PROGRESS 89 



one at Little Whale River. The man who has 

 learned has then wandered away in pursuit of game 

 or for trade, and has imparted to his friends that 

 which he has received. 



The teacher should himself always be learning 

 the lesson not to despise small numbers. Had the 

 greatest of all teachers not appreciated this, the 

 world would never have been evangelized. For it 

 was not when Jesus Christ had the multitudes 

 hanging on His words ; not when He was feeding 

 the thousands in the wilderness ; not when He was 

 entering in triumph into Jerusalem, that He was 

 making a marked and permanent effect upon man- 

 kind. But it was rather when weary and footsore 

 by the roadside ; when storm-tossed on the sea ; 

 when presiding over the last sad supper in the upper 

 chamber, pouring His teaching into twelve ignorant 

 fishermen who misunderstood Him, and saturating 

 them with it, that He was fashioning the weapons 

 to break down the opposition of sin and win the 

 world for God. Let this be the comfort of the lonely 

 worker, and a sufficient answer to the caviller con- 

 cerning inadequate results to expenditure of energy 

 and money. 



The experience of the first few months among 

 them was distinctly favourable as regards the recep- 

 tive temperament of the people. Mr. Peck is able 

 to say, " I find nearly all the Eskimos eager to 

 hear the things of God." This was, of course, largely 



