74 In Great Waters

Your Work Is Worth While. There is a woman,
we are told, that lives in yonder house, but “‘you
will have to walk the boom.’’ Nothing daunted, we
walk the boom, consisting of rolling logs, the lady
member of the party as well, for to meet another
woman is a benediction to these lonely souls. Over
a friendly cup of tea we chat; more Sunday-school
papers are given out, and we depart for our home
port after having been away for nearly a week. In
my pocket I have a small envelope our host of an
evening or two before passed to me on the quiet.
What does it contain? A cheque for twenty-five
dollars for the Maintenance Fund. For, he says,
“Your work is worth while.’’ These expressions of
appreciation, so tangible, yet unsolicited, speak
volumes for the appeal of the United Church of
Canada on this lonely and rugged coastline. We
arrive in port again for our week-end services, and a
little while for rest, and then off again to do the
Master’s bidding.

5. TEN DAYS OF IT
By GEORGE C. F. PRINGLE
On the Sky Pilot

My plan in entering on this mission seven years
ago was first to get acquainted with my people and
learn their real needs, and then go ahead and do any
right thing, without limit, as long as I could do it
or get it done, to supply those needs. For example,
I found that they needed to have good, wholesome