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PREFACE
The contents of the
present volume are in a large measure the outcome of a long-continued
personal correspondence with the late Bishop of Moosonce.
As Editor of the Coral Magazine I received from him many appeals for aid
in the various departments of his work. I asked for graphic descriptions
of the surroundings; and I did not ask in vain. Questions concerning the
daily life of himself and those about him, the food and habits of the
people, modes of travel, dress, climate, products, seasons, and special
incidents were duly answered and fully entered into. The bishop had the
pen of a ready writer, and all that he wrote was graphic in the extreme.
He was, however, modestly unaware of his talent in this respect, until
his eyes were opened to the fact by the well-deserved appreciation of
the letters and papers which came more frequently and more regularly
increasing in interest as time wore on.
The bulk of this book is made up of extracts from this correspondence,
with just enough information supplied to give the reader a clear idea of
the bishop’s life and work. The journal of his first voyage to the
distant sphere of his future labours he sent to me in quite recent
years, with the expressed hope that it might be published. The various
papers and letters afford not only a vivid picture of life amongst the
Indians and Eskimo, but a valuable example of what may be accomplished,
even under the most untoward circumstances, by indomitable perseverance,
unwavering fortitude, and cheerful self denial, accompanied always by
prayer and a firm reliance upon God. ‘I can do all things through Christ
who strengthened! me’ was the bishop’s watchword. His motto — ‘The
happiest man is he who is most diligently employed about his Master’s
business.'
Should the pictures of life and work offered in the accompanying volume
lead others to follow in Bishop Hordcn’s footsteps, their purpose will
have been indeed fulfilled.
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For the material
contained in this Life I am indebted to Bishop Horden’s letters,
published in the Periodicals and Reports of the Church Missionary
Society, and in the columns of the Record; to the volume, Forty-two
Years amongst the Indians and Eskimo, compiled by the Editor of the
Coral Magazine, from letters addressed to her; to the account of Bishop
Horden amongst the Brief Sketches of Church Missionary Society Workers;
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