A New Missionary Steamer

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jun 19, 1893

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 19, No. 32.

A New Missionary Steamer

The London Missionary Society, in view of the expansion of its work in the islands of the Pacific Ocean, has at length decided to build a steamer to take the place of the John Williams. The new mission in New Guinea promises, it is said, to be more extensive and important than all the other South Sea missions combined. It extends over 1,000 miles of coast, with seventy native evangelists from the different groups. Navigation in this region is difficult, and a vessel with full steam power is deemed essential. It is proposed to build a vessel which will cost about $80,000.—Missionary Herald.