bbath--no rest.

It seemed utter folly for the missionary to come in where such a
condition of things existed, and say to the best men of the best
brigade: "We know the summer is short, and it is essential for the
welfare of the company and your own wages, that the goods should be
taken in, and the furs brought out. But a Higher Power has said,
`Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy, so when Saturday night
overtakes you, tie up your boats, lay aside your oars, and rest in
quietness and devotion until God's day is over.'"

The company in their blindness were at first astounded, then enraged.
To lose one-seventh of the short summer, when, as it was, the brigades
were sometimes caught by the ice, would never do! This fanaticism must
be stopped! They threatened--they persecuted the missionary and the
Indians. Their monopoly in the country gave them great power, and they
wielded it unmercifully. Unable to induce the missionary by bribes or
threats to take another stand, they resorted to persecution; and by
calumnies most foul, strove to destroy his good name, and to drive him
out of the country.

He was a wise and judicious, as well as a brave man; and, standing at
his post, endeavoured to show his rich and powerful detractors, that no
harm would come to them by their employees resting one day in seven. He
bravely declared, that a man could do more work in six days by resting
the seventh, than by working continuously; and he challenged them to the
test.

At first the statement, which had been, so conclusively proved to be
true was laughed to scorn. However, as the missionary and his Christian
Indians remained true, the company were obliged to yield so far as to
send off a Sabbath-keeping brigade, which they did with many fears and
misgivings. To their surprise, they did their work just as well, and
returned in less time, with the men in better health than those who knew
no Sabbath. The logic of actual success triumphed eventually. All
opposition ceased, and up to the time when the old order of things came
to an end, and oars gave way to steam power, no one was found rash
enough to question the ability of the Sabbath-keeping Indians to excel
in work those who kept not the day of rest.

I often travelled with those Christian Indians, and the Sabbaths spent
on these long trips, are sweet and happy memories. Up to the last hour
on Saturday when it was safe to travel, the journey would be pursued,
until, in so