During the war, a number of ships we had visited were torpedoed – every soul aboard those vessels was dear to our hearts. It was striking to note God's protection over many who responded to the Gospel message while here. A Greek ship which had been visited here sank and all her crew were saved. Another, a Danish ship, was destroyed, but likewise, her crew was saved. Letters came from others telling that God had spared their lives. How different it was with those aboard the ill-fated "Iowa" whose men refused the Gospel literature and threw the invitations overboard. Their vessel got no farther away than "Peacock Spit," beyond the mouth of the Columbia where it sank without a life's being saved, and we wondered if any aboard were spiritually ready to die. But when another ship met its fate near the same spot, listeners across the waters heard a seaman singing, "Nearer, My God, to Thee," in his native language as the vessel was going down. What a consolation it has been for us to know that when a ship meets disaster, it has had the "way of salvation" presented to the men aboard.