98 THE LIFE OF E. J. PECK 



the Hudson's Bay Company's officers, who come here 

 to await their letters. It was in order that these 

 might have an opportunity of being present that 

 Bishop Horden fixed Sunday, February 3, as the 

 day for the ordination. The service began at 

 eleven. The church, which seats a goodly number, 

 was quite full ; indeed, only about two persons were 

 absent without good cause. As soon as the voluntary 

 had ended, the looth Psalm was given out, and sung 

 with great spirit, Miss Horden leading at the har- 

 monium. Then the Bishop went at once to the pulpit, 

 and preached an excellent sermon on 2 Tim. iv. 2, 

 " Preach the Word." After calling attention to the 

 character in which St. Paul would have Timothy 

 to go forth, viz., as a " herald," he dwelt at some 

 length on the signification of " the Word," and the 

 manner in which it should be ministered. Then, 

 addressing himself more directly to the candidate, 

 he remarked on the peculiar features of the work 

 before him : 



" Your home is to be in one of the world's bye- 

 places, where, except the priceless souls to be gathered 

 in, there is nothing to attract you. Of ice and snow, 

 of storm and tempest, of wild bleak hills, and an 

 utterly unproductive soil, you will have enough 

 and more than enough ; and amid those you will 

 have, perhaps, to endure much hardness. Yet I 

 think you are to be envied. For the missionary 

 should not look so much to his surroundings as 



