THE ORPHJlNaGB NEW8 LETTER.
THE KODIAK
BAPTIST ORPHANAGE
The workkks. od salary are:
Gee. A. Learn. Superintendent
Miaa Lucy Mattson, Matron
Miss Marcbie Hines Matron
Misa May Murphy, Kitchen Matron
The Purpose ot the Orphanage is
to provide a Christian home and
training for destitute children.
The Records show that 89 boys
and 100 girls ftotsl iS9) have been
received, 69 boys and ”5 girls
discharged (by completion of time
and by death ), 19 boys and 26 gins
now enrobed
Ei'tHTV-Two Converts have bees
immersed and received in the church.
The Support is provided by The
Woman s American Baptist Homs
Mission Society which expends here
|9100.00 s vear It is hoped that the
Contributions marked “Alaska"
will eventual'.f suffice. Therefore,
Every Sunday-school and every
Tocnc People's Society in the
land is urged to make an annual con
tribution Help from all sourr*'
is gratefully accepted This is tha
Only Baptist mission home for
Alaskan children. And the
Only Baptist < ipsanaoi on the
PAeiPtc Coast.
Send all Contributions to Mrs.
Mary K. Bloomer. 276 Fifth Ave..
New York City.
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Sunday Mcb. 5tb wc took our mis
sionary offering. It amounted to
$156.00. Five dollars more than we
are expected to raise this year, but as
we did not raise the required amount
last year, theextra willapply on that
deficit. Nearly all our twenty mem
bers are tithers though most of them
hare very little to tithe, and those
who have some income are giving to
other objects as well.
When the missionary offering is
taknn every child is provided with a
little money to put iD the collection
plate. Little Gaorga Kazahaya, not
yet six years old, had two nickels to
put in the plate. Just before the
plate reached him, not having any
pocket, he secreted ene nickel in the
seat of his pants. After the plate had
passed he whispered to the one next
him, "I got seme left, I didn’t put it
all in." After the service a little
shaking brought to light the seques
tered nickel.
On the 25th of the month the Com
miseioner at Kodiak brought to ns
little Elizabeth Agizsa. She is about
8 years eld. For many years her
grandfather, Waiilla Agizza, worked
for ns. He was a very skillful man,
and could turn his hand to any kind
of work necessary. His son Andrew,
Elizabeth’s father, died a number of
years ago of tuberculosis, Elizabeth’s
mother married again and died of the
influenza in 1919. Wasilla and his
wife died about the same time, so
Elizabeth was left an orphan. Her
step-father married again, so it seemed
best to the Commissioner that Eliza
beth should come to us. She is a dear
child and is eery happy with the
other little girls.