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perhaps be disposed to blame me for remaining so 

 long in the open-air with only a wall of snow for 

 protection ; but there is no alternative. There is 

 not a fragment of wood or anything else here to 

 make a more suitable meeting-place ; but God has 

 not failed to strengthen me wonderfully to bear 

 the cold." 



But it must be admitted that a church of this 

 kind even has some disadvantage, for on May 27 

 it was snowing all day. 



" I could not, therefore, hold meetings in the open- 

 air, and so visited from house to house. In one 

 dwelling I had the pleasure of meeting one of the 

 Eskimos who had heard the Gospel at Blacklead 

 Island during the winter. When I spoke to the 

 people he warmly seconded my remarks, and spoke 

 very kindly of our work." This is not a solitary 

 instance of the effect of work previously done. 

 For on another day, " I was cheered by meeting 

 two of the people who had heard much of Jesus 

 from one of the Blacklead Island Eskimos." . . . 

 " There are wonderful signs from time to time of 

 God's blessing and ready help, and one would be 

 faint-hearted indeed to doubt the power and pre- 

 sence of our God." 



The missionary had been taking his meals with 

 Mr. Noble's agent. But after some days Mr. Peck 

 writes : " Mr. Mutch left to-day, so I am, in a 

 measure, thrown on my own resources. Had tea 



