CHAPTER XVI 



BEHIND THE SCENES 



" I will come in to him, and will sup with 

 him, and he with Me." 



WE have seen a great deal of the outward cir- 

 cumstances surrounding the lives of the 

 missionaries in Cumberland Sound ; we have also 

 seen something of their work and influence upon 

 the Eskimos. Shall we in this present chapter look 

 a little more closely at their own lives, penetrating 

 into their houses, and, more than that, into the 

 thoughts of their hearts ? 



On August 28, 1898, the two workers, Messrs. 

 Peck and Sampson, were reinforced by the arrival 

 of Mr. Julian William Bilby. " Great was our 

 joy. Truly we have not been forgotten, nor has our 

 work in these desert wastes. How delightful to 

 clasp the hand of a brother in Christ and to feel 

 that another of God's light-bearers has come to 

 illuminate the darkness." 



There is a note struck in this simple extract from 

 a diary which ought to awaken a responsive chord 

 in every reader. " Truly we have not been for- 



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