![]() ![]() Aboard the City of Chicago, he viewed the sunset over the approaching coastline at Queenstown and may well have remembered his parents’ description of their homeland. His first tour started with Ireland, in July 1891. Some 20 years earlier, seeking the best way to spread the good news worldwide, Brother Russell had decided to make a series of tours outside of America. * Beyond the shipyard, a dozen Bible Students stood on the quay, awaiting his arrival. Looming before Brother Russell were two massive ocean liners under construction, the ill-fated Titanic and her sister ship Olympic. For one man in their midst, Charles T. Russell, this was the fifth trip to Ireland. AS THE boat steamed up the Belfast Lough, a sea inlet, the little cluster of passengers standing on deck caught sight of green hills bathed in early morning light.
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