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notes. " I have accordingly to work much at 

 night. God's workers must not give comfort the 

 first place : Christ alone must have that." Simple 

 as these words are they speak volumes to many 

 at home who value the quiet rest of their evening 

 fireside, and are reluctant to sacrifice it upon the 

 altar of their service, even though they are sur- 

 rounded by thousands of luxuries, which they may 

 consider necessaries, unknown to the dweller in 

 frozen lands. Yet it is only Christianity with a 

 Cross, and that Cross evident in the life of each 

 professor that can make the world believe in Christ. 

 It is no use now, any more than it was in 

 Apostolic days, to preach the Gospel of love 

 while we shut ourselves up in comfortable selfish- 

 ness. Were it otherwise, we might evangelize the 

 world by distributing tracts. 



And so a self-sacrificing love is rewarded, and in 

 a letter written in July we read again : " God has 

 helped and blessed me much in my work. I have 

 already ministered to about 300 of the Eskimos. 

 Most of these received the Word with gladness ; 

 they always gave me a hearty welcome when I 

 visited them in their snow-houses." 



The last words in this extract should not be over- 

 looked. " In their snow-houses " is the locale of 

 the evening work. We have spoken of the English 

 fireside above. If that is sacrificed it may be for 

 a well-warmed ventilated church or mission-room, 



