Off the Rocks

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Jun 26, 1907

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 33, No. 26.

“Off the Rocks.” Stories of the Deep-Sea Fisherfolk of Labrador. By Wilfred T. Grenfell, member of Royal College of Surgeons, England. Illustrated. Cloth, second edition, 204 pages. Sunday School Times Co., Philadelphia.

Who has not heard of Dr. Grenfell, the versatile man, who combines in himself not only physician and surgeon, but Master Mariner, Justice of the Peace; Agent of Lloyds, Underwriters; Superintendent Royal National Mission to Deep-Sea Fishermen? The author would shine in any city in the world, but he has chosen for the Master's sake to cast in his lot with the poor, needy “fisherfolk” of Labrador, many of whom are seldom visited, and when they are, need just such a visitor as the many-sided, versatile man of opportunity, Dr. Grenfell. This book is made up of pathetic stories of suffering, deeds of daring, instances of Christian fortitude and endurance. Its true stories are more thrilling than a romance. There is an introduction by Henry Van Dyke.