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than forty settled homes; and it would take at least
one week to visit them all. There are about fifty
children of school age, and when they pass their en-
trance examination, rarely do we see them again as
there is no opportunity around their homes to build
up a career.
When the church began its work among these
children, many of them had not heard of the name
of Jesus. Now, every last one of them is specially
cared for and a spiritual and moral foundation is
laid in each young life, fitting them for the future as
well as the present. Every home is visited at least
once a month, and each individual kept in touch
with. By so doing, circumstances eventually arise |
which present an opportunity for an entrance for the
message of the gospel. The following is an illustra-
tion of this: a young Russian, who was at one time
a student of Petrograd University, and a political
refugee, came to Canada and, with his wife, settled
in one of the creeks on the Barclay Sound. He was
opposed to religion in any. form and had become a
materialist. The family was visited regularly by |
the missionary, and a friendship sprang up which
deepened as time went on. Unfortunately, the time |
came when the family was stricken down by fever,
and were placed in quarantine. No one went near |
the home, and the creek froze up. Alone I broke
my way through the ice with supplies and medicine.
When the father and mother had recovered, the
youngest child became the victim of dropsy, and was
hurried to hospital, a distance of thirty-four miles,

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