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at work for some years in Cumberland Sound, he 

 received a letter from Bishop La Trobe, of the 

 Moravian Church. It is so important, and so full 

 of encouragement for the lonely worker for God, 

 that it is given here in extenso as a completion to the 

 sojourn at Ungava Bay. 



" MORAVIAN MISSION BOARD. 



HERRNHUT, 



SAXONY. 



November 13, 1899. 

 Rev. E. J. PECK, 



BLACKLEAD ISLAND, 



CUMBERLAND INLET. 



MY DEAR FRIEND, I have a story to tell which 

 is of special interest to you who have sown the Seed 

 of Life in Ungava Bay. It seems as if God will now 

 give a reaping time. Having heard of "a great 

 awakening " at Kangiva and Ungava,our missionary, 

 Stecker, at Ramah, went thither last April by invita 

 tion of Mr. Guy, the Hudson's Bay Company's 

 agent at Kangiva. He was accompanied by Ludwig, 

 a Christian Eskimo, and joined at Nachwak by 

 Mr. Ford, the H.B.C. trader at that post, and an 

 Eskimo, who is still heathen. 



I will not linger on their journey across the lofty 

 ridge of that northern point of Labrador, but only 

 say that its experiences were of daily perils and daily 

 preservation and mercies. A southerly wind brought 



