CHAPTER XI 



A NEW VENTURE 

 "Launch out into the deep" 



IT was clearly stated in the last chapter that 

 Mr. Peck held strong views about the duty of the 

 Christian Church to obey the simple command 

 of Christ and to seek and save the lost whether in 

 Arctic wilds or arid desert. But when a man 

 holds strong views and is himself perfectly earnest, 

 it is but a step from advocacy to practice, and so 

 we are scarcely surprised, although we admire, 

 when we are told that Mr. Peck himself began to 

 contemplate going further north among Eskimos 

 who had never been reached before by any Christian 

 effort. 



The possibility of doing this was presented to 

 him by the impossibility for some years to come 

 of his wife being able to return with him to mis- 

 sionary ^work. Thus he argued that he might 

 leave the old field for other workers and explore 

 new regions where as yet no lady could go. 



Under these circumstances Mr. Peck opened up 



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