The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-04-02
THE AFRICAN MISSION.
A ieontInuatIon Of Miss Alice
LyIe's letter to her Mother. .


Lyle's letter to her MOtner.
2 s8pMD OCEAN, Dec. II, 1888,
4 DEAR MAMMA An these days
have come and gone, and I have not
been able to do anything, read or
write. When it was not raining,
the waves came over the deck COW
ering every one and everything. So
/ had to sit or stand most of the
time watching. Well, mamma dear,
God has heard my prayer in regard
20 the Captain. He is not q chris
tian. Sol have talked with him
about his personal salvation. . First
/ read the promises in the dear
Book, and he listened with interest.
He expressed the desire to. be a
christian, and agreed to pray with
me. We have had service on deck
every day, and the Lord has GER
tainly been with us on this vessel.
Sometimes the waves and wind.
would be so rough and noisesome
we could not be heard in singing,
praying, nor talking; but we rem
dsred praise to the Lord, and He
heard us. asked the Captain the
second Sabbath, if L might gather
the sailors to study the Sabbath
school lesson with me. He said
they were SO wicked they would not
listen to me-would laugh at me-
and it weuld be hard work to get
them saved. He said it was hard
place for me to 60 TO see them. /
teld him I could GO anywhere for
the Lord--He left Heaven for me,
and / could go to the toughest place
for Him; and the work of saving
those poor men was His. That Je-
sus had finished the plan, and would
only send me to tell them. He
loved them, and wanted to save
them. aWelI, go on, if you want
to, said he. / went to the fore
castle where they stay. 1t was a
fearful place for poor. mortals. !
asked them to come and study the
Sunday school lesson with me. They
all agreed to do SO, except one poor
Irish boy. He was a hard one. to
convince of duty to serve the Lord
or try to get the lesson. While ]
stood talking with him, great
wave .eape over the bow of thieves
sci covering me from head to foot
on one side: He laughed, and ]
laughed too, as / wanted him to set
it did not disturb me while talking
on SO important subject So / con
tinued my talk. He said perhap
he would come in the afternoon
They all came but him, and / had
| glorious time teaching them. They
came aft-that is to the rear of th'
vessel, where was most room, The,
sit down on deck, as we had N
seats, and could not use chairs, q
the vessel was rolling to one side
/ / sit down on the lower side in fion
! of them, on my knees, part Of th
time, to keep my place, Obi ho'
/ did enjoy it. They were tn
toughest set of men | over sat before
They seemed interested, and a
promised to join next Sabbath. Th
next Sabbath they. came and swer
cleaned up, and looked respectable
So every Sabbath there has been a
4 Improvement The Bible Hous
Z had sent some Testaments en- til
vessel to be distributed among th
sailors. The Captain brought thes
to me, and distributed them anon
the class. They took them, an
when / was on the bow of the vet
sci, / saw them standing and lear
[. ing in the foreeastle reading th
Testament. The Lord has not !,
His "Word return void. - ! 60
: the gallery and read the Bible I
the cook while he works, as b
: don't have time to come to the elias
l get him to attend prayer meetin
on Sunday evening. I teach th
steward in the Captains ROOM S
you see the Lord helps me.osii sao