Another time, a group of young boys had been busy catching tadpoles and lost track of the time.  They rushed to the Salvation Army service -- dripping wet, and bringing their tadpoles along.  Most of us would be horrified at such a troop arriving at our church service, but not Miriam.  her reaction was to get so tickled at them that she almost fell off the platform.

Miriam Booth was the granddaughter of Salvation Army founders William and Catherine Booth, and daughter of the second General of the Salvation Army, Bramwell Booth.

She was born June 8, 1887, the third of seven children.  Her father was Bramwell Booth, and her mother was Florence Sopher Booth.  Miriam's full name was Florence Miriam Booth, no doubt after her mother, but she was known to her family as Mira.  Miriam was born just a few years after her mother and father led a movement to stop human trafficking in Victorian England and raise the age of consent from 13 years old to 16 years old.

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Her mother, Florence, was by all accounts a very good mother with a youthful enjoyment of life and of her children.  Every day, no matter how tired or weary she was after a busy day working for the Salvation Army, she always took time to simply enjoy her kids.

​Miriam's father was busy at the right hand of General Booth, leading the Salvation Army forward according to the call of God.  Bramwell was hard working, intense, dedicated, and fully committed to the Lord.  In addition, he was known for being both sweet and gentle.