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conforming Aleuts was that a religion and a God which 

 could save from eternal torment such men as Glottoff and 

 Solovioff, must be remarkably efficacious and powerful. 



THE APOSTLE TO THE ALEUTS. 



Ivan Veniaminoff, in religion Innokenti, born September i, 1797, missionary to the Aleuts 

 1823-33, to the Tlinkit 1834-40, Bishop of Kamchatka 1841-67, Metropolitan of Moscow 1867-79, 

 died April 22, 1879. 



However this may be, in Veniaminoff came a man who 

 dealt justly and loved mercy; a man filled with the ra- 

 diant spirit of a savior of men. He made himself one 

 with his people, loving and beloved. Nor did he rest 

 satisfied with spiritual ministrations. He learned their 

 language, studied with affectionate comprehension their 

 manners and customs, recorded the climatic and physical 

 conditions under which they lived, and in his * Notes on 



