CHAPTER XV 



BEARING BURDENS 



" We lose what on ourselves we spend, 

 We have as treasure without end 

 Whatever, Lord, to Thee we lend, 

 Who givest all." 



WE need not follow Mr. Peck in his work during 

 the months he was permitted to spend in 

 England. The chief thing that concerns this record 

 of his missionary efforts is that he had brought 

 home in manuscript the four gospels in the Eskimo 

 language. These were printed by the Bible Society, 

 and when he returned to Blacklead Island in the 

 summer of 1897 he was able to place these invaluable 

 aids to his work in the hands of the people and teach 

 them to read them for themselves. 



The Alert sailed once more early in July. The 

 voyage was a particularly bad one. Even an old 

 sailor like Mr. Peck was troubled with sea-sickness 

 for days together, and the reader of his journals is 

 inclined to think that there was a considerable 

 amount of danger for the brave little ship that faced 

 the Arctic seas. At last, however, on Sunday, 

 August 22, Blacklead Island was sighted, and the 

 next day Mr. Peck was able to land. A very warm 



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