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upon a stool just opposite the table where the mis- 

 sionary sat. When the others answered the ques- 

 tions put to them, and made their public confession 

 of faith in Jesus Christ, Ernestina made her meaning 

 plain with nods, and the happy tears flowed down 

 her cheeks. What a testimony it is to the reality of 

 Christianity that these simple-minded Eskimos, and 

 even the simplest of them, can take God at His 

 word, and receive inward assurance of salvation, and 

 show the results of the Spirit working in their lives ! 



There is one little anecdote that I must still tell 

 about Ernestina. She came one day, smiling and 

 shaking with excitement, and handed over a small 

 package. Inside the parcel was a sum of forty 

 cents (one and eightpence) in money. "What is 

 this, Ernestina.-^" And Ernestina pointed to the 

 paper. She wanted to make sure of being under- 

 I stood, so she had got somebody to write on the 

 paper : " She wants to give this to the Mission." 

 Poor Ernestina ! She cannot earn much. She helps 

 to pile the damp firewood to dry in the summer sun, 

 and this brings her in a little ; but forty cents is a 

 big sum for her, and she must have saved and saved 

 to bring so much. 



And every year since then Ernestina brings forty 

 cents "to help the Mission." We have all read 

 about the widow's mite ; and here it is, in our own 

 day, in real life, among a people once spoken of as 

 degraded and savage. 



Yes, Ernestina 's sacrifice is not forgotten ; she 

 does much, just because she does what she can. 

 The love of God shines on her life, warming it as 



