Only a part of the mighty throng could hear The General’s beautiful words, so strong and yet so tender, from which I have already quoted, but all joined in the song, ‘Rock of Ages,’ which seemed to roll up to the heavens themselves.
Several leading Officers and members of The General’s own family prayed and spoke, wonderfully upheld in spite of their deep grief and the strain of the last days. And then by the open grave the present General led all hearts to make a fresh consecration, the whole assembly promising, with God’s help, that they would be
’Faithful to Thee, faithful to one another, and faithful to a dying world, till we meet our beloved Mother in the Morning. Amen.’
If ever you are in Abney Park Cemetery you should visit her grave. It is very simple. Around the little piece of earth runs a grey stone, with these words carved on it:–
Catherine Booth,
Mother of The Salvation Army
More than Conqueror, through Him that loved us,
and gave Himself for all the world and for you.
Do you also follow Christ?
and above are two small beds of flowers.