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Show Mission Life in Newfoundland. Speaking of mission life in Newfoundland, New-foundland, Mr. W. M. Dooley of that country refers to the labors of Father Sears, a priest of St. George diocese, as typical of ordinary hardshins enrimwi in that country. "For nineteen years, long before the advent of the railroad, he has ministred to the sjck and dying in the most remote re-mote and Inaccessible parts of the west coast. Many incidents which speak volumes for his self-sacrifice and heroism are gratefully recalled by his faithful parishioners. Incident"" that would make Grenfell's deeds miserably mis-erably tame are recounted over and over by the people of St. George's. In the early days of his pastorship he was often compelled. In answering a sick call, to trudge for miles over a horribly horri-bly rough road in a blinding snowstorm with the thermometer down to almost the last notch. On many occasions he has had to travel ten miles in a fisherman's fish-erman's skiff with the wind blowing a hurricane, in order to prepare some poor soul for Its last journev. Such incidents in-cidents as being wrecked on some lonely lone-ly reef or having his craft crushed by ice floes have been common in his career ca-reer as a parish priest. The fury of the wind or wave, however has never deterred de-terred this brave self-sacrificing priest from performing his duties. Even at the present day, when the modes of travel have been considerably improved, im-proved, it is often his lot to stand for three hours upon the deck of the small bay steamer in the teeth of a wild northeaster, In order to attend the dying dy-ing In some remote settlement." |