Word: mission
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Wilfred T. Grenfell, speaking at the Phillips Brooks House last night, told of the work of the Grenfell Mission and the promising future of Labrador...
...Grenfell expressed his gratitude for the work that Harvard men have done in Labrador and finished his talk by showing some moving pictures of the life and scenery of Labrador, and of the work of the mission...
...Grenfell, famous Labrador mission-worker, will speak on "Labrador" at 7.30 o'clock this evening in Peabody Hall, Phillips Brooks House. His talk will be illustrated by moving pictures taken on the coasts of Labrador and Northern Newfoundland. These pictures will show the different fields of activity of the Grenfell Mission, besides helping to give the audience an idea of the living conditions in Labrador. The speaker will be introduced by Professor R. A. Daly...
...Grenfell first started his mission work 30 years ago, after having worked for several years among the fishermen of the North Sea and Irish Coast. He began his work entirely alone, by going from village to village and giving whatever medical aid he could. Being financed by the British Deys Lea Mission, he was able to gradually increase the scope of his work. Year after year he added more and more workers to his organization until now he is able to clothe, educate, and give medical aid to ten thousand people, scattered along about 600 miles of coast line...
...Grenfell's mission is not an effort to bolster up an inferior race in a fight against hopeless conditions of living, in an impossible land. It is an attempt to educate a people to take care of themselves, and to make the most of the world in which they live. In laying the foundation for a greater Labrador--a province which will represent more than a mere triangle on the upper-right-hand part of the map, it is "missionary work" in its highest and most practical sense...