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He was overcome by a sense of his sin in the past, 

 and had a desire to know more of the Saviour. 

 Mr. Peck met him at this time during a journey to 

 Kikkerton. 



Again, at the end of April many of the men left 

 Blacklead Island to go to the edge of the ice floe, 

 about 18 miles distant. They were to be away 

 some time, as the object of the expedition was to 

 catch whales. A few words in the diary seem 

 to bring the scene before us. " The whaling boats 

 which were to be taken to the open sea were placed 

 on large sledges, which were hauled along by all 

 the dogs on the island, numbering, I should think, 

 over one hundred. The men remain at the floe 

 edge some two months, and should any whales be 

 seen, they start in pursuit from the edge of the main 

 body of ice." 



But what concerns us here is that this seemed 

 to be a point for marking progress in spiritual things. 

 The night before the men started the meeting was 

 very full, and the note in the diary tells us that they 

 were most attentive, and seemed much impressed 

 as Mr. Peck spoke to them of the power of the Lord 

 to keep us anywhere and everywhere, and exhorted 

 them to place their trust in Him. 



Towards the end of 1898 a blow fell upon the 

 Mission, but at the same time it was one of encourage- 

 ment. For it spoke of a soul saved and trusting in 

 Christ. Mary Ikherah was a woman who, when Mr. 



