad Dog! Wait a minute, if this is his spleen, then what's that? Hand me that...uh...that uh.....thingie Oh no! I just lost my Rolex. Oops! Hey, has anyone ever survived 500 ml of this stuff before? There go the lights again... "Ya know, there's big money in kidneys. This guy's got two of 'em. Everybody stand back! I lost my contact lens! Could you stop that thing from beating; it's throwing my concentration off What's this doing here? I hate it when they're missing stuff in here.
UPCOMING TOPICS FOR ALL-STARS If you are in 6-12th grade and live in the southern Wisconsin/northern Illinois area and would like to check us out, we meet every Sunday night from 6:30-8:00 PM at Faith Community Church which is located at 2931 Lucerene Dr. in Janesville, WI. (About 4-5 blocks south-east of The Skating Place.) Currently we have students from Fort Atkinson, Milton, Janesville Craig, Janesville Parker, Orfordville, Clinton, Beloit Memorial, Beloit Turner, South Beloit, and Hononegah. E-mail me back if you have any questions about our weekly meetings or would like to come to any of our events that are listed below... We have way too much fun and then, most importantly, talk about issues that are relevant to you as a teenager. _________________________________________ Author MICHAEL T. POWERS "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me." Galatians 2:20
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