I hope and trust the infinite, the eternal, and merciful and loving God. I worship Him and feel no guilt in my heart before him for what I am going to do.

Besides, my usefulness here is destroyed because all of my friends think me a man of unsound mind.

We, in Prince Edward Island, are fully familiar with this modern phenomenon.

Some would suggest that there has been a dramatic change in our perception of the world and ourselves within the world. Others have observed that there has been an almost complete about-face in a relatively short span of time.

Even with, or perhaps, because of, this background, I have over the past few years sensed a very dramatic change in attitude on the part of Prince Edward Islanders towards the on-going rush for so-called modernization.

Over the past few years, many of us have increasingly begun to question the direction and meaning of our society as it has developed over the past several centuries.

Mechanization or industrialization of this sort has really only left man with one all-important mission in life: to conquer nature.

Next to God I worship my wife and boy and will soon be with them and with my father and mother, who are there waiting my coming.

If I go among strangers the story of my insanity soon follows, and I do not care to live such a life when I can in a few hours go to my wife and boy.