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William Booth (10 April 1829 – 20 August 1912) was a British Methodist preacher who founded The Salvation Army and became its first General (1878–1912). The Christian movement with a quasi-military structure and government founded in 1865 has spread from London, England to many parts of the world and is known for being one of the largest distributors of humanitarian aid.
William Booth was born in Sneinton, Nottingham, England, the only son of four surviving children born to Samuel Booth and Mary Moss.
Booth's father was wealthy by the standards of the time, but during his childhood, as a result of bad investments, the family descended into poverty and his father became an alcoholic. In 1842, Samuel Booth, who by then was bankrupt, could no longer afford his son's school fees, and 13-year-old William Booth was apprenticed to a pawnbroker. Samuel Booth died later that same year.
Two years into his apprenticeship Booth was converted to salvation and Methodism. He then read extensively and trained himself in writing and in speech, becoming a Methodist lay preacher. Booth was encouraged to be an evangelist primarily through his best friend, Will Sansom. Sansom and Booth both began in the 1840s to preach to the poor and the sinners of Nottingham, and Booth would probably have remained as Sansom's partner in his new Mission ministry, as Sansom titled it, had Sansom not died of tuberculosis, in 1848.
William Booth -- Salvation Army 1953 Documentary
William Booth Preaching - Actual Recording
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William Booth Funeral
William Booth Speaks
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Actors: Debbie Wiseman (composer), Tim Pigott-Smith (actor), Oliver Cotton (actor), Barbara Kidd (costume designer), Roger Brierley (actor), Peter Kosminsky (director), Jayne Spooner (miscellaneous crew), Silas Carson (actor), Emma Cunniffe (actress), Allin Kempthorne (actor), Jonathan Cullen (actor), Chris Ridsdale (editor), Aden Gillett (actor), Madhav Sharma (actor), Neil McKay (writer),
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