The Washington herald., 1907-10-06

united congregation held their first serv-
Ice at North Church Sunday. July 29.
1906. with Assembly's pastor, DR.. Wilson,
aS minister. The name NortAminster
was chosen for the church, and but re-
Gently the Old edihce was sold IN order
10 erect a church building that would
better suit the requirements Of the larger
congregation.
The opening IAN meeting OF the inter
denominatonal missionary committee OF
the District was held at the First Con-
gregationaI Church last week. Arch
deacon Stuck. who was attending the
brotherhood convention. and who has
charge of the Episcopal mission work in
the interior Of Alaska, told entertain
ingly OF what is being accomplished
there. He said the somewhat dignihed
title "archdeacon'' simply means that he
assists Bishop Rowe, missionary bishop
Of Alaska The full mission staff CON
sists Of missionary, a teacher, and
a trained nurse, but often the staff Is
not full One who IS always at her post,
however hard It may be- is the trained
nurse. Indeed, the archdeacon tells OF
Bishop Rowe having said that If It were
not for these loyal. devoted women they
would have TO shut up shop"
At each mission there is always a
small room set aside for hospital pur-
poses, and II is never without an In
mate. The reading rooms established by
the mission have been hailed with de
light. They are kept open all night,
and their influence has been great IL
winning the miners from saloons and
gambling places. At Fairbanks, Alaska,
an ordinary magazine costs 81, while in
mining camps, said the archdeaCon, lit
eratuTe Is so scarce that even the labels
on patent medicine bottles are carefully
taken off, perused, and discussed with
/ interest Last year the mission reading
rooms distributed 10000 magazines. The
Alaskan Indians, he says, are gentle and
docile. Their contact with white men
has, as a rule, worked injury To the
race Through them the vices Of drink
ing and gambling have been learned, and
the white gambler never stops till he
/ has taken all the native has. There IS
no one to protect the Eskimo from these
men but the missionary. 1t Is not the
miners who are guilty OF this wrong
doing, but men who appear 10 belong
nowhere. sort of fiotsam and jetsam,
who infest the Yukon River.
As a protection against this class the
missions are established on the branches
Of the Yukon, rather than the main river
itself Last spring Rev Mr.. Stuck travel
ed far inland to a point on the Koyu5uk
River, known as "CoId Foot" when he
established a mission, most fttingly- call
ing It ''St. Johns in the Wilderness"
He illustrated the docility Of the natives
by relating an incident that happened
soon after he located there. One thing
he found very difficult in his work among
them was to instill any idea in their minds
Of the brotherhood OF man, for, although
harmless and kind 70 the members Of
their immediate families, they are utterly
Indifferent to the welfare OF others. In
their midst was a little dying orphan boy,
Steve, who had been terribly neglected
Mr.. Stuck took him under his own care.
and when he asked one Of the women 10
prepare some food for tho little fellow
she refused with the stOlid reply, Il not
his mother" When the little Eskimo band
gathered at the next mission service he
took as his theme the words, 'Inasmuch
as We have done II unto one. Of the least
OF these, My brethren, We have done ii
unto Me. Inasmueh as We did it not unto
one Of the least Of these, ye did it not