Safe Passage Through Storm at Sea Answered by Prayer Meetings

In January 1844, William Adams and 210 emigrants sailed on the ship Fanny from Liverpool bound for New Orleans. The company had been organized with William Key as president and held prayer meetings daily and preaching meetings on Sundays throughout the voyage. In the Irish Channel, they encountered a rough sea for three days with head winds. The ship could not keep its course and had to be tacked toward the Isle of Man and then toward the coast of Wales. The captain said that if the wind did not change, the ship was in danger of being wrecked. But on the morning of the third day, the wind changed favorably, and they rounded the Welsh coast and entered the Atlantic Ocean. The passage across the Atlantic was generally pleasant except for a few days of storm, when the waves swept over the ship and many passengers feared they would sink. Through continued prayer meetings, the Lord answered their prayers, the winds became favorable, and the ship made 10-12 knots per hour, safely reaching the West Indian Islands.