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before God. I am more than ever convinced 

 as the years roll on, that this is what they need to 

 know. We should not, of course, neglect to teach 

 them to read, and to do all we can in other ways 

 to pour light into their dark minds, but after all 

 the fact remains that salvation is alone to be found 

 in Christ. If we can only draw our poor people 

 to} Jesus, we know they will be safe both now and 

 for ever." 



And besides these baptisms there was great en 

 couragement in the fact that he was able to report 

 two young Eskimos newly installed as teachers to their 

 own people and engaged in active work. It is the 

 greatest possible satisfaction to the missionary to 

 find a spiritual effective native ministry rising into 

 being. For it matters not how able a man he may 

 be himself, how learned in their language, he is 

 always conscious of being a foreigner and of speak 

 ing more or less with stammering lips and a stutter 

 ing tongue. And just as the heart of St. 

 Paul must have rejoiced when the time had come 

 to bid Titus ordain a native ministry in Crete, 

 or as Hannington, Parker and Tucker were en 

 couraged when they found the Uganda Church 

 naturally expanding by the birth of a native minis 

 try, so Peck was able now to thank God and take 

 courage because the new wine was fermenting in 

 and expanding the new wine-skins of the Eskimo 

 Church. 



