He sought his Church's honour, not his own,
All faiths are one to share the mourner's part
Beside the empty throne.
THE BLACK MAN'S BURDEN
Refrain by natives of South Africa and Kikuyu.
The amende to Cardinal Wiseman has been already noted, and I like to end this section with an even more striking palinode—the most notable that had appeared in Punch since his posthumous tribute to Lincoln. Punch had assailed the Salvation Army and its founder with all the weapons at his command in the early days of that movement. Happily he did not wait till General Booth's death to acknowledge his error. In the autumn of 1908 General Booth and Mr. John Burns had both been subjected to severe criticism at the Trade Union Congress, and are shown in a cartoon standing outside the door of the meeting saying to Mr. Punch: "You see before you two condemned criminals." Punch replies: "Well, I shouldn't worry about that," and they rejoin in unison: "We don't." This was indirect commendation; there were no reserves in the memorial verses on General Booth's death in August, 1912. Punch compares him with the warrior saints of old time and continues:—
Nay, his the nobler warfare, since his hands