Sal­va­tion Army Com­mis­sion­er The­o­dore Kitch­ing said that one morn­ing he ar­rived at the house of the Found­er (Sal­va­tion Ar­my term for William Booth; “Bound­less Salvation” is al­so called “The Found­er’s Song,” though Booth wrote ma­ny songs). Kitch­ing found Gen­er­al Booth in his stu­dy com­plet­ing the vers­es of this song. He wrote it to be sung at an evan­gel­is­tic cam­paign be­ing held at Ex­e­ter Hall in Lon­don. The cru­sade was called the “Bound­less Sal­va­tion Cam­paign,” and this song was first sung No­vem­ber 14, 1893, dur­ing that cam­paign. Ori­gin­al­ly, the cho­rus “Hea­ven­ly Gales are Blow­ing” was sung be­tween each of the vers­es. The words were first pub­lished in the Salvation Army ma­ga­zine The War Cry on De­cem­ber 23, 1893. Booth an­nounced this song