Brother Francis; Or, Less than the Least. Eileen Douglas
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Eileen Douglas
Brother Francis; Or, Less than the Least
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066173685
Table of Contents
LESS THAN THE LEAST.
Francis' Visit to the Sultan. Discouragements.
"Brethren of the Militia of Jesus Christ."
BY THE LATE MRS. GENERAL BOOTH
PREFACE.
The following pages have been written by my request with a view to making the Soldiers of The Salvation Army somewhat familiar with the life-story of one of the most remarkable men this world has ever seen.
While many and varied will be the opinions respecting the methods employed by Francis of Assisi, and while some will doubtless strongly dissent from these methods, yet I think no serious follower of Jesus Christ can do otherwise than admire the sincerity, devotion and sacrifice of the man; and further, there can be, I think, no two opinions as to his having taught and manifested to the world what it means to be possessed entirely by the Saviour's spirit.
And what did that spirit produce? Surely it was the same entire devotion of our all to the service of God and humanity which