of railway servants, who by bell, flag,
and whistle, glaring announcements, or in any other way, urge desiring
passengers to get into their train, before it is too late? Wherever a
true faith in the Gospel exists, The General's organisation of
compulsory plans for the Salvation of souls will not only be approved,
but regarded as one of the great glories of his life.

The "Will you go?" of The Army, wherever its songs are heard, has ever
been more than a kindly invitation. It has been an urging to which
millions of undecided souls will for ever owe their deliverance from the
dilatory and hindering influences around them, into an earnest start
towards a heavenly life.

That is why The General taught so many millions to sing, in their varied
languages, his own song:--

O boundless Salvation! deep ocean of love,
O fulness of mercy Christ brought from above!
The whole world redeeming, so rich and so free,
Now flowing for all men--come, roll over me!

My sins they are many, their stains are so deep,
And bitter the tears of remorse that I weep;
But useless is weeping, thou great crimson sea,
Thy waters can cleanse me, come, roll over me!

My tempers are fitful, my passions are strong.
They bind my poor soul, and they force me to wrong;
Beneath thy blest billows deliverance I see,
Oh, come, mighty ocean, and roll over me!

Now tossed with temptation, then haunted with fears,
My life has been joyless and useless for years;
I feel something better most surely would be,
If once thy pure waters would roll over me.

O ocean of mercy, oft longing I've stood
On the brink of thy wonderful, life-giving flood!
Once more I have reached this soul-cleansing sea,
I will not go back till it rolls over me.

The tide is now flowing, I'm touching the wave,
I hear the loud call of "The Mighty to Save";
My faith's growing bolder--delivered I'll be--
I plunge 'neath the waters, they roll over me.

And now, Hallelujah! the rest of my days
Shall gladly be spent in promoting His praise
Who opened His bosom to pour out this sea
Of boundless Salvation for you and for me.

Chapter V

Fight Against Formality

The Army's invariable principle of avoiding even the appearance of
attacking any other association of religionists, or their ideas or
practices, renders it difficult to explain fully either why William
Booth b