Chapter 7

Desire of the heathen to hear the Gospel.--Brethren meditate a new settlement--voyage to explore the country.--Quiet course of the mission--advantages of their church discipline.--Death of Burghardt.--Exertions of the aged survivors.--Schreiber, superintendant, arrives.--Anxiety of the native Christians to attend the ordinances of religion.--Advantages of the Bible as a school-book.--Four missionaries unexpectedly carried to England.--Baptized Esquimaux seduced by traders.--Perilous voyage of the returning missionaries--striking accident.-- Schreiber retires from the superintendance--Kohlmeister succeeds--his journeyings to Okkak, to Nain.--Stability of the work of God at Nain--hopeful deaths--conversion and recovery of a young native.--Remarkable preservation of an Esquimaux youth. 269