Son of lin­en mill own­er James Clib­born, Ar­thur at­tend­ed schools in France and Switz­er­land, grad­u­at­ing from Lau­sanne Un­i­ver­si­ty. Though raised a Quaker, he joined the Sal­va­tion Ar­my (SA), and went to Par­is, France, in 1881, where he ed­it­ed the pa­per Avant. The next year, he be­gan or­gan­iz­ing SA meet­ings in Ge­ne­va, Switz­er­land. He changed his name to Booth-Clib­born in 1887 af­ter mar­ry­ing Ca­ther­ine Booth, eld­est daugh­ter of SA found­er Will­iam Booth. The two of them worked for the SA in France, Switz­er­land, Bel­gium and Hol­land. In 1901, Ar­thur left the SA to join Amer­i­can evan­gel­ist John Dow­ie. Author of over 300 and hymns, Ar­thur’s works in­clude:

• Chants de l’Ar­mée du Salut, 1922

• Taylor, p. 257

1. Last Trump­et, The © 1925
2. O God of Light