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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
of the North Sea. The conditions of the life were onerous, the existing traffic in spirituous liquors and in all other demoralizing influences had to be fought step by step, prejudice and evil habit had to be overcome and to be replaced by better knowledge and better desire, there was room for both fighting and teaching, and the medical mission won its way. “When you set out to commend your gospel to men who don’t want it, there’s only one way to go about it,—to do something for them that they’ll be sure to understand. The message of love that was ‘made flesh and dwelt amongst men’ must be reincarnate in our lives if it is to be received to-day.” Thus came about the outfitting of the Albert hospital-ship to carry the message and the
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