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" Suffering as this poor fellow was, he asked a 

 man named Akpahataluk to strangle him, but the 

 man refused to do it. News of this was brought 

 into the station, and the gentleman in charge of the 

 Hudson's Bay Post (D. Gillies, Esq.) and I went 

 off on the frozen sea to visit the sufferer. 



" When the awfulness of the deed which he had 

 contemplated was explained to him, his sorrow was 

 most acute. Great scalding tears rolled down his 

 pain-worn face as I reasoned with him, and re- 

 minded him of the strength and grace of Jesus to 

 meet his deepest need. 



" Through the kindness of Mr. Gillies he was taken 

 to the station and cared for. So I had constant 

 opportunities of speaking to him of divine things. 



" John Molucto also spoke to him most lovingly, 

 and through his few remaining days, before he 

 finally succumbed to the fell disease that killed 

 him, his soul was cheered and solaced, I believe, 

 by the comforting, sustaining presence of Jesus." 



These few short narratives of personal life help 

 the reader to generalize and to picture with con- 

 siderable truth not only the success of the Gospel 

 when faithfully preached and lived, but also the 

 character of the Eskimos, the hardships they have 

 to endure and the dangers to brave. Others might 

 have been given, varying slightly according to the 

 characters of the individuals who are brought into 

 the great drag-net of Christianity and the circurn- 



