Red River to Arctic Circle 135 



labours of Robert Machray concerns the story 

 of the &quot;Church and the White Settler.&quot; 



The second of the two was the immediate pro 

 duct of a sermon preached by Bishop Anderson, 

 at the C. M. S. Anniversary service in St. Bride s May 1st, ises 

 Church. From the pulpit he read a letter saying 

 that Robert McDonald missionary to the Louch- 

 eux Indians was &quot;sinking in rapid decline.&quot; 

 &quot;Shall no one,&quot; said the Bishop &quot;come forward 

 to take up the standard of the Lord as it drops 

 from his hands and occupy the ground? &quot; William 

 Carpenter Bompas, after the service, walked into pas 

 the vestry and offered to go at once. 



On June 25th, the day after his consecration, 

 Robert Machray performed his first episcopal act 

 by ordaining, in St. Paul s, Co vent Garden, to the 

 priesthood, William Carpenter Bompas. The 

 latter started in the next month, on his long 

 journey and reached Fort Simpson on Christmas 

 Eve. He reported the fact in these words: &quot;As 

 I had especially wished to arrive by Christmas, I 

 could not but acknowledge a remarkable token 

 that our lives are indeed in God s hand. It is 

 hardly necessary to say how warm a welcome I 

 received from Mr. Kirkby. When I heard what 

 a trying time he had passed through last fall in 

 consequence of the epidemic sickness among the 

 Indians, I felt very glad that I had persevere not 

 reach him this winter.&quot; 



William Carpenter Bompas entered then upon 

 a life-work which will remain as a standard ex 

 ample and inspiration of self-effacement and 



