A MILLION MILES.
MISSION STEAMER'S VOYAGES. (FROM OCR OWN COBBESrONDENT.) SYDNEY, January 13. Every few months the London Missionary Society's steamer, John Williams, puts into Sydney after voyages to the islands of the southern Pacific. It has been doing the same for 33 years, with the exception of a period of twelve months after the war. Three times a year the John Williams does a voyage of about 10,000 miles, and having covered cso,ooo miles a year for 32 years, the John Williams has travelled close upon a million miles in its work of spreading the Gospel among the natives.
The record of the ship is only equalled by the record of its purser, Mr W. Fraeer, who has not missed a single trip on the John Williams. He is old now, but still hale and hearty, and is sanguine that he will still be on the ship when it has travelled its millionth mile in mission work. During his period of service, Mr Fraser calculates that scores of thousands of natives have been converted to Christianity by missionaries working from the John Williams.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18904, 20 January 1927, Page 2
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184A MILLION MILES. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18904, 20 January 1927, Page 2
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