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take to provide two suitable buildings, which may 

 be used as hospitals by the Mission to Deep Sea 

 Fishermen, should the Council of the Mission signify 

 their intention to continue their operations on the 

 coast of Labrador, and the Committee will heartily 

 co-operate in any other way that the Council of 

 the Society may suggest. 



" That a copy of the foregoing resolution be for- 

 warded for the information of the society. 



'BRIEN, Governor, Chairman. 

 MUNROE, Secretary." 



(Signed) ( T< ' ] 

 ; (M. M 



MONTREAL, December } 1893. 



A. BOBARDT, Esq., M.B., R.N., writing, says : 



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/. ' Often in Labrador have I been urged on to further 

 work by noting how much a Mission visit is appre- 

 ciated, and how the people do enjoy a meeting ; and 

 it seems a thousand pities that they cannot be 



brought under regular spiritual influences. 



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The small portable organ I had was most useful, 

 and wherever I went it was my Fidus Achates, 

 tending to infuse more life into my meetings. I 

 found the people joined heartily in the hymns. 

 Most of this visiting was done by boat, and it was 

 in this work that one recognised fully the benefits 

 of being able to handle an oar, and pull oneself 

 wherever one wished to go. 



