Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1910 — Will Carry the Gospel to Sailors of New York on Gift Yacht. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]
Will Carry the Gospel to Sailors of New York on Gift Yacht.
□from tbs New York Evening ’ , 1910.1
Pastor Russell of the Peoples Pulpit Association today declared that be would use the yacht Angel, presented to him by his association, to carry the gospel to the sailors of New York harbor, and, although complete a» rangements have not been made for the work, be said there was no reason for questioning the efficacy of his plan. “I have In my plans,” he said, "one to make a mission boat of the Angel, preaching the go*- ■ pel on her decks
every night of the week In a different language, carrying the Word to sajlors of all nations. “A practical plan would be to moor the yacht at different points nightly and advertise meetings for sailors, Sermons could be In English. German. Swedish. Italian and the tongues of other seafaring nations." The Angel Is 125 feet over all and uses both sails and naphtha. Seventy persons can And accommodations In her cabin and more on her deck during fair weather. Pastor Russell accepted the Angel, he said, not for himself, but as a trustee for the association.
THE ANGEL, YACHT TO BE USED IN MISSION WORK.
