Yarns the Missionaries Tell 61

jacks, in cook-houses, bunk-houses and doaw noise:
everywhere trying to bear our testimony for Him
who on the shores of His native sea preached the
Gospel of God’s redeeming love. In a little house-
service on a float we worshiped God with a woman
who for over seven years had not had a visit of any
clergyman to her home.

Our last year we had the pleasure of baptizing
twenty-five little children. During these years I
have had the joy of witnessing for our Lord in many
and strange ways, always endeavouring to keep the
thought of God before the people and nurturing
those who in previous years had been taught in the
faith of Christ.

During these six and one-half years Mrs. Colwell
shared with me the dangers and hardships of the
Mission, assisting in every way she could. She was
instrumental in the raising of $1,700 of the funds
necessary for a new parsonage at Alert Bay, $1,500
additional being granted out of the general funds.
It is a fine modern building, free of debt. She loves
Sunday School work. She gave to it at Alert Bay
a great deal of her time and energy.

This marine mission work, I know, constitutes a
great charge on our missionary funds, but the minis-
try made possible to these brave and hardy people
on all this wonderful coast and to the little ones,
even now, is bearing fruit and will show results
in larger measure in the days yet to be. Every
home, however isolated, should be the constituency
of the Christian Church.