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English: The Morning Star was a large house boat built on the Kalamazoo River near Allegan, Michigan, in 1894. It served as a floating chapel, mobile welfare center, home for workers, and means transportation in mission work for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the southern part of the United States. James Edson White and Emma L. White (center) lived aboard the Morning Star with their workers during much of their time in Mississippi. Albert Green, the ship's black cook, is in the doorway. He joined the Morning Star as it steamed down the Illinois River on its way to the Mississippi and proved one of its most faithful workers, not only in the kitchen, but also in sharing his new-found faith.