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are, for the most part, of the old British stock, and, 

 above all, we are children of the same Heavenly 

 Father who cares for all alike. 



May the Almighty bless the work already done, 

 and touch the hearts of His children, so that the 

 means may not be wanting when men are ready 

 to sacrifice their all to undertake this noble task. 



Yours faithfully, 



JNO. C. SIDEY. 



Far away in that ice-bound, snow-clad country, 

 there are men and women struggling with poverty, 

 hunger, and disease. Could our kind friends at 

 home, while sitting around their warm firesides 

 with their dear children, supplied with every want 

 and comfort, take a peep into the many miser- 

 able hovels, where men, women, and children are 

 ill-fed, poorly-clad (in some cases nearly naked) } 

 suffering from sickness ; and with no prospect of 

 roughing the winter out, as all traders are gone, 

 their only resource is to apply to the nearest fishing 

 station, perhaps many miles away, for charity, 

 which, I am thankful to say, is very rarely refused 

 to them could our kind friends but get a peep at 

 them, I feel sure that they would be only too glad 

 to do a little to relieve their wants. There are 

 many residents scattered far and wide, some in 

 fairly good circumstances, and there is, without 

 doubt, an immense field of labour, both spiritually 



