'Join me in praying that she may be kept humble and simple, and that all
that the Lord has given her may be used for Him.'
'I see,' she says, writing at this same time to her daughter, 'what a
glorious, blessed, useful life you may live; but I also see your danger,
and I pray for you that you may be enabled to cast aside the world in
every form, to look down upon its opinions, and to despise its spirit,
maxims, and fashions.'
Later on, again, came the days when the boys had to choose, as you have
to do, how they would spend their lives. Mrs. Booth might be writing to a
Corps Cadet of to-day when, in a letter to one of her sons, she says:--
'I hope the Lord will make you so miserable everywhere and at everything
else that you will be _compelled_ to preach! Oh, my boy, the Lord
wants such as you--_just such_--to go out amongst the people,
seeking nothing but the things that are Jesus Christ's! You are free to
do it; able by His grace; born to do it, with splendid opportunities.
Will you not rise to your destiny? "Have courage, and be strong, and I
(the I Am) will be with thee." "Get thee out, and I will go with thee."
Dare you not take hold of the arm that holds the world and all things up?
And if you do, can you fail? The Lord gird you with His strength, and
make your brow brass, and your tongue as a flame of fire. You _must
preach_!'