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In this post I will focus on a woman named Catherine Mumford Booth. She lived from 1829 - 1890.
Catherine's parents were ardent members of a Wesleyan Methodist chapel. She spent much of her childhood confined to bed and suffered much from spine, lung and heart trouble. She was mainly educated at home by her mother who encouraged her daughter to read the Bible because she believed it contains supreme wisdom. Confined to bed, Catherine read the Bible from cover to cover eight times before she turned twelve. She also read books about theology and church history. A book about the life and work of John Wesley exerted a profound influence on her future vocation.
In 1834, the family moved to Boston, Lincolnshire. Catherine's father was very active in the local temperance movement. Catherine joined a temperance movement and became the secretary of a Juvenile Temperance Society at the age of 12.
In 1844, her family moved to Brixton, where Cathering joined a Wesleyan congregation and was also involved in the temperance movement. She led a girl's Sunday school class in another part in London.
In 1852, she met William Booth and they were married in 1855. She admired her husband's work and hoped that he would share her views on the position and mission of women.
P.S. In my next post I will continue to share the story of Catherine Mumford Booth.
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