Life and Work of the Rev. E.J. Peck Among the EskimosWork of Church of England missionary in eastern Canadian arctic, 1876-1902. |
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able Arctic arrival baptized Bishop Horden Blacklead Island blessing boat brought canoe Cape Jones chapter Christ Christian Church Church Missionary Society coast cold comfort Cumberland Sound diary Diocese of Moosonee dogs dwelling E. J. Peck Edmund Peck eider duck Eskimos feet Fort George friends frozen gathered give God's Gospel Greenland hand harpoon heard heart heathen Holy Horden Hudson's Bay Hudson's Bay Company hunter hunting iglo Indians Jesus journey Kikkerton kind land Little Whale River living look Lord meat miles Mission missionary Moose Moose Factory night Parker Peck writes Peck's prayer reached reindeer sailed sailor seal Sedna seemed sent ship shore skin sledge snow snow-house soon soul speak spirit station Sunday teaching tent things tion travellers Ungava Ungava Bay vessel visited voyage weather wind winter wonderful words
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Page 205 - And behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
Page 234 - My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Page 12 - I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken. O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
Page 258 - Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Page 301 - And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.
Page 108 - Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
Page 181 - And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people ; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
Page 7 - Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete : That not a worm is cloven in vain; That not a moth with vain desire Is shrivelled in a fruitless fire, Or but subserves another's gain.
Page 60 - The secret by which this complicated set of requirements is fulfilled consists in properly describing an arc from the shoulder with a stiff elbow, giving the jerk to the whip-handle from the hand and wrist alone. The lash trails behind as you travel, and when thrown forward is allowed to extend itself without an effort to bring it back. You wait patiently, after giving the projectile impulse, until it unwinds its slow length, reaches the end of its tether, and cracks to tell you that it is at its...
Page 298 - I know thy works : behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it ; for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.