CHAPTER VI.. Mutual Affection of the Christian Esquimaux and

Mutual affection of the Christian Esquimaux and Greenlanders--their correspondence--letter from Timothy, a baptized Greenlander.--Delight of the Esquimaux in religious exercises.--Order of the congregations--distressing events, apostasy of Kapik--awful end of Jacob--peaceful end of believers--Judith, Joanna.--Revival among the communicants.--A feast by a Christian brother to the Esquimaux.--Winter arrangements.--Childrens' meetings--schools.--The brethren's settlements contrasted with the heathen.--Progress of religion at the different stations.--Books printed in the Esquimaux language.--Number of the settled Esquimaux.--Epidemic at Nain--its consequences.--General view of the mission. 238