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 codperation 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 
