'"Jesus wept,"' she writes to her eldest girl, who was then fourteen,
'would be a nice subject for you at one of your little Meetings. And you
could find some texts to show how David wept, and Daniel, and Jeremiah,
etc., if you like it. But don't take it because _I_ say so--you must
ask the Lord for your subjects.'

Later on, however, as The Salvation Army grew, Mrs. Booth felt that,
though it was just as necessary to prepare, yet to speak from notes was
often not helpful to either the Officer or the people, so she writes to
one of her sons:--

'Get out of them! They don't fit our work. When you get on, you don't
want them; and when you don't, they are no good. At first, if your memory
won't serve you, just jot on a small bit of paper the size of a ticket
your main divisions in large writing, but no more. Like this:--

'Day of wrath is come.
'1. God's wrath.
'2. Just wrath.
'3. Uttermost wrath.
'4. Eternal wrath.'

On the platform Mrs. Booth's manner was as simple and natural as when by
her own fireside; anything 'put on' or affected she hated.

'If I were asked,' she says, 'to put into one word what I consider to be
the greatest hindrance to the success of Divine truth, even when spoken
by sincere and real people, I should say _stiffness_. Simplicity is
indispensable to success, _naturalness_ in putting the truth. It
seems as if people, the moment they come to religion, put on a different