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perhaps be disposed to blame me for remaining so 

 long in the open-air with only a wall of snow for 

 protection ; but there is no alternative. There is 

 not a fragment of wood or anything else here to 

 make a more suitable meeting-place ; but God has 

 not failed to strengthen me wonderfully to bear 

 the cold.&quot; 



But it must be admitted that a church of this 

 kind even has some disadvantage, for on May 27 

 it was snowing all day. 



&quot; I could not, therefore, hold meetings in the open- 

 air, and so visited from house to house. In one 

 dwelling I had the pleasure of meeting one of the 

 Eskimos who had heard the Gospel at Blacklead 

 Island during the winter. When I spoke to the 

 people he warmly seconded my remarks, and spoke 

 very kindly of our work.&quot; This is not a solitary 

 instance of the elfect of work previously done. 

 For on another day, &quot; I was cheered by meeting 

 two of the people who had heard much of Jesus 

 from one of the Blacklead Island Eskimos.&quot; . . . 

 &quot; There are wonderful signs from time to time of 

 God s blessing and ready help, and one would be 

 faint-hearted indeed to doubt the power and pre 

 sence of our God.&quot; 



The missionary had been taking his meals with 

 Mr. Noble s a.gent. But after some days Mr. Peck 

 writes : &quot; Mr. Mutch left to-day, so I am, in a 

 measure, thrown on my own resources. Had tea 



