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Purity of Heart: Letters to Salvation Army Officers is unavailable, but you can change that!

The pure heart described in Matthew 5:8 is a key theme in Salvation Army culture. Purity of Heart is assembled from addresses William Booth delivered at weekly meetings for “Salvation Soldiers.” It is rich with General Booth’s practical and direct philosophy of Christian living.

As the heart which palpitates in your bosom is the great driving-force of the Natural Man, so the heart we are talking about is the great driving force of the Spiritual Man. (a) In this sense it is your Heart that feels joy or sorrow. When you say, “That poor woman died of a broken heart on account of the ill-treatment of her husband,” you mean that it was the bitter anguish of her soul which killed her. (b) It is the Heart that chooses between right and wrong. When you say, “My brother’s heart is