Witnessing for Christ on Shipboard

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 12, 1911

Witnessing for Christ on Shipboard

DR. W. C. DUNSCOMBE, in returning from Japan, came across by way of India to England, instead of by the United States. On the boat he had some experiences that will be of interest to our brethren. He writes:—

“I have been having some blessed experiences on the boat trying to do missionary work. I packed in a hurry, and after getting on the boat found that I had only one Signs of the Times with me. I wanted to place it so that it would do good; so after I had become acquainted a little, I gave it to a passenger who seemed to be an honest searcher after truth.

“He was grateful to get it; and as he read, I observed that he seemed to be much interested. He read every article, from cover to cover. This encouraged me, and opened the way for talks about the truth. Then we began to have Bible studies twice a day, and he finally knelt down with me and promised God that he would obey all his commandments, including the fourth.

“He is the chief mate on a steamer that plies up and down the coast of China. He never had professed Christianity before, but had always led a sober, temperate life, and has taken this step after some days’ consideration. I have written our brethren in England to visit him when he arrives, so that they may give him more truth until he is thoroughly grounded. I thank God that he has given me this opportunity.”