WITH the death of General Booth a personality of singular force has passed away. . . General Booth's achievement commands respect and wonder by reason of its astonishing scale. On this ground certainly he can claim to be ranked with the world's great men. The career now closed was a long record of devoted and enthusiastic service to a cause. A man of undaunted courage and iron will, Mr Booth followed the path he had marked out for himself until he was surrounded by a disciplined host of subordinates, obedient to his simple word of command, and venerating him as their spiritual over-lord. In the face of ridicule, of obloquy, of violence, the General, as he came to be called by common consent, found himself at last an object of respectful consideration everywhere. Derision gave place to honours showered upon him, culminating in the expression of royal approval. Our regret is that this remarkable man was lost to the service of the Church. As a religious movement the Salvation Army lacks the sacramental life which the Catholic Church alone maintains, and the religion it inculcates is not without elements dangerous to true spiritual growth. It has added one more to the sects which have broken the unity of Christendom, but, if a place could have been found within the Church for that free and enterprising spirit to develop an order of personal service among the poor and outcast, what wonderful results might not have followed! As it is, we desire to take our share in the general expression of sincere respect and admiration for this remarkable man. Felix opportunitate mortis, he lived long enough to see the accomplishment even of more than he had once believed to be possible, and then, as his followers have said, he laid down his sword.