The Call Back series—Illness

Emma Booth Tucker
Emma Booth Tucker was the fourth child and second daughter of Catherine and William Booth. Emma married Frederick Booth Tucker,whose first wife had died in a cholera epidemic while laboring with her husband in India. Emma also went to India with her husband but also became ill while there. And so the couple was transferred to the USA and given charge of the Salvation Army in that country. Emma died in a train accident at the age of forty-three.

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Mother of the Salvation Army—Call Back Series, Illness

Many of the books published by Harvey Christian Publishers are compilations; others are reprints; still others are the original writings of Edwin and Lillian Harvey. These books introduce us to many of God’s saints, some well known, some lesser known. I thought it would be helpful to scan these books and see how many women were mentioned and just who they were and what their role was in the Kingdom of God. So I picked up the book Illness, Volume One in the eight-volume “Call Back Series.”

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