Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
LABRADOR SHOWN BY
STEREOPTICON VIEWS
DR.. GrenfeII Displays at First congre-
gationaI Church Series of Slides,
Mainly from His Own Pho
tographs

Last night the First Congregational
church was filled to oVerf1Owing long
before the appointed hour of service to
hear the address delivered by Dr.
Grenfen. He spoke principally on the
work that ne and his co-workers are
doing in far-off Labrador, giving
Stereopticon Illustrations.
"Greenland's Icy Mountains" of
hymn and story will have a more vivid
impression for those who heard DR..
GrenfelIs lecture. Mountains, tower
ing high above the sea, with the rising
and setting sun throwing bright lights
over the scenery were shown on the
screen. DR.. Grenfell has some magnifi-
cent slides, from photographs taken
mainly by himself. Pictures of the
fishermen, their homes, the orphans,
the chapels and hospitals elected much
enthusiasm. The statement made
again last night by DR.. Grenfell that
Labrador is free from saloons and the
LIQUOR traffic met with hearty applause
Dr. Grenfell opened his address with
vivid word picture Of an early expert
ence before he left England, where a
new church was being dedicated on the
seacoast, and shots were fired showing
that ship had gone ashore.
Away Below Zerow
1--WE enjoy life in Labrador" he said,
although it is many degrees below
zero there now. There are q great
many poor, but less than there were
twenty years ago. There are many peo-
pie who have not the clothing that
you wear in this warmer country, but
there are less of those than there were
twenty years ago. They believe in
Jesus Christ, are better fed and clothed
and educated
81 remember one fisherman. He was
very poor, not able to get 10 cents at a
time, and was always in debt He kept
a piece Of string, little fur and the
like, to make net. Finally, after much
labor, he and his boys made a net and
put it out. One Sunday morning 1 found
that the ice was coming down and
would break his net up. / went ashore
and found him pointing the way to the
church. I told him his net was in dan
ger, and asked him If he was not goine
to take it in.
That fisherman answered that he
could not; that he had begun to follow
Jesus, and that if the other fishermen
saw him go out to save his net on Sun
day they would think that he would go
back on Christ at the first temptation.
SO he went on into the church We had
little service there, but confess I was
thinking more of that net The next
morning he found his net broken to
small pieces and his catch of fish all
gone. [ saw that man on his death bed
last year, and asked him if he were
sorry about his net, but he simply
smiled and shook his head. His boys
are growing up Christian lads You
and 1 have got TO do it that way. God
has given US the responsibility of Iiv-
ing"
After his brief address DR.. Grenfell
gave his stereopticon views, illustrating
the exterior and interior Of his ship. the
fishermen fOcking to it and the children
being treated.
Help from All Ranks
Young men from the eastern universi-
ties, used to all luxuries, were shown
clearing ground for gardening. to raise
green stuff to help eradicate the scurvv
among the fisher folk; as also were the
faithful dogs that carry DR.. Grenfell
during the winter when navigation on
the sea is impossible.
The first Christmas tree and the first
dolls imported into Labrador were
shown, and there were numerous illus
trations Of crippled and injured chii-
dren who had been cured.
DR.. Grenfell has succeeded in import
ing herd of reindeer. Last year sixty
were MIXED daily, but he hopes to
make that number 500.
DR.. Grenfell spoke of the work he
hopes to start in st. Johns harbor.
where many thousands of fishermen
gather yearly and where there are more
than fifty saloons. He hopes to put up
structure to rival the saloons 1t is
principally for this purpose that he is
giving his lecturing tour. At all the
services yesterday liberal collections
were taken up.