Church's work Among the Sailors. 'The flag of The Missions to Seamer is pro- pably as well known to most sailors as the flag of the'r own counties. The "Blue Flag with the Flying Angel" flied over 140 seamen's institutes and churches "parts of the world and from the stern vi 73 mission ships and boats. Iteis the flag under which 65 clergy of our Church serve as chaplains, while 220 lay readers, engineers and boatmen, etc, are in the employ of this great Church sotiety, "The Missions to Seamen." We want you 16 note that name~" "The Mis- sions to Seamen"~'it'is the name of the largest society workingefor sailors, whose in- come 'is nearly $400,000 per annum, It is a t what it was in 1830. 1 g out letters, or ad- ; of an unusually difficult To another worker a for "a bit of reading." ( id this sack while I fll lay reader, after which Jack wis ship loaded: with perhaps ones, not goody- a Bible, Prayer and ction of serious books, ee; reader, what all this means in ating the moral tone onboard that ship when she sails. Those services in the little Sailor's Church, pathetic in "the 'many memorials round its Fs are something unique in church life. Men who hardly ever darken a church door found there, of all creeds, taking part in the simple, grand old service of our ancient Church. The chaplain at Juengs Ayres, ow. Karney, reports no less than 12,000 at- tendances of sailors at church last year. Is fot this "Casting bread upon the waters?" We may not find it even after many days, } most ju stant is h r--1ir-the-speliis it," replies the 1 taggers back tc folbs. of ines-- good gobdy. Hymn Bo You can are distinctly Church society, yet of such Catho- Sic and Evangelical breadth of spirit that sea men of all hations, colors and creeds crowd into its institutes and churches. Wherever a | sailor, goes he finds this flag-- London or San Francisco, Rotterdam or Rangoon, Cape Town or Cardiff--no sooner is he in port tha up the side comes the "Sky Pilot" with a | | dud, but He will, The Missions to Seamen does its work also very largely afloat. While it is very import- ant to help and befriend "Jack ashore," to rescue him from those who lie in wait for him, abéve all, to bring him under the influ- the Gospel of Jesus Christ through ence of vv Full Sail. cheery, "How are you, boys, nn the Missions to Seamen parson here." Strong and cordial is the welcome, hearty are the handshakes. "Have you got an institute here, sir?' "Yes, rather," in such and such a street. "Concert to-night at cight; come up twenty minutes before for service, "Right O, we'll be there,' And there they are, coming in rather sheep- ishly, all in a bunch, but soon settling down, The chaplain makes it plain that there is no obligation to go into church. His new friends can please themselves, play their billiards, read, write letters, lounge round, do jusy what suits them, but, as the "Sky Pilot" generally says, "The church is yours, boys; we always have a fifteen minutes service each night, so don't say you never get the chance to wor- ship." The men appreciate the fact that they fre not coerced, as many a sailor has said to "our chaplains, "The Missions to Seamen al- ways treats you like a gentleman." We fedr that sailors. are too often. alienated by the methods 'of some sailors' societies, where a man has no sooner entered an institute than some busybody makes fervent énquiries after his Soil, or wants to Kuwow 'whether he is saved. 'The Church just gets to work with the miesssge of salvation without talking about it. Then, after service, may be, a first-rate con- cert is provided, two or three hundred appre: ciative sailors are in the audience, and raise the roof with their applause. "Never," said! Miss Genevieve Ward, the famous London | tragedienne, "have I experienced so enthusi- | astic an audience." Just before dispersing the | The Missions to Sea the nrinistry of the Missions to Seamen, it 1s na leds important that he should be cared for when 'aboard his ship, and infhienced for his eternal good when he is "Jack afloat," and, for the time being, Away from the.evil influences of his enemies, the c¢rimps and other land- sharks. Ome or two incidents occurring in the ordinary course of the society's work afloat will illustrate best how the Missions to Seamen cares for him, It is a squally day. A number of ships are lying weather-bound in the Roadstead. They have just leit the home port for a voyage, it may be of several months' duration. The crews are "down on their luck," some because they are leaving home and dear ones, others because, through the cnemies weé have al- ready referred to, they have wasted in, riotous living the hard-earned wages of the last voy- age. The sailor's difficulty is the society's op- portunity. The mission yacht is speedily on her way to the nearest of the ships. The crew notice her and remark to ene another how well she is handled. And well they may, for her skipper, one of the society's chaplains, can-sail a boat with the best. As she draws nearer the men can see her flag, which bears on it the: Angel of the Revelation flying" "in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting Gospel to preach." It is the flag of a friendly Power; would that they all might know how friendly, how loving, is that Power. By the time she is alongside a ladder is thrown over and, in less time than it takes to tell, the chaplain, with his little portable harmonium, is on the deck--not by any means "Sydney, it was there too men. Institute, Sydney. chaplain gives out prs notices for the week -- there will' be an 'athletic contest on Tuesday, a cinematograph display on Thursilay, ambut lance classes on Tuesday and Friday, Bible class 'on Friday, social and "sing song" on _"Siturday 'night to counteract the special ef _ forts of the saloons, and then the usual Sun: day services. J "Such would be a typical evening in any . Missions to Seamen institute. But this is the merest surface of the work. Over there ut the Entrance is a bright office. The manager a sailopewho has just been paid | ispersuading off with' $80 to leave the cash in the'Mission Jack demors, bint finally leaves at our varions institutes He of ¥ year amounts to tens of of delle, wd these' sums dre Home hy the chaplains to | . igh 1 have waited! in an easy matter with the sea that is running. The captam is interviewed. "May. 1 have a talk with he men?" "Yes, the mate shall knock off work for half an hour" Presently a shrill whistle is hexrd; the men come hurry- ing, some from aloit and others from other parts of the ship, sad are soon gathered in the jo'dstle. They are a big shy at first, but @ few guéstions about their voyage, the port they are bound for, and so forth, soon put them at their ease. Then, "Shall we have a hyn men?' "Well, we are no great singers, but af you'li start we'll join in as gwell as" we can" An old favorite is chosen which, with the help of 'the little, harmonium, goes very well. © A few earnest prayers and a short straight talk follow. The half-hour is ap, and the mite 15 waiting to' give the command to "tara," dor the had 'weather has wrought oip-shape. 'Sn with 4 Beasty Y tank. THE DAILY BRIMEH WHiG, JURSD. AY, MY, "iL. The Missions to Sea men Institute, Cape Town. . » "wm again," they part. - The od sown, let us hope. in some cases » ed has been fu lye at least, whenever it flies we have found friedds ground that will bright forth eveh an hundred- "who welcomed and helped us." The reader fold to God's glory. Then b to the ar | 1 sine. how happy was thie' service tain. Will he take a "service box," provide nf, such an introddttion: There with 'Bibles, Prayer and Hymn Books for } wa } t for a home-coming hands, and promise to hold ine service | after the ¢; thére S regularly? He probably sec culties: in J prayer that 1 mi preserved from the way, but may be induced to try. At any the greater dangers of the paying-off port, fols rate he accepts a bag of miscelln liter~ { " as to those dan- ature, which always mcludes a and | gas, and a strong appeal 'to them to lock Praver Book. jaloit to Him Who alone could keep them. And here, by the way, is a t story of a ling for "Jack Afloat," and Jack, ever grateful Bible in one of these bags plain for | to his true friends, is never tired of trying to Belfast Lough had on many oc s tried to | express his gratitude. induce a certain captam to lei hold a} There is a good deal of ramance about some service with his men, but he of these "The building at Heung allow him to come Rong w erected at of $50,000 by a however, to acecpt a bag of readingd rich ¥ one who, having made, mission ve One day, af- | his fortune sailors, considered it hi thrown on I, the cap- | duty to give them such help in their spiritual "WiH you come and hold af! urely a most noble gift from one who chaplain, as surprised as de t of our Faith, assuredly is very near flag with She on | r sale e voyag sht be 1eOUs {owed by a demn wi Hing Bible him 11d nt even mstitutes fine on board. MH always a cost merchant, glad, through "hrown from the ter the bag was tain called out, service?' The vet The Missions to Seamen" Institute, Hong Kong. of God. The splendid institute New Zealand, was built by a lady, the widow of a ship's vested in the local committee 15 to Seamen, The large in- lighted, did not wait for a second invitation. After the service he asked the captain for an explanation, "Well" said he, "this last voy- age we were becalmed for a long time. I had read and re-read every bit of paper in that | under the Mig bag you left us except the Bible, which at | stitute at San cisco was erected at a cost last, in sheer desperation, | took dp. On turn-4 of uths of the destruction ing over the pages I noticed that several in the disastrous earthquake passages were marked, The thought struck ¢ we get a very unique me, 'Well this Book, which I've ~always | piece of that the Missions to thought so u seems to have our brethren of the useful t6 somebody." 1 reac few : sstablish this post by passages, became more, il chaplains 4 ysidizing the Ameri- in the end, I was léd by that old Bible the 'extent of ¢ Kingdom levout captain, and $70,000 witl ) Ane ts predecessor + and. fire of 10006, i brotl less, been interested, read foverios San Pranic' Seamen's Institute. -------------------------- and this scek and ac- eighteen years, responded to $30,000 during the has ( past my need of a Saviour, and to alifornia cept His Salvation." The next ship visited is homeward-bound. lead: Cr) When the chaplain comes on board he is Wounld that the C greeted with enthusiasm as an old friend. | ceses showed squalene "How is this," says he, "you don't know me." Let Ca § try i "No, sir! but we know the flag; we scem never wottld be' "without its sea to have lost sight of it since we left hame fet them use nearl§ two years ago. Before we left London to understand the debt they owe to we had a good time under it at the Poplar | sailors, and thep let thq Canadian Church rise Institute. From: London we went to Cape | 10 MS res Spots dbjtities and maintain fitting Town, and found it flylug there; thence to, Ghar h Instit in all its ports for the use the same with {Of seamen oF wating, remembering that Plymouth, and | our Lord Jesus Christ found among sailors we find it again; and, | suppose, when we get His closest friends to Antwerp we shall still it fiving. 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