290 THE LIFE OF E. J. PECK 



Thousands are praying for us. ... Many are mind- 

 ful of my brethren, myself and the work." This 

 thought comes to him again and again whether 

 he is on the trackless deep or the voyage to or from 

 Cumberland Sound, or in the loneliness of toil and 

 danger endured for Christ in the Mission. And 

 the reason is that that is the day appointed in the 

 Church Missionary Society's cycle of prayer for 

 petitions to be offered for the vast cold and dark 

 regions which extend within the Arctic circle, and 

 for the missionaries among the Red Indians and 

 Eskimos that they may be supported in their great 

 hardships and loneliness. So on that day in each 

 month Mr. Peck and his colleagues were comforted 

 because they were sure that some friends, at any 

 rate, were holding up their hands for the fight. It 

 would be an untold blessing to the Church of Christ 

 and the world, if many more were found to use 

 that cycle and make it a basis also for acquiring 

 information and taking a systematic interest in the 

 evangelization of the nations. 



The Alert which brought Mr. Bilby also brought 

 a quantity of timber. This was sent through Mr. 

 Malaher and the Missionary Leaves Association. It 

 was most acceptable, as it helped the missionaries 

 to arrange their dwelling satisfactorily for the 

 coming winter. They were able to enlarge the 

 old building in which they had been living and 

 to make it fit for the meetings of the Eskimos, and 



