224 THE LIFE OF E. J. PECK 



of God for those who were in danger. They re 

 mained on their ice-floe all night, and one of them 

 at least, as a result, was thus led to pray to the God 

 of whom the messengers of the Gospel had spoken. 

 His prayer was repeated : " O God, save me, for 

 I am in great danger." In the morning they noticed, 

 to their great joy, that new ice had formed between 

 them and Blacklead Island, and although it actually 

 bent under their weight, they succeeded in escaping 

 from their perilous position. 



During this time of privation the missionarie: 

 adopted the plan of inviting one family to tea even 

 day. This alone must have made some consider 

 able inroad upon their stores, and shows the nee 

 of a plentiful supply such as was to some extent men 

 tioned in detail in the last chapter. . " After tea," Mi 

 Peck writes, " I take our large English Bible an 

 explain to them that this is the Book which God ha 

 given to teach men the way to heaven. A suitabl 

 portion is then translated and explained. Before v, 

 part they kneel down, and we have prayer togethe 

 Poor people ! they do seem so grateful, and we ma 

 well believe that their hearts are being drawn to Jesus 



The Eskimos were not the only living creatur 

 that suffered from hunger. Their dogs as well we 

 brought near to starvation. This the missionari 

 found to their cost. The dogs had not been invite 

 to tea with their masters, so they thought it well 

 help themselves. 



