Religion: An Experience With the Lord

From one of the world's hottest spots, a letter came last week to the Rev. Edward E. Chipman, pastor of Brooklyn's Lefferts Park Baptist Church. Wrote Chaplain W. Wyeth Willard, with the U.S. Marines on Guadalcanal:

"This is to notify you that one of your young men, Arthur Shepherd Tripp, of 1599 East 54th St., Brooklyn, was baptized by me in the Lunga River, Guadalcanal, B.S.I, on Dec. 2, 1942. Arthur has had a real experience with the Lord as have many other young men who have had battle experience. ... A week ago last Sunday, Nov. 27, Arthur came forward with...

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