ii2 THE LIFE OF E. J. PECK 



Oh ! may He often work within us, inciting us to 

 more earnestness and devotion in His blessed work ! 



" May I ask you to make the month of May a 

 particular time of prayer for the Eskimos ? It is 

 then that the greatest number are near me ; then I 

 am in the midst of the fearful battle against Satan, 

 sin, and indifference, and I need particular grace, 

 You know there are special seasons when we need 

 to have our hands upheld by special prayer and 

 sympathy. 



" The news of the iron church being erected 

 will no doubt be a matter of much joy to Miss Agnes, 

 yourself, and other friends who thought of the poor 

 isolated Eskimos, and sent them such a token of 

 love and sympathy. Gratefully yours in that 

 blessed hope, " E. J. Peck." 



The surprise of the Eskimos who travelled to the 

 post was unbounded. 



" The poor people walked around the outside of 

 the building and tapped the corrugated iron with 

 their fingers, wondering of what peculiar material 

 such a building could be made. Others, again, 

 wondered how we possibly managed to erect the 

 steeple, which, after all, is a very tiny affair. 



" But when these simple folk saw the inside of the 

 church, so nicely lined and varnished, their surprise 

 knew no bounds, and they cried out : 



" What a wonderful house ! " 



" Oh, how high [ " 



