284 THE LIFE OF E. J. PECK 



Peck landed in Cumberland Sound, was sunk in a 

 most degraded life. Gradually, however, but surely 

 she became interested in the Gospel teaching, and 

 the Holy Spirit led her at last to the true Light. 

 She was then always ready to help the missionaries 

 in any way she could. But God saw fit that she should 

 glorify Him by her death rather than by her life. 

 Consumption set in, and she was on her death-bed. 

 " Never shall I forget the day," writes Mr. Peck, 

 " when Mr. Sampson and I drew near to her dying 

 couch. Weak as she was, she tried to raise herself, 

 and looking up in our faces, and thinking of the 

 message of God's love which we had brought, said, 

 ' I love you, I love you ! ' Yes, it is love that wins. 

 Jesus, the greatest conqueror the world has ever 

 known, has won all along the line by the power of 

 His love. Has His wonderful love conquered your 

 hearts yet ? If not, why not ? " 



And what a picture of desolation is that which 

 the funeral presented when the body was committed, 

 not to the grave, but to the rocks ; for there was 

 nothing but these and big stones to be found, no 

 soil anywhere. A rough coffin, made from old boxes 

 and boards, had been put together by the loving 

 hands of the missionaries, and the corpse was placed 

 on an empty sledge. This was hauled over the 

 snow by many of the men who had come together 

 to the spot selected for the last resting-place. 

 " During the morning a snowstorm had been threat- 



