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stations on the Labrador coast. From him he had 

 learned a simple prayer. He had been in the habit 

 ever since of using that prayer daily, and he had 

 still some knowledge of Christianity, although he 

 had been for years without an instructor." Surely 

 here we find a man feeling after God, if haply he 

 may find Him. 



At this time Mr. Peck was accompanied in his 

 journeys and helped in his work by a Christian 

 Eskimo named Thomas Fleming. This man owed 

 his conversion to Mrs. McLaren, the wife of one of 

 the officers of the Hudson's Bay Company. She 

 had lived for a time at Little Whale River, and her 

 influence through her life and words had made a 

 deep impression upon several of the Eskimos. In 

 former years she had lived at various Moravian 

 stations on the Labrador coast, where she gained 

 her knowledge of spiritual things through the in- 

 struction of the Brethren there. She spoke the 

 language fluently, and after she had learned she 

 was ready to impart to the heathen by whom she 

 was surrounded. Thomas Fleming, one of these, 

 was baptized by the Rev. T. Fleming, who was for 

 some years a colleague of Bishop Horden's, and from 

 him he received his name. The baptism took place 

 at Little Whale River, which the missionary visited 

 one winter long before the arrival of Mr. Peck. 

 The latter writes concerning this convert : 



" After my arrival T. Fleming soon learned to 



