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and presently focussed itself in his hip ; he became 

 lame, and was obliged to use a rudely-fashioned 

 crutch to move about at all. 



" Poor Apakutsuk ! His sufferings abounded, but 

 so also did God's grace ; and with much joy I 

 was able to formally receive him into Christ's 

 flock. 



" He was baptized, and was in such wonderful 

 earnestness for the faith in his Saviour, that he 

 began to preach Him to his own people who came 

 to the station. 



" On every hand he was listened to with the deepest 

 attention, and some of those who heard his earnest 

 appeals were much impressed. 



" The ravages of disease at last wore him to a 

 shadow. I helped him as far as lay in my power, 

 giving him such nourishments from our limited 

 stock of provisions as he could take. But the 

 Lord needed His ransomed one, and the call came, 

 ' Come Home ! ' 



" One morning I crept into his little house. His 

 wife was weeping, and as I entered she pointed to 

 the form of her husband, cold in death. The Spirit 

 had returned to Him who gave it. 



" We tried to give this dear saint in God Christian 

 burial. We made a coffin out of some rough boxes, 

 and a grave was dug. 



" How did we dig it, since the sandy soil was 

 frozen for many feet down ? The Eskimos, with 



