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lections, and the hope that the work would grow 

 and increase, bringing health, happiness, and much 

 comfort to these Labradorites. 



Sincerely yours, 



ALBERT BOBARDT. 



From Rev. JNO. SIDEY, now three years Wesleyan 

 Missionary at Red Bay. 



November, 1892. 



At the present time I believe there are but two 

 ministers of the Gospel between Hopedale, the 

 Moravian settlement, and Blanc Sablon, in the 

 Straits of Belle Isle, a distance of over four hun- 

 dred miles. Around the coast line numerous settle- 

 ments are scattered along the route, and here in 

 the best harbours are congregated during the summer 

 season thousands of fishermen from Newfoundland, 

 Canada, and the United States. They may, perhaps, 

 the greater part of them, be attendants at the various 

 churches when at home ; but out here, removed from 

 all religious influences, what wonder that they be- 

 come dissipated and lost in the spiritual darkness 

 that abounds on the coast. The Mission ship has 

 visited these harbours, held services, and, if one may 

 take as a criterion the work done here, and the in- 

 terest aroused, a very favourable aspect is presented 

 as to the spiritual portion of the work. 



But another and equally important phase of the 

 work of the Mission on these shores calls for the 



