indeed was the excitement
among the people. Some mocked, and some opposed and tried to persecute,
but many were affected by what their companions had brought them, and
believing their testimony entered into their joy.

Of course the new converts could give but little instruction; and so, as
the work proceeded, it was decided that a deputation must go for the
Missionary and bring him into their land. Mr Crosby responded, and
went over to Alaska, and spent some time among them. God blessed his
labours, and many of the Indians gave up their paganism and became
Christians. Convinced that a grand opening was here for Missionary
triumph, Mr Crosby wrote to the Methodist Episcopal Mission Rooms, New
York, urging the officials there to enter this open door and begin work
here. The answer was that it was impossible; that their other fields
absorbed all their income, and so there was no prospect of their being
able to respond to his appeal.

Not to be discouraged very easily, Mr Crosby next wrote to the
Presbyterian Board at Philadelphia, and told of these poor sheep in the
wilderness; and here, thank God, he met with success, and there was a
glad response; and the successful Presbyterian Missions and Indian
Schools in that land to-day are the outgrowth of that work.

In company with this heroic Brother Crosby, who had so much to tell, I
spent several months in attending Missionary Meetings. We had blessed
times. Immense crowds came out to hear us, and, if I am not mistaken,
the increase in the Missionary income that year was the greatest in its
history. In all, we attended eighty-nine Missionary Anniversary
Services in different Canadian towns and cities between Sarnia and
Quebec.

A very happy week was spent with my family at "Oaklands," Toronto, the
beautiful residence of the Honourable Senator Macdonald, the Lay
Treasurer of our Missionary Society. Of Senator Macdonald's great
kindness, and tangible evidences of sympathy, neither few nor slight, if
I should here write, I should only be mentioning what scores of
Ministers and Missionaries could say had been their own fortunate
experiences with this large-hearted philanthropist. Eternity alone will
be able to reveal the full measure of what, with a glad heart, he has
been constantly and unostentatiously doing for many of Christ's
ambassadors, and among the different Churches.

As soon as the season for holding Missionary Meetings ended, I returned
to my Indian