236 LABRADOR 



To no other people on earth does the lonely Labrador owe 

 one-half the debt it does to these devoted servants of the 

 Moravian Mission. 



The Methodist church is carrying on work among the 

 settlers, with local headquarters for their mission at Rigolet. 

 The Anglican church has, for many years, supported a mis- 

 sion, with headquarters at Battle Harbour. 



The Labrador Deep-sea Mission 



In the report of the Newfoundland Chamber of Com- 

 merce for 1892, the following item appeared: 



" A new feature worthy of mention in this report, affecting 

 as it does, more or less, the comfort of twenty thousand to 

 thirty thousand of our people, was the appearance on the 

 Labrador coast of the Mission to Deep-sea Fishermen ship 

 Albert, outfitted by a philanthropical society in England, 

 unsectarian in its lines, and intended to convey skilled 

 medical aid to our fishermen and provide to some extent 

 for their mental and material wants. This essay has been 

 an unqualified success, and has evoked from the recipients 

 of its bounty expressions of deep gratitude. It is likely 

 to result in well-organized cooperation by the Colony next 

 season upon the lines along which the Mission ship is being 

 worked." 



The Mission to Deep-sea Fishermen had, for some twenty 

 years, been working among the great fleets that travel all 

 over the North Sea. The Mission owned a dozen vessels, 

 including one steamer. These were mostly fishing vessels, 

 but in command of men who sought by word and deed to 

 carry the Gospel of Christ to their comrades by the prac- 

 tical messages of love of the "Good Samaritan." Four of 

 the vessels had small hospitals on board, and each carried 



