The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-01-31
~oyRR THERE" WITH
The \. NJ. G. A..
in,tres ing Letter Of Rev. W. 4. Nc
Intirc, Bsing Diary Of His Recent
Trip Across The Atlantic in Con
neg.lon pt,h y. NJ. e. A. Work.
Deecmhar q. 1917

DO no, know how uuch q this
will b. allowed 70 pass the censor bu,
wan, 70 ID. down a biz Of each days
doings and th.nkings.
have Just scstlcd down after ,
strenuous two or three hours Of wait
ing for and upon the ticket men and
customs otIiccrs. Am now comfort.
nbly settled and ready 10 sail--al-
though there seems little prospect Of
sailing tonipht--howcyer, may wake
IN tho morning 10 find myself far out
beyond the Narross.
10 A. NJ. Next Morning
While We were at breakfast our
ship began 70 move, and when we
went out on deck, we found two little
tugs were putting and pushing US out
into the river, aud presently we were
headed down stream and for the open
sen, and are now getting down the
bay and through the Narrows.
Now we are down below the quar-
antine station and are idling along
very evidently awaiting orders of
some kind.
There are seventy Y. NJ. C. A. men
on board and about dozen other pas
sengcrs, including three ladies' !
predict from what have seen, II will
be Y. NJ. c. A. trip all the way to-
Liverpool or wherever the boat lands.
AS we passed the Statue Of Liberty
in the harbor a score Of men, ! in
cluded, sang America" and God
Save the King" and when we had fin
ishcd We heard a rather good soprano
voice singing the "Marscilles" in
French, and we discovered that one of
the lady passengers was a little but
very enthusiastic French girl. We
are not permitted 10 write about our
boat, but | must take chance and say
that IL is beastly cold. But the wealth
err Is quite eold--wc had IL degrees of
frost last night-which means that
the thermometer reg stored 2l above
zero. We arc promised warmer
weather as soon as we have been out
20 sea for few days The meals are
fine, we'll cooked and in good variety.
Neon has passed and we are still
inside the Hook, but there are indica
tions that we are soon 10 steam ur
and hike for the open seas. Ship
after ship is passing us heading out
ward and they say that these ships
are to be our convoy md just now is
coming up TO us in full steam, 2
cruiser flying the British flag They
say it is 10 be our guide and protector
It's fine sight albeit a rather serious
and ferocious sight.
Yes, we are heading outward ant
now at p. m. We are well out Of
sight Of land and started on the frs
lap Of our journey which will bring us
eventually to the real work by way of
Liverpool, London, Paris, and. Some
where In France Have had a goo(
day--a regular ships service at 10l
O'clock and vosper service at 81
o'clock, and il was fine sight to sec
these 20 men dedicated to missionary
work, dcdicating themselves anew tc |
God, the right, and humanity. They
arc a fine bunch Of mcn for the most
some are exceptionally fine.
have been thinking at several
times during the day Of the home
church and Of the Sabbath there. !
shall be wondering many times in the
months 10 come how everything is up
in Dandy. We have come now to the
close Of the Sabbath day--my first at
sea, and it has been a very good day
all through, spiritually and physically
the sea has not been rough--I pre-
sumo we have not been far enough out
yet, at any rate nore on board have
been seasick. at least not noticoably
so.
Monday
will try TO keep the days Of the
week and you can supply the days Of
the month, Nothing much today to
disturb the monotony except that
there has been no monotony for me.
The ship Is British and an Of the crew
man and boy, is British ioo-and they {
are very interesting. became ac.
quaintcd today with fine manly little I
chap Of III, cadet, who expects
rome day 10 bc a captain--w who Is
from the Isle Of Man-Bobby Sc's-
sorsa very interesting boy whose
comments on things American are
very interesting i,
iatcr--Chriatnas Evc--I c4n fancy
you All AZ home Nc to are hayine }
good tire here Our dining room is !
quite festive with Christmas dccorl- /
tons and we have had quite a fine ,
program up ia the drawing room. 1t ;
has been most glorious day from {
the weather standpoint and much '
warner. | climbed out this A. NJ.