really carrying out God’s com
mand in tithing As Christian
stewards of God, He requires us
to give a definite proportion of
our incomes in acknowledge
ment of His ownership. And
the rest we should spend and
save in a way that is pleasing
to God. God repays us for our
efforts in giving. Did he not
comment on the coins that the
widow dropped into the treas
ury? Surely God is pleased and
comments on our giving back a
portion of our income.
Are we not debtors to God for
the service that we can rend
er? Man in the beginning toil
ed for a living. He was given
physical vigor, intellectual and
spiritual power to carry on his
diily activities.
Stewardship of service means
that we as Christians should
m ike every ounce of energy
count for the upbuilding of
God’s kingdom. We must be
.'list and honest in acquiring
strength to give. God is inter
ested in every sort of activity
which makes this world a better
place in which io live.
Are we not debtors to God for
our lives? If it had not been for
God, we would not have life. So
life itself is a trust. All life is
a Stewardship, it is the basis
of stewardship. From life we
can acquire the stewardship of
time, service, personality and
nany other phases. Steward
ship points out a man’s attitude
toward property and income.
Cod’s ownership of life is em
phasized by His redemption. We
are bought with a price, so life
is not our own to do what we
liKe with.
This Stewardship of life has
many sides to it. And it is up
to us as individuals to make the
most cf all the possessions of
Ood for the upbuilding of His
Kingdom.
And as a master journeying
into a far country he has given
us talents and ability to take
of His bountiful possessions and
when He comes again, we shall
rive our account of whether we
have increased His possessions.
Only when we have done our
hity in taking care of His pos
sessions will we hear Him say
‘Well done thou good and faith -
ful servant; thou hast been
faithful over a few things, I will
make thee ruler over many
wings, enter thou into the joy
of thy Lord.”
Editor’s Note:
“Stewardship” is from the
pen of Beatrice Wilson, student
of the Sheldon Jackson School
at Sitka and was written for
and read before the recent con
vention of the Christian Endeav
or Society at Sitka. The pur
pose of the editor in publishing
*t at this time is to show the
part the church plays in the ed
ucation of the Indian children
ui AinsKa ana tne development
of the mind within the past few
years with proper educational
environment. It is generally be
lieved, because of political pro
paganda that the Indians are
ignorant and illiterate.” The
writer, Miss Wilson, is not ex
ceptional in that quietly and un
cbtruseively the younger gener
ation is grasping out and reach
ing forward to the better things
of life.
The editor predicts that with
in fifty years the Thlinget and
Haida languages will be extinct
in Alaska. The development of
the past ten years predicates
+his assertion. Which means
that more and more will these
neople make themselves felt in
the affairs of the Territory.
Of Interest to Trappers of Alaska
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.Washington, D. C.
April 23. 1931
Hon. Frederick C. Wolcott,
Chairman Special Committee
On Wild Life Resources,
United States Senate
My dear Senator:
I am greatly interested in the
proposed visit of your committee
to Alaska this summer, and I am
sure you will be quite as much
interested in the human side of
the subject as you will in the
animal side. While preparing
to protect the wild animals I
hope you will not forget that
many of them are fur bearers
and that our trappers and hunt
ers are intimately connected
with the subject and just now
need some protection also.
In the Annual Report of the
Governor of Alaska, 1930, a copy
of which I enclose for your in
formation, at page 71 you will
note that about 5,000 persons,
resident in Alaska, engaged in
the fur trade in that year. On
page 73 you will note that the
fur trade amounts to about Four
Million Dollars per annum, not
including fur seals from the Pri
bilof Islands. This trade is most
important to Alaska, for these
trappers are largely prospectors
for minerals, and only use trap
ping as a means of support
while they prospect for miner
als.
Notwithstanding Congress has
provided both the United States
Biological Survey and the Alas
ka Game Commission with amp
le power to look after and pro
tect the wild life and fur-bear
ng animals in Alaska, it has
made but little provision for
looking after and protecting the
trappers and men engaged in
the fur trade. While I am per
sonally friendly to all th excel