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account of the great festal season of the Christian 

 year, and even allowing for some being attracted to 

 the Mission from false motives, there is a solid 

 foundation of Christianity and an indication of 

 progress. It is then very saddening to find a note 

 of the worst kind of discouragement soon after, 

 discouragement such as has been experienced too 

 often, and with which every missionary is pro- 

 bably more or less familiar. 



" I felt constrained to speak to a white man 

 who is here as to the immorality of his life. He 

 listened, but got no further. How much one longs 

 to see him, and others here, on the Lord's side. It 

 seems almost a hopeless task to do any real good 

 amongst this people while our fellow whites exhibit 

 such a terrible example, and thus wield so awful an 

 influence on the side of Satan. 



" However, we are not here to fight God's battles 

 in our own strength, neither shall we prevail by any 

 so-called wisdom or might of our own. The Lord 

 Himself is fighting for us, and we know that He 

 will be victor in the end. So we go on patiently, 

 and, I trust, cheerfully with our work." 



We seem able to read between the lines of Mr. 

 Peck's notes. We picture a man who comes 

 to these inhospitable regions for money making, for 

 his own aggrandisement and ultimate ease. In- 

 fluenced by no high motive, but purely selfish in his 

 aims, he makes the native Eskimos minister to his 



