Rescue

Young Officer Gives His Life to Recue Another Who Was drowning (illustration)

When the troop-ship Birkenhead was lost, a young officer, Alexander Cumine Russell, commanded one of the boats carrying the women and children. He saw a sailor’s body swimming above the waves close to the boat. There was not room for a single person more, but a woman in the boat …

C.T. Studd put his wealth aside to serve God (illustration)

CT Studd: wealthy, nationally famous athlete put it all aside to disappear into the mission field: China, India, and then Africa. Lost from sight for 13 yrs without contact. WHY? ’Some people love to dwell near church with choir and steeple bell. But I want to run a rescue statio …