70 In Great Waters

McBeath, Miss Jean Sheepy, Mrs. Borroughs,
Mrs. McKemmie, Mr. W. J. Hogg, and Mr. W. C.
Cranston.

Of course I preach and administer all the regular
ordinances of the church. Last year I held twelve
Communion services at as many small settlements.
But besides the usual things that I am properly
expected to do, there are a thousand other honourable
ministries of mercy, helpfulness, and happiness that
must not be overlooked no matter how humble,
bizarre, or difficult they may be. What these are
you will have to try to imagine after I tell you a
story or two. Even then with all your imaginings
there are many things that we find to do for our
people that you would never think of, nor would I
have guessed them if I had not actually stumbled
upon them in my rounds. Of course you can do
more for people who live in out-of-the-way places,
far from stores, hospitals, and towns, than you can
for folks who live where everything they can need or
want is right at hand. On this mission field it is
easier than anywhere else I have ever been to find
hundreds of simple, homely ways to give people
help that they actually need and for which they are
very grateful.

Now let me weave some true incidents together,
mixed in with the necessary small amount of de-
scription of people and places so that you get the
“‘atmosphere.’”’ I’ll call the yarns, ‘‘Ten Days of
It.” I’ve had seven years of it and like it, so you
ought to be able to stand ten days of it!