It has been reported that British Major David Ramsay, the Salvation Army’s Tsunami Relief Officer currently working in Tamil Nadu in India believes that the Salvation Army founder, William Booth, would be at the fore-front of the tsunami relief effort if he was still alive today.
William Booth founded the Salvation Army in East London in 1865, although it was called the “Christian Mission” until 1978. The organisation has now grown into one of the most recognised and established international evangelical movements in the world.
Major Ramsay’s comments come as the devastation from last December’s tsunami in south-east Asia remains. The tsunami was the result of an earthquake in the ocean on Boxing Day 2004 and left 227,000 people dead or missing across Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia and Thailand.
Assist News was able to speak with Major Ramsay as he was about to board a plane heading for South India, in the tsunami-hit region.
Ramsay reported to Assist News, “I believe that William Booth would definitely be here if he was still alive. Our motto in the Salvation Army is - Heart to God...Hand to Man - and I believe he would be at the forefront of our work to help the victims of this tragedy.”
