Workers of the Lord Aboard

Finally, 1,500 prisoners of war boarded the U.S.S. "General Gordon" and found that we were going to Trinidad to leave some troops off there. That took ten extra days. We held services daily and two on Sunday. I met two Coast Guard sailors who were really working for the Lord. They were Verne Trueblood and Max Simmons. Max was the chaplain's assistant. Since the ship's chaplain, Lt. Thomas F. Maher, was Catholic, these men took charge of the Protestant services when there was no Protestant chaplain on board. Trueblood preached with zeal and enthusiasm. Many sought the Lord. Max took charge of the music and they both bought tracts and with the help of fellow Christians passed them out to the troops. May God bless them!