Swearing Sailors

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A short time ago, a Christian worker was visiting the ships in the River Thames, when a young sailor approaching him said, “I came for a tract, sir!” “Well, my lad,” said the worker, “I hope you have received some benefit from reading tracts.” “Yes, sir,” he said; “you left some tracts on board our ship last voyage. I have reason to praise God they were ever left on board. One was ‘The Swearer’s Prayer,’ and that tract shut the mouth of five of our lads, and now these very men join with us in prayer.”
ML 07/09/1961