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IK >OKM,l.t.KKS. t il :| -.r»»- ^^-^-''-ynrtr-z..^::^^^^'^'^^^: i -i: ..'--. *•* * .1 v'"^';fJ;nb->^ LONE LABRADOR. gTT^BOUT Ihe year i;4t, a Dutch sailor, named ^Wkl' JC'lm (-liiislian Erliardt, was on a voyafjo to llio West Iiulii-s, and laiidi'd on llic island of Si. 'riioiiias. IJllci-ly iinconcfrnrd aboiiL llio lliin^^s of Gr-'l and clcrnily, !io was .wancJcrinfif about on the island, wjion lio saw a circle, of nc{;ro slaves on one of the planlalions standing around a missionary, who wa.s preaching the Gospel to them. Erhardt stood and listened. The Spirit of God carried the words spoken by the servant of Christ home to his heart ;ind conscience, and he was soon after converted. He began at once to testify for Christ, and to tell among his fellows of the great salvation which he had be- come possessed of. They could not but listen to his words when they saw the mighty change wrought by God's grace in him. Erhardt, desiring to return to Europe, joined a ship going to Greenland. There I 9 *•■ A tnid Antic Snows. he met with Mntthew Stach and others of the dc- votfxl b.-uid of Moravians, who had ^onc to these icy ref;[ioiis with the glad tidings of salvation. While in Greenland, lie became acquainted with several Esqui- maux fron) North America, who told him of the hcallion darkness of their countrymen, who lived in the lone land of Labrador, on the opposite side of Davis Strnil. Erliardt's heart yearned for these poor barbarians, and he longed to preach amongst them the Name of Jesus. On his return to Germany, he told the earnest and devoted Count Zin/.endorf of his heart's desire. That good man was ever ready to ,c;ivc Iiis help and counsel to all whose spirits stirred lh(^!ii !o -;o forth among the heathen with the Gospel. Nolwillisiapfliiig iIk? many difficiillics and dangers i-onncrled with such an undertaking, the •^^'ay was clearly oijened by God for Erhardt to go forth, and on 'lu> i;ih of May. 1752, he, with four others, sailed /">r liic roast of Labrador in a vessel whicli they Ji:u:;ofl "Ti.c IIopr.>," fitted out by a number of Lon- tlrn iixMvhnnts. They took with tliem a wooden house ready to erect, tools, agricultural implements, tnd seeds of various kinds to sow. When they cast r.nchor off the coast of Labrador, a number of tlir r.ativcs surrounded the ship in their kayaks, shout- M-Z :>:-.: i yelling frantically at*ihe strangers, hue were ci'iietrc! hy Crliardt addressing thcrn in their own langiingi'. The five pioneer missionaries landed, and «rerled their hut, naming the place " Hopcdale." Here the four remained, while Erljardt, with the cap- li ^1 i ••^•' 'tty^ yiir.t-^:!^tM^^:sm^7^'^^^ ■] Lone Lahiu/or. tain and crew of " The Hope." went furtiicr along the coast in the hope of trading with the natives, and thus cncninfr up a way for the Gospel After saihng about for several days in search of a suitable place to go ashore. Erhauit. with five of liic crew, landed, and. accompanied by a number of natives whom tl^cy met on shore, went into the interior, from which, alas, they never returned. They were taken and cruelly mur- dered by i! - savages. The sad news of this was con- veyed to die ioMY missionaries at Ilopedale, who were very much cast down Tl-ey saw that further efforts to reach the natives with the Gospel, from that pomt at least, were nnpo.siblc, sc they decided to return to their own couuuy. The four Gospellers willingly took the places of the murd( red sailors, and helped to bring the ship back to England. They left the hut standing, in the hope that some of the missing •"cn might after all return, a hope wliich. alas, was never realised. W en tidings of the disaster reached lun-ope. many advised ihat all hope of evangelising a people so cruel and treacherous should be aban- doned, or at least postponed, until civilisation had wrought some change on the savage dwellers on the coast of Labrador—a kind of counsel which is fre- quently given by those who know httle of and rare less for the heathen. But one heart at least was exercised otherwise. This was Jans Haven, a godly carpenter, who felt he was called of God to go forth to Labrador to again make an effort to reach its people with the Gospel. After long and prayerful '^^^?G(V^^*^t^^?xsrv^KiSiiJ^^ Ainul Antic Sfioivs. wulUw^ upon Cod foi- guklana:, he cnfjnpod himself as a ship carpenter on a vessel belonf^'inp: to the IIiul- con's Bay Company. As the ship touched the shore, a p.irly of Esquimaux invited him to land and settle amor.rjsl them. The remembrance of wiiat had hui^piMK-d to Erhardt. no doubt, would be in his nnnd. but knoehnfj down on the ship's deck, he said, " I will pro to them in Thy Name. O Lord. If they kill me, my work on earth is done. If they spare me, I will behove it is Thy will that they should hear ard re- (HMVC Ihr Ch.spel." These were noblo words. Wiiat bnl f.ulh in God. and tiie love of Christ in the heart, c(Hi\i\ Irad a man lo take his life in his hand, and (,^o sin-de-handed inlo the midst of a iu)rde of blood- thirsly sava-es, who had treacherously munUivd his predecessors ? Ihit the same Divine compassion that iuoved the I'ternal God to give His only bet,'otlen Son lo bleed and die for lost and Ruilly sinners, moved the heart of Jans Haven to fearlessly step on Die shores of Labrador, inlo the midst of a heathen and blood-thirsty, uncivilised people, with the glad lidin-s of salvation. When they saw that their mvita- iKHihnd ])een accepted, they danced and shouted in • wiki aaifusion for a long time, until they were quite exhau'.ted. Tiicn the Lord's lone witness quietly wallscd into the settlement, and, standing up in the midst of the noisy crowd, began to sing a hymn in the Creee.iland tongue. This was the first song of sal- vation that had ever been heard on that icy shore. Tlie effect was marvellous. The noise was instantly i h 4 4 I. one I.abriulor. hushed, and with eyes and ears and mouths all open Uiey stood listcninj^ for long to the "old, olil story," sung and spoken in their native tongue. What an honour to be the Lord's messenger to those who have never heard Ilis Name; to tell the weary hearts in dark heathendom, or in still more guilty Christendom, of the true Rest-Giver, and to bear to ihirsly souls the water of life 1 Haven explored part of the coast and found it was thickly populated, and that the people, although buried in gross superstition, and ex- cessively treacherous, were willing to listen to the Gos- pel messagi- which he had come to give them ; and in the confidence that it would prove, as God had pro- Mtised, the power of God in the salvation of those \vht» received it, he set himself to the work with all his might. Hut as all who go single-haniled into heallu-n- dom soon feel, Jans Haven felt the need of a conn-ade, so, after a few months' work he returned to luirope to fmd a fellow-labourer. i-^h. fy^ I 1 r^WB5^*^aw."*3n«;^ ::ra8ff^f!3r«;^'fwrrB«prj^ ■ -l..^-^7•-»- rr.l.PS AT LAliRADOR AND ITS PEOPLE. '.1<: will leave the story of J:ins Haven's sojourn _Ji in Kuropc, and his return to Labrador with a hand of follow-lal)ourcrs, and have a peep at the country and tiie people to whom they were to iDcar the phCi tidings of God's salvation. The triangular-siinncd peninsula extending from the Straits of Belle Isle to Hudson's Straits, forming l>art of North America, is known as the Coast of Lab- rador. The northern part of this peninsula is the pi-c.piT home of the Lsciuimaux. The coast is fi'H ni i-r,-,-ks and cra;;s and numberless islands, with little or no vc^'.^lation. lie abode of sca-ulL and cider- cl;ir!;s. inland, as also around the more sheltered bays. Ihv-rc arc green fields, and many beautiful trees, includ- ing the fn-, the birch, and the larch. Lakes and moss- covrred plains with several high mountains, one of I ' ' va r •cv'rr TT/T T.-;:. '^::^r?^^:^''f^^^'^^^'M^^''- i.'r-;jt,.'*fc'..;>fl' ys:^ -y •> .>►'*■. \\ •f Lo//c Lalnador. which, n;unpd Kauinaget, is over 3600 feci hi{jh, arc found in ihc interior. For nine months of the year llic country is covered with ice and snow, so that the inhabitants can do nothing in the way of cultivalin^; the hind. They have to seek their Hvchhood in hunt- ing and fislnng. The chief spoil cf the sea is ihc seal, of whicii there are five or six sorts, and of these many thousands arc caught every year by the natives. The Moravian missionaries, who were liie first to penetrate into this lone land with the Gospel, still hold the fort, with at least four stations, bearing the names of Nain, Hebron, Ilopedalc, and Zoar. iUound ci'ch of these they collect the Esquimaux in small colmics, and, while preaching the Gospel and giving daily in- stiuclion in tiic Word, tlu-y teach the young to woik at simple trades, so that they may be weaned from the wandering and id' ^ life so natural to them, to win their bread in an honest manner. The inhabitants arc said to have received the name of Esquimaux from 1:hcir Indian neighbours, wich whom for years they waged continual war. The name implies that they cat raw or uncooked flesh. They call themselves •' Innuit," or, "The men," and call other races " Kab- lunat," or inferior beings, and have as one of their traditions tluit God the Creator, in whom they profess 10 believe, made the " Innuit " as a sample of wiiat He designed all men to be— a very flattering conclu- sion to arrive at. The Esquimaux arc short in stature, with large heads, long black hair, coarse features, and have very •<'Xt. •SinaWf«ttOMKSTTKHFi»PMaKSBaKCliSUa^ ^ Autld Arctic Suoivs. siiKiIl li;iiuls ;inc! feci;. Tlic men arc cliielly cngugctl ill fisliii);; Tor seals, and, wlica at hoiiic, arc occupied in huiltlin^ or repai'inj,' the "kayaks" or sea boats, which arc made of light wood covered with skins. The women spend their time cleaning fish for food, and >•■ > ;■ » .■•• : •"•4. •■ '"-i- ••■•.<♦•; -,*■' •• I" ''ik ''^^-^^^ r^^^^ --L^j "( Cl-L - AS \.^tjVl\\\V\ M ril.KMKNT ON 'lilK l..\lll".»y;f,v-v, 1 7WTT:ri?.P7?':T'3rinqW?7 JTCSPf X3WQpBVTPao«r^ Lone Litbrndor, .»# dog'- irc of a srivaf^^e nature, unci tlic strong ones usuully fall out upon the rest and kill Uicni. Tliey arc harnessed in pairs to the sleilge, or " ccninicliguc," as it is termed, as many as six and eight pairs being used for each sledge. In this way they can move at considerable speed smoothly along the ice or snow ; the sledge being shod with whalebone, it glides along swiftly. At the time when the heralds of the Cross first went among them the dwellers on the Labrador coast were nearly all heathen, worshipping " Torgarsuk," who they say rules llic sea; and " Suj)perulvSoah," a goddess, who rules the land. The ." Angil<(jks," or- priests, by means of sorcorii's and dark supeisUliuns, held ihciM iu l)oiul.i;.;e to Satan. Tl Jsc auj^ekuks cl. limed to I ve di'alings with llie spirit worKI, antl to malce journeys lo the heart of the e.ulh to consult Torg; rbuk'. Thfse journeys are supposed lo lie made during tlie darkness of nigjil, when the angi'kok re- in. uns in his hut with his h;inds .md feet lied, while his spirit is off to Heaven or hell. In this w.iy these- wily priests of the Wicked One gained gieat power over the poor ignorant Esquimaux, and deluded them by iheir sorceries. When the devoted Moravians first went among them with the Gospel lliey were all heathen, but now after a century of earnest lab(jur aiucng them, there an* very few of the Mscjuimaux who prac". isr Ih'.iiIkii customs, alihou^,'h there me many of them yd un- saved. Hut the F..s(juimaux, like the Red Indians, are f^fft^vs^snisTsrnm^mKsfv^t ' I I. AmUl Atr/ic Snoivs. a dyixv^ race. In the year 1790, a tribe of five thou- saml (Jwolt ill tlio Straits of Hcllc Isle ; now only sonic two or tlircc thousand arc believed to exist, most of Ihcin around or net far from th^ Moravian settlements. Tlii'ir iioiii:;d life in Icnts of skin has largely given m'^ "w^f^i' H (S I I ... .'.v'-tt,.. .;i^ AN KbgUIMAUX KAMILY AND 1 KNT. place to wooden and mud huts, and their dress is no loii{^cr wiiolly of sealskin but partly of cotton and wool. They have a very precarious mode of living, partly 1 '^v,>■■A^17;,^♦r.:-X^7-:'i^Tovlv;^^-.••:i.r^^.^^,^^^ Loite Lnbrador, its ^:?J ' "\ 4 ■i . _ .i i^ by fisliinp and by robbing the nests ot birds wliich build on the high rocks along the coast. The Eskimo women as a rule have to ijeiforin this dangerous feat, by being lowered with a rope from the top of the cliff ; their self-important husbands thinking it beneath the dignity of a man to engage in such a practice. Dis- eases which they had nothing to iielp them to combat carried them off in thousands ; now, thank God, they are visited by mission ships at certain seasons ; and several hospitals, with Christian nurses in charge of them, have, through the liberality of the children of God in Europe and America, been erected on that bleak shore, whose inmates receive the care they need, and hear the story of a Saviour's love. '^^S^MM \^<<^ tji?ac^;fj>^A#:xrao>gw:agf?ii(iK>jri^ • v. H ff", • :> I •: ■ I Tfll- GOSPICL'S FIRST ENTUANCi-:. r-'l'"li:ii :i l).icf soionni in Kuropr, Jans lliivrn, a«:((.nipinni:x^Q:;ssamesx^i^i!:ms:^-ik'^&m>i3mfmm 1 Lone Labrador. tell sinners of the Saviour. The more simply that the Lord's servants keep to this the better. Scldo.n do we hear of those who meddle with political or other relations bcinjj used in leading sinners to Christ. Christianising the heathen and "forming churches" of those who adopt the Christian name is one thing ; getting sinners converted, souls truly brought to Christ, born of God, and living regenerated lives is quite another. It was such work that Jans Haven and Charles Drahart longed tc see among the Eskimos. +** -'.-1 • "VF-*' ^^n«.r**^^^- THE FIRST MISSION COLONY. J^^^FTER a ionp trial of patience, Kinjr Gcorpe III. i{^ and liis Government made tncm a grant of land on tlie coast on wliich to build and settle ; for this they wee truly thankful. Nevertheless, in order to render their title to it valid in the eyes of tlu^ natives, they purchased the land from them. Tlien they built upon it a wooden house, which they had brought with them, and pave the little settlement the name or " Nain." Several families pitched their tents close to the spot, and thus were within easy reach; and others drove long distances in their slcflges across the frozen sea, and when the ice was pone they came in g eater numbers in their " kayaks " or sea-boats, bringing their Icnls with ihem. On such occasions several hunchods would be within sound of the glad tidings, and as H *w»i.:> fff9*r*^'7^y? r»nr/^r "^r ^7'T-r"'rr'7TSB.»3r-x'T?7 drove en sea, g cater ig llicir indivds and as Louc Labrador. Charles Drahart looked out on the circle of thirty or forty tents at Nain he prayed, " lilcss our feeble words. Thou who hast in Greenland made dark minds under- stand, do so here also." And God was not forgetful of that cry, for ere they took down their tents to — *n -— r:'*''^ . . .1. ; .«. -i^t "^ ■•V. />'•,* '.; . ..•'' -.•lV'rl.7'i-'l-' j . A CIllUSTIAN FAMILY AT NAJN. I return \o their various homes, one of the Eskimos. speaking on behalf of the others, said—" \Vc thank ; our brothers t!iat they iiave come to us. Wo wisli to go on hearing about Jesus, and to renounce our i 7 r v,VTg5^jr^.5f?WjwaMO»W^wn<«^^ ifaafcftaatrtir ih>miijhh>T yi vnd A rctic Snotvs. hcatlion customs. Wc and our wives talk in our tents about the Lord Jesus. Wc know that wc are sinners, but wc behevc m His mercy." How cheering such words n>ust have been to tlif hearts of Christ's lonely servants, wlio had, given up their worldly all to make known His saving Name to those perishing; heathen. How grand to see the work of the Spirit of God in a sinner's heart, and to hear the confession from his lips that Jesus, and Jesus only, is the Saviour in whom he trusts, and to whom alone he clings for forgiveness, life, and glory. But these first fruits of God's grrce did not satisfy tlie earnest soul of Jans Haven — he longed to carry the glad tidings further afield. On a fine afternoon in August, 1774, Haven, with three others, set out in a small sloop to look for a suit- able spot to establish another preacliing station. A bri?^k breeze sprang up, which increased to a gale, and the frail ship was driven on the rocks. Two of the brethren, with the sailors, were cast on the rocks, half dead with cold, in pitch darkness, the wild waves roar- ing around them ; but Lister and Brasen, the other two of the party, were drowned. After enduring great privation and hunger for three days, they reached Nam, and were wclcoiricd with joy, mingled with sorrow. A second station was founded at Okak, about 1 50 miles from Nain. It was while on a journey to this place that a most remarkable incident occurred, in which the hand of God, working deliverance, is seen. Two of the brethren, Liebisch and Turner, started off in a sledge, driven by a converted Eskimo, named 1 i •:«|.r^ ■fyv^^\y/^> T t.r.i ' l^ X ^TV^*!^ '^ ^^ '^^ ^^'^ '' '^ ^'^^^^^^^^'^^ Ai> Louc Labrador. Mark. The track over the frozen sea was in good condition, so they sped along at the rate of six or seven miles an hour. After they had gone so far, the Eskimo driver hinted that there was a ground swell under the ice. On laying the car clobC to the ground a roaring noise was heard, and large cracks became A MISSION.VRV RICADV lOR A JOURNEY. visible. Tlie driver kept toward the shore, but when they approached the coast the sight was terrific. The ice had broken loose from the rocks and was forced up like great mountains, and the whole mass of ice for miles along the coast began to bre;.k and rise in awful grandeur, like hupe icebergs, plunging into the sea with a noise lilo: cannon firing. The travellers ■^ffiS»'^fiaasxmi3eKBmMe»9i!^^c^^ Amid Arctic Sumvs. stood tWe-slaicU at Utc remarkable sight, and could only liaise God for their remarkable deliverance. They bUih a shelter, sang a hymn, and lay down to rest. At midnight, a tremendous wave broke over thcrii, and they had just time to escape when a second wave carried every vestige of their shelter away. For scvciil days they had no food save an old sack made of fisJi skin. News had been carried to Nain of the breaking up of the ice, and a party of Eskimos, who had njct the sledge, told their friends on the little mission colony that they must have perished, without a doubt, in the sea. AN ICKnERO. t >4 ■^mpf^y^-K^ryf'r - ■iw«iffj:e'*«i!f?i:im3*3^^ I 1 /> p;'>--: ... V .«.-....v*-v---^ « 1 J.' I ■ \ TRIUMIMIS AND TRIALS OK l-ATi'!!. ¥|Yi 11''- sorrow-slrickc-'i cu\(n\y\\. Nain.uflcrslicdilinfj ;J^ many hiltcr tears over the loss of thcrir loved one«, had retired ».o rest ; the storm had subsided, and tlie HtLle missi(>M station lay at peace, surrounded by fields of snow and ice. The families of Liebisch and'i'ur- ner fiiourne:! them as dead, and their fellow-woi kers felt their loss execcdinf^ly. At midnight, a sucMen liowl- inj^ of dogs, mingled with human voices, awoke the sleepers, nnd the whole settlement Suddenly turned out. Wliat a joyful surprise 't was to welcome back, as from the dead, their loved ones, who had a marvel- lous story to tell of God's jjreserving care. The rcsl. of that night was spent in praise. Six years later, u third station was founded aoout 150 miles to the south of Nain, and named Ilopedale, mmiFmmmmmmam JWTMM ii om i / / ' Avitil Anlii Snoivs, and tfioi-e wz-'Xxw rv miinl,cf of Eskimos were galliciecl to hc.ur the slcry of redeeming love. As a result of the iwciity years' labour of Jans Haven and his com- panions, over a liuiuired had i)rofcsscd conversion, and hy Iheir now lives and teslimony (--avc evidence not only lij:.t they h.ad renounced heathen customs hut that ilio)' had been truly " born of God." But, as may easdy be inna--incd, they had much to learn, and needed Constant instruction in the truUi of God, which the Moi'avians were very careful to give ; thus seehinf,^ 10 fobler and slren^nhen the new and heavcMily life, i!i.;l iiad bein bcj^olten \w ihem, and to cleanse their v';!ys \^y the w;ite.- (,f the Woui (l^iih. v. 20) from such Ihm^b and habils as hindered their {growth in f^race. Among- those who professed conversion was a man named In^;lavira, who, after gomj; on well for a time, became a Jjach-slider, and led others astray. '1 his wn^, a new ,-ind hitter trial to the Lord's servr.nts, ■,\\v\ W(.i ,e to bear tli.in privations and suiTerinrrs. Yet ;hey were not discouraged. Hut day and night, by earm-st prayer aiul effort, they sought to bring the wanderers to rcpentante, anrl God owned their service, for the)' were brought I tack confessing, with many tear.'-., tjieir back-slidings ; and even Iii;;lavira. who' hnd led the rest astray, was restored to the l.oifl, and d'.tnl in peace. At IJojK-dale and Hebron, which was founded Inter, special attention was given to the young. Only about sijj months of the year is it possible for children in Labrador to attend school, owing to the excessive 1 '*i»#4?fl rmiVs i »J.v: 1^ ^-jr-»«j7^f- ifi/^%f9,jrpi:!ii^F':t^ aiTiTt yW K^XlW*smm^ Lone Labrador. cokl and the dangers of travcUinn;, but durinfj llicsc monlhs they arc most dih[:,rt>nt, so that at Tivc many can rend and write well. In the humble d\veHin},'S of the Christian Eskimos, tliere was daily prayer and praise, and when llie Gospel according to John was sent out from England to them, printed in their own Ic-nguage, their joy broke all bounds. Some burst into tears, others clasped th.e Book to their bosom, and several families gathered together — each house where there was a copy — in evenings to hear it read. When they went in search of provisions or fishing for seal, they took "The Book" with them, and all their spare moments were spent in rending il. Ncf- British and Eon-ign Bible Society in sending out the Word of God, they wen^ so moved with gratitude that they In-gan of ilnMr own accord to collcHl S(\ds' blubber, and several brought whole seals which they had caught, wishing the i>rnceeds to be sent to England to provide the Scripture for others in heathi^ndom who had not yet received them Nothing more cle.uly showed tliai God l:.id l^een at work among them th.ni these voluntary gifts, lor naturally the Eskimo is not marked by liiicrahty. hut the opposite. Truly the grace of God wherever it is welcomed, and the love of Christ wherever it is bc- lirved, work wonders such as no power on earth can do. But while tjie work of God thus went on. the ll^ai8?>-,y/.flfB«P'W^ < A )nid A relic Snotus. wcarifd and woin-out workers were being gathered home. Jans Haven, the noble pioneer, who had the honour of bring first on the field, was now an old man, and althou^Ji his heart and spirit would have carried him forward into the untrodden fields, his bodily strength gave way, so that in 1784 he had to return to his home in Europe. He spent the evening of his life at Hcrnhutt, surrounded by his friends of early ycMrs, to whom his daily converse was most help- ful iind pr()fllahl(^ for, like iLPorh of olil, he walked with (iod, and his lijis spake of Christ fropi morning till night. \'i)\- lli(! last six years of his life he was loliilly i)liiKi, but n(>vcr niunnurod. At the age of S' venly-lwo he passed away lo be with Christ, leaving the fi'Ilijwing Ic stimony, wrillcn by his own hand on a slip of paper, which he wished lo be added lo ll e narrative of his life ; — ►t M t < II JANS HAVEN, A I'OCjIi SINNHU. WHO, IN IliS OWN JUDGMENT, ni:sruvr:i) kiki^nal Cv^ndf.m nation, ff.ll haitily A.^.LKKF, lU'LYING UI'ON TIIK DKATH AND MF.UITS OF JFSUS. Was lU'l lliis a good passport where vvilh to enter the liern.d world f" Jirl what fiud will arcvpt, a:ul no otiu r, ami wlial will pass, tjic ^p■eal and small, the young ;.ik1 llie agi'tl, from every country and clime, witlini the gales of that fair cily, where the onl^ song y.,,njr^y.yff,Sr,^^^,^y^-7iS.irrjr-^.r:^^ r * Lone Labrador. tlmt riiifjs tlirou^rli .. pearly portals is " Worthy i^i the Lamb that was ,.• ." During ihc intcrvenhijy years from the day that Jans Haven and liis companions set foot on Labra- dor's stormy shore to the present time, the glad tidings of the Saviour's love has been sounded forth Hard- ships and famine have been bravely endured by those who have gone forth, and their labours have not been in vain. A mission ship, named " The Harmony," has made an annual voyage from England to Labra- dor c-'.rrying supjilies to the missionaries tliLMC, and, wonderful to relate, as it truly is, no wreck or disaster has overtaken that ship of nsercy all tlicsi' years Cjod has guided her couise and w.'.fted her vhrough btormy seas safely to her di-sired haven. The hand of God has been so manifestly in l!iis that men of the wurl-' have noticed it, and been n",ade to own it in wonder. It is a witness that Gotl lives. ^^<^^ ,T;T:^t«sc»^.Ma ts:--nw«iw:v3^W!3^-j»^r*m««iu5y^ 1 f LAHRADOR AT THE PRESENT TIME. I i ■ 1 / • ;i n 1 1 t" 'YvY'^ h;n-c biu-ny told the Story of how f^jAl^ the Goqirl was first introduced and its j.cwcr ni:id.: knowj. an;or,^ the heathen Eskimos c! the c' )r!ny coast of Labrador, and now n)ust brin^T ^'''^' ^^^ry to a close by lelatuic how the devoted Moravians have hell the held from Ihat time .i!l tlic present, a period of over a hundred and twenty ^'earc■, -.oiUnK and suffcrinf^ for CiaisL on Ihat nhospilablc sliore. There are feNs .cathcn EsI;iinos now to be found m Labrador; most have, at least in r.an.e. renounced th^ barbarous custorT.s and nies of t'.ieir forgathers. The nomadic dwellings in tents of s^kin have been mostly abandoned for huts of I TfM r Tt^'?^'^:^:<•^/:x^'t^?r.'*'« I *l - 1 * I Autiii Arctic Suoivx, wood ;uul iiukI, \\\ ' Lhc sealskin clollilnp for coarse ICuroprivn drcs*;. As a race, llic Eskimo is fast dying oiil, only sonic i/cx) being now found on the coast, nioslly {grouped around lhc mission stations of the Moravians. In the interior arc a hardy race of Indians cahcd " Mountaineers," and furllicr south, a resident wiiitc population of some 5000 called 'che " Livyeries." These are said to be the dcprcndants of convicts and others who had ilcd their country, and of crews of shipwrecked vessels cast upon that shore. In May and June of every year about from 20,000 to 25,(XX) fisheriiu'ii, wilh wives and ciiildrcn, aie said lo visll lliis I'o.ist Imt llu: cod and seal hsliinf^. ihcse ni'.-,ily rniiie I'ntiii Newfoiunllanil, and re.sidc on small eoIiiMies on islands and lieadkinds, whore the hsh art! hiitiiidil l»y the Mien, cleaned and sailed hy the women, llien shipped lor ihe markels. I'^icli family lias a sep;iiaU' hill, limit of soiU and wood. There is no i.ul or polict'. and lillle ciimo c* drunkenness. Ihe Idoiaviiins vi-.'t nlon<,' the roas". in llicir boats, and pi-eacli liie Word amon;.; them; and within recent years oIIkt workers have pone there wilh the Gospel. Missioi. ships call occasionally at some of the ports; and ihree hosrilals. under the care of Christian nurses, !iave been opt'iicl, where ihe bodies and souls of many are cared for \\\ one of tliese. a dyinf^ h'skimo, wilh both his iiaiuU (,{[, sufri.'rinp inlense i)ain, said to the (l.,ci..r, " I; IS lujlliiii}^- Uj wImI n;y Saviom" bore in ihe {^a.den for me." lie passed away singing; Count Zin/euiloTs beautiful Iiymn : — -MrsKrr^rTr-'i' • -'. r-ir^;^;;r.T^-;x^.r^''^'i-^?5Tt<7^-'?5K*'^'^^^ Lone Labrador, " Jesus, day by day, yiiidc us on our way ; Trial marks llic road. Icadinj; us to Cod." One moonlight night hilely, while the mission ship Albert, on a visit to the Labnidor coar,t, lay at anchor, the cantain and crew were astonished to 'have the silence of night broken by Ihc sound of singing. The air was familiar, and listening, they heard the words distinctly coming nearer and nearer ; — "There's .1 land ilial is fairer llian day, - And ljy f.iilli wc cm sec il .ifar ; V'or our I'.ulier wails over llic way To prrpare us a tlweiliniJ-pl.ice tlieie." Ascending tlie gangway, llicy foiiiul llie (U-ck filird with miainl liltle figures dressed in .skins, wilh siiuw- wl>itc jiim[)crs, toi)|HHl by long pointed cowls liij-ii above their heatls il. was a conipauy of (.'hiisli.ui iLskiiuus who luid ^oiiie in lla'ir boals lo wl'Icoiiic them to ihrir shore. Ourc it would have been tlcalli to have visited the Eskimo on his native shore, but what changes the Gospel's jiosvcr has wrought, and ever will work where it is: wciconicd, •.vhclher among the heathen {^-c the refined iuul eiiliglileiieil wcjiliiliugs, whose G(jd is the wo.ld and its pleasures. Christ re- ceived i)y faith as Saviour, owiieil aiul loviul as Lord, wins the heart, aiul so chai'i;es the life and wa)s that others, whether friends or foes, must acknowledge it, for now, as of old, Christ cannot be hid. ?«E^«y;i«',,}r«w»^*»*<«Wi»ir<':^ie«^^ vmmmmm A $ii ui A re tic Snows. Tiie Eskimo children have not been forgotten. One who cares for them tells how their last Christmas day \v;ls spent in Battle Creek Hospital There, in little cots, with many bright pictures on the walls, little cripples and sick Eskimo children arc tenderly cared for. Stockings filled wilh toys and good things were found hanging on the cots in early mcrning, much to the surprise of the little inmates. The day was spent happily, and in the evening the little ward rang with many sweet voices smging : — " Wh.it can wash aw.iy my stain ? Nolhiiii,' b It the blood of Jesus ;" and, later, childish voices were heard singing their evensong. It was this: — "Wlicn He coaieili, when He roincth To make up His jewels." Thus docs the story of the Cross pursue its way, and thus the company of the redeemed from every clime is bcinj^ [;;ilhcrcd. ?>[riy I-Iis Go.spcl s^till speed its way among the lo':ciy dwellers of l.ahrador'i stormy shore, and gather from aiiiong tliem many tropliics to grace the King- dom 01 tl.c Lord Jesus. And m.'iy many hearts take up the Lrvcrit wish of James Montgomery, who long ■'igu wrutc in one of his sacred songs : — ^''•..•■••-v:«Cwr'-?--'>~;K'.lTO7iff^Ti«a?^^ '\- Lone Labrador "To-d.iy one workl-ncijlected race Wc fervently commend To Tlice and to Thy \"ord of Grace. Lord, visit and befriend A people scattered, paled and rude, liy lan