A young airman was posted to an aircraft carrier for the first time. He had always prayed by his bedside in the barracks. On his first night on board he slung his hammock and kneeled down underneath it. None of his shipmates took much notice of him, but one young fellow, watching the airman intently, was conscience-stricken, for he remembered the time when he used to pray beneath his hammock; but he had backslidden.
The young fellow sought out the airman and talked with him, and as a result of their conversation, the backslider was restored to the Lord. The next night there were two men kneeling beneath their hammocks.
A Bible reading was started which grew in numbers, and before the ship’s voyage was over, the toughest and worst character on board had been converted. At first no one would believe it, but his consistent life proved the glorious fact to be true. He was gratefully going on for the Lord.
ML-01/01/1978