Fifth child of Sal­va­tion Ar­my (SA) found­ers Wil­liam and Cath­er­ine Booth, Her­bert at­tend­ed Al­les­ley Park Coll­ege and the Con­gre­ga­tion­al In­sti­tute, Not­ting­ham, Eng­land. In the ear­ly 1880’s, he was ac­tive in SA work in France, and wrote some of his ear­ly songs in French. In 1883, he helped found the SA mu­sic­al de­part­ment at Clap­ton. He went on to di­rect SA work in Eng­land (1888), Can­a­da (1892-195), and Aus­tral­ia (1891-1901). Around 1902, he went on ex­tens­ive lec­ture tours in Amer­i­ca, South Af­ri­ca, Aus­tral­ia, and New Zea­land.

Booth’s works in­clude:

• Songs of Peace and War, 1890
• The Salva­tion Sol­dier’s Song Book, 1897

• Taylor, pp. 254-5

1. All I Have
2. Before Thy Face, Dear Lord
3. Blessed Lord, in Thee Is Refuge
4. Cleansing for Me
5. From Ev­ery Stain Made Clean
6. I Bring My Heart to Je­sus
7. I Bring to Thee My Heart to Fill
8. I’m Be­liev­ing and Re­ceiv­ing
9. Let Me Heart Thy Voice Now Speak­ing
10. Let Me Love Thee
11. Love of Love So Won­drous
12. Mighty to Keep
13. My Mind upon Thee, Lord, Is Stayed
14. O Wanderer, Know­ing Not the Smile
15. Promoted to Glo­ry
16. Savior, Hear Me While Be­fore Thy Feet
17. Summoned Home
18. There Are Wants My Heart Is Tell­ing
19. To the Front
20. When My Heart Was So Hard
21. When the Pearly Gates Un­fold
22. Why Are You Doubt­ing and Fear­ing?
23. With My Heart So Bright in the Hea­ven­ly Light
24. With My Heart So Full of Sad­ness
25. Within My Heart, O Lord, Ful­fill

1. God Is Keeping His Sol­diers Fight­ing
2. Never Mind, Go On!