le He may be
found.' You may thus render them a service for which they will have
cause to thank you through eternity."

"I will try," said Archy humbly, "but it is difficult to speak to
others."

"Pray for the aid of God's Holy Spirit, and He will enable you to do
it," said Andrew.

"I will try," repeated Archy, for he had discovered his own weakness.
Through that discovery alone can strength be obtained.

The shipwrecked party again pushed on, the party keeping ahead. Some of
the men had begun to complain that the boat detained them. They
supposed that the ice was attached throughout to the mainland, and
believed that they could do without her. The captain tried to persuade
them that they were mistaken, but they had lost their respect for him,
and declared that they knew better. Andrew thought the captain was
right, and entreated them to listen to his advice. Their replies showed
that they were bent on pushing on. The worthy carpenter, James
Foubister by name, also a Shetlander, sided with Andrew, and promised
not to desert the old captain. Their example influenced most of the
other men attached to the boat, who agreed, should the rest of the party
do as they proposed, to remain with them. By exerting themselves to the
utmost they overtook the sledge parties soon after they had encamped.
Andrew again spoke earnestly to his companions, pointing out to them the
danger they would ran by separating, and he hoped at length that they
had abandoned their design.

The next day they went on as before. The cold was increasing, and
except when they were in active exercise, they felt it severely. The
old captain especially, from being unable to move, suffered greatly, and
was rapidly sinking. Andrew, whenever the party stopped, acted the part
of a true Christian, and was by his side, endeavouring to console and
cheer him with the blessed promises of the gospel. What other comfort
could he have afforded? The old man felt its unspeakable value, and
after his voice had lost the power of utterance, holding Andrew's hand,
he signed to him to stoop down and speak them in his ear, and so he
died,--with a peaceful expression in his countenance, which told of the
sure and certain hope he had gone to realise. Andrew and the carpenter
proposed carrying on the captain's body to bury it on shore, but the
rest objected, as causing them unnecessary labour. A snow tomb was
therefore built, in which the old man's body was pla