“Accordingly, after having some care and nursing I recovered strength, and, soon after returning to my Corps, I, in a Meeting when my name was called, forgot my crutches and hobbled to the front without them.  How the Soldiers all shouted!  The Captain carried them after me on his shoulder home that night.

“After I had been in the War for some months I was ordered to bid farewell to Lancaster, and, whilst resting at a little place near, I received order to go to Scotland.  When I was at the station, however, on the Saturday, I got a wire from The General, ’Orders cancelled.  Go King’s Lynn.’  Nobody at the station knew, at first, where it was, and even the stationmaster said, ‘You cannot get there to-day.’  ’But I must,’ I said, ‘I have to commence my work there to-morrow.’  And he found out there was just a chance, by taking an express part of the way.  When I got there, at a quarter to ten at night, I knew of no friend, and found there had been no announcement made in the town.  But, on going to a Temperance Hotel to put up, I learned that a gentleman near had the letting of a large hall.  I at once went to him.

“‘But,’ said he, ’we don’t let like that, out of business hours.  And we are accustomed to get payment in advance of the L2 10_s._ it costs.’

“As I had only sixpence left, I could pay nothing; but I said to him, ’The Rev. William Booth is responsible.  You draw up an agreement.  I’ll sign, and you shall have the money Monday morning.’  Somehow he felt he could not refuse me, and so I had got my hall for Sunday afternoon and evening.

“After a good night’s rest, I went out on the Sunday morning and spoke during the forenoon in twelve streets, making, of course, my announcement of the afternoon and evening Meetings.  A poor woman who thought I was out singing to get bread came and gave me 11/2_d._ saying, ‘That’s all I have; but you shall have it.’  I had to do everything myself in the afternoon Meeting, for I could not get anybody who came even to pray.  But they gave me twelve shillings.  I wanted them to help me hold a Meeting outdoors at 4:30.  At 5:30 we had to open the doors, as so many were waiting to get in, and at six the building was packed.  We kept up the Meeting till after ten o’clock, by which time seventeen people had come out to seek Salvation.

“The police sent me a message one Sunday evening, during the Meeting, that they wanted me at the police station.  I replied that I was engaged that evening; but that I was at their service any time after six the next morning.  So they had me up the Monday morning, and sentenced me to a month’s imprisonment.  But they never enforced it, till I left the town.

“In another place we had no Hall, and I have seen my Soldiers in the early morning trample snow down till it was hard enough for us to kneel upon for our Prayer Meeting.