Bryan Roe : a soldier of the cross : missionary travels and adventure in West Central Africa (1896)
Johnson, Charles R., d. 1899 · London : Charles H. Kelly · leaf 149
A SOLDIER OF THE CROSS. 141 calm and collected, and acted as coolly as if engaging in a pleasure party. Lower away the boats on the lee-side,” was the order given, “ and ladies stand by to go first, and their husbands prepare to follow.” … REV. HARVEY ROE A great rush was made at once for that side of the ship, most of the hands evidently imagining that they were either wives or husbands, and a passenger in his frenzied excitement cut away the ropes by which one boat was suspended, and the boat falling stern first into the sea, was…
Roe, Bryan, 1859-1896 · Wesleyan Methodist Church · Methodist Church · Missionaries
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