Emphasis Preaching Journal
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There was a missionary who had spent 25 years in the field without furlough. Finally, he and his wife decided to travel home to visit old friends and family. They booked passage on a ship and were soon on their way back to America. It just so happened that they were traveling on the same steamer as an important US dignitary. When they pulled into the harbor, the dignitary, who was returning from a short hunting safari in Africa, was greeted by hundreds of people waving flags, screaming, and cheering his name. By the time the missionary and his wife disembarked, however, the crowd was gone.