Quotes by William Booth

William Booth (1829–1912) — Gründer Heilsarmee · Methodistisch · England

William Booth (1829–1912) war ein britischer methodistischer Prediger und Gründer der Heilsarmee im Londoner East End. Er verband kompromisslose Evangelisation mit praktischer Sozialhilfe unter dem Leitmotiv „Suppe, Seife, Seelenheil“, stand jedoch wegen seines autokratischen Leitungsstils und der militärischen Struktur seiner Bewegung in der Kritik. Heutigen Bibellesern begegnet er als Beispiel für eine gelebte Nächstenliebe, die geistliche Verkündigung untrennbar mit dem Einsatz für gesellschaftliche Randgruppen verbindet.

Era: The 20th Century

Recurring topics: Witness & Mission, Service & Love of Neighbour, Justice & Commitment, Courage & Strength, Discipleship, Work & Vocation, Eternity & Hope Beyond Death, Guidance & God's Will

Quotes by William Booth

As long as women still weep as they do now, I will fight; as long as children still hunger as they do now, I will fight; as long as a single soul is still in darkness without the light of God, I will fight. I will fight to the end.
William Booth

No one can be saved as long as he has cold feet, and no one can be converted as long as toothache torments him.
William Booth

Every country is my fatherland, for every country is my Father's land.
William Booth

If there had been committee meetings in the days of Moses, the children of Israel would never have crossed the Red Sea!
William Booth

Faith and works should travel side by side, step answering to step, like the legs of men walking. First faith, and then works; and then faith again, and then works again – until they can scarcely distinguish which is the one and which is the other.
William Booth

God loves with infinite love those whose hearts are broken with passion for the impossible.
William Booth

Need is the call.
William Booth

God loves with a great love the man whose heart is bursting with a passion for the impossible.
William Booth

The greatness of a man's power is the measure of his surrender to God.
William Booth

Work as if everything depended upon work and pray as if everything depended upon prayer.
William Booth

Some men's passion is for art, some men's passion is for fame, some men's passion is for gold — my passion is: saving souls.
William Booth

Your days here on earth are not many, so use them in the best way you can, for the glory of God and the good of your generation.
William Booth

I believe the chief dangers that confront the coming century will be religion without the Holy Spirit, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, salvation without regeneration, politics without God, and heaven without hell.
William Booth

If the masses do not come to church, church must be brought to the masses.
William Booth

If you only knew how happy the Lord makes us, you would come to Jesus at once!
William Booth

To get a man out of the slum, heal his body, give him decent clothes, provide him with a home in the country, and leave him to die and go to hell – truly, it is not worth it.
William Booth

Save souls, go after the worst!
William Booth

My life has been one long series of trials. Often I have cried myself to sleep.
William Booth

Use words that every housemaid can understand.
William Booth

We want to fight evil effectively and comprehensively.
William Booth

Eggs are brought to me for breakfast, and at that very hour children are dying of starvation.
William Booth

Going to the lost is your duty.
William Booth

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