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WILLIAM BOOTH’S SECRET
When J. Wilbur Chapman was in London, he had an opportunity to meet General Booth, who at one time was passed eighty years of age. Dr. Chapman listened reverently as the old general spoke of the trials and the conflicts and victories. The American evangelist then ask the general if he would disclose his SECRET for success. “ he hesitated a second,” Dr. Chapman said, “ and I saw the tears come into his eyes and steal down his cheeks,  and then he said, I will tell you a secret. God has had all there was of me. There have been men with greater brains than I, men with greater opportunities; but from the day I got the poor of London on my heart, and the vision of what Jesus Christ could do with the poor of London, I made up my mind that God would have all of William Booth there was. and 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.”
Dr. Chapman said he went away from the meeting with General Booth knowing “that the greatness of a man’s power is the measure of his surrender.”
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand that he may lift you up in due time” (1 Peter 5:6).
When J. Wilbur Chapman was in London, he had an opportunity to meet General Booth, who at one time was passed eighty years of age. Dr. Chapman listened reverently as the old general spoke of the trials and the conflicts and victories. The American evangelist then ask the general if he would disclose his SECRET for success. “ he hesitated a second,” Dr. Chapman said, “ and I saw the tears come into his eyes and steal down his cheeks,  and then he said, I will tell you a secret. God has had all there was of me. There have been men with greater brains than I, men with greater opportunities; but from the day I got the poor of London on my heart, and the vision of what Jesus Christ could do with the poor of London, I made up my mind that God would have all of William Booth there was. and 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.”
Dr. Chapman said he went away from the meeting with General Booth knowing “that the greatness of a man’s power is the measure of his surrender.”
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand that he may lift you up in due time” (1 Peter 5:6).
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