DAYBREAK IN CUMBERLAND SOUND 235 



ing with Eskimos, as with all people, is to overcome 

 the first obstacle, and convince the people that they 

 are sinners who stand in need of a Saviour. 



" Often when I speak of man's lost, fallen state 

 to the Eskimos they make remarks which show that 

 they if any people under heaven ought not to 

 be placed in the list of sinners. Some remark, when 

 I mention the various sins to which they are addicted, 

 ' But I do not steal,' ' I do not commit adultery,' 

 etc., etc. Others, again not, I must confess, with 

 out just cause refer to the sins of white men who 

 have visited them from time to time, and they 

 naturally reason that if they are specimens of the 

 religion we have come to teach the Eskimos might 

 just as well remain as they are." 



Happy it is for the missionary to reflect that all 

 things are possible with God, and that it is not his 

 work to convince of sin. but the work of the Holy 

 Ghost whom Christ sends into the world through 

 the medium of His willing messengers. 



