His first tour started with Ireland, in July 1891. 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.
* وَعَلَى رَصِيفِ ٱلْمِينَاءِ ،‏ وَقَفَتْ مَجْمُوعَةٌ مِنْ تَلَامِيذِ ٱلْكِتَابِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ يَنْتَظِرُونَ بِشَوْقٍ وُصُولَ ٱلْأَخِ رَصِل .‏