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lightning passes over to this passage, so I feel that it is 
meant for me to go through here, which I do. The light- 
ning keeps up, and I can see my way between the reefs into 
the anchorage behind the island. We anchor safely at 2 a. m. 
“T dared not risk going on up the channel, although I was 
very much tempted to do so. I said to the doctor, ‘I dare 
not go any farther tonight, but will go on early in the morn- 
ing.’ The doctor smiled and said, ‘It is a terrible night and 
a terrible sea. You have done well. Now you rest, for you 
can do no more.’ 
“TI had been standing out in the wind and rain, washed 
down by the sea for five hours, so was very cold. I changed 
my clothes and rolled myself in a blanket and sat down wait- 
ing for daylight. 
“At 5 A. M. we hove up anchor and started out again. 
The rain had ceased, so I was able to see the outline of the 
shore. We put the engine full ahead, and arrived at the 
hospital just after daylight. The police boat put off to meet 
us. As it was too rough to anchor, I left Daniel in charge 
of the ship, and we went ashore, taking the precious serum 
with us. 
“‘At the hospital we found the nurse very anxiously wait- 
ing for us. She informed us that the doctor had just begun 
to feel the symptoms in the jaw. Our doctor said he had 
hopes of saving him. 
“All night the police had waited up for us, keeping lights 
out to guide us in, although they said they did not expect 
us to attempt the trip on such a night. At 7 a. M. we started 
back for home. As we passed quietly down the channel, 
now in daylight, I told the crew of a similar experience I 
had had in the Solomons. I asked if any knew where we 
were through the night. All said they had no idea, not even 
where we anchored. 
“T told them how the Lord had flashed the lightning to 
guide us through, and Moses said, ‘True, God guided us 
through.’ As we knelt around the wheel and offered thanks 
