In front of the Winch Dormitory,
to the left and across a iittle valley,
is the chapel. This stands farther
west and north than any other bap
tist church building now used on the
coni itietn
We wi.l p ,ss up toward the mission
a^..in. This beautiful little lake has
been our baptistry in whi.h twentjr
tive have been “buried with Christ".
A great many have here seen, for the
first time, what Baptists believe isthe
only Scriptural baptism.
The little garden at the left has
been used from the first and has well
repaid all care and labor. There
are several other gardens but none
of them equals this one. There are
some apple trees, currants, black
berries, and raspberries. Can’t you
see the trees? That twig is one. It
was planted five vears ago and has
grown as much as sixteen inches in
that time.
On the soutli side ot the mission is
(he barn, which is much too small
for we have twenty-three head of
cattie besides two horses. However,
the winters are usual y mild and the
woods make excellent shelter. Here
come the six milk cows from the pas
ture. You see they aie all of good
si/e. Their product is worth at least
#500. a year, and we could not
procure it elsewhere. Those black,
hornless cattle are the Galloways be
longing to the Government.
Here are some of our chickens we
have about ioo mostly young oner.
They have usually been profitable,
and make an agreeable change of
food. Those twenty large I’ekin
ducks are all young ones except the
one with the crooked wing. This
ought to be a good country for ducks
—wet enough—but they have not
been so profitable ns chickens.
The pigs are an experiment. The
old ones have more than doubled
in value in a year anil the;e are nve
fine shunts besides a pair recently
Sv.nl ..t a fair price.
No inspection would he complete,
of course, without seeing the child
ren The first hell has runt; for sup
per. the girls are already here, and
whi!e waiting for the second hell all
the children u;e playing about. You
can see they are happy, active, and
healthy. There's the "jingle” and
all will take their assigned places in
the p't v room preparatory to inarch
ing into the dining room. You can
see them hettei here.
That is lml y May u liltte more til; n
a year old. Kate is nearly two ami
Christine, a few months older. The
first long hetteh holds nine girls four
tosix years old; the next one, boys of
thef»itie age. On the next bench
are the girls front six to nine, then
comes n row of boys of that age.
Might nine-foot hem hes are crowded.
•'One! two!" There they go to
supper, tlie smallest girl first, and
after all the girls have passed the
smallest boy leads off. In the dining
room, every head is bowed and all join
in thanking God for his bounty, then
begins the work they enjoy best. In
this they are like other children too.
Sixty children most of them home
less and destitute housed, clad, fed,
educated, trained, loved, what a
work for Christ! "Inasmuch hs ve
have lone it unto one of the least of
these, ye have done it unto me”.
Certainly, I knew you would want
to help. Make the gift as large ns
you are able and send to Miss Davis,
510 Tremont Temple, Boston.
How much do we need? How
much does it cost you to provide for
your son or daughter? Multiply that
by sixty. We could use it all to ad
vantage. One thing more, don’t for
get to pray for the children, and for
the workers, and for Alaska.