. Christian herald and signs of our times. ted States General Agent of Educa-tion in Alaska. As the representative ofthe government he sought and secured theestablishment of mission schools in Alaskabv the mission societies of the Moravian,P r esbyteri-^L^X an, Episco-p a I, B a p-tist, Meth-odist, Swed-ish Evan-gelical andF r i e n d sChurches. In 1887,he c 0 m-menced thepub licationat Sitka,Alaska, o fThe NorthStar, amonthly pa-per in theinterest o fschools andmissions. In 1890,finding thatthe Eskimoof ArcticAlaska werebeing grad-ually reduc-ed to star-vat i 0 n byt h e steadydestru c t iono
. Christian herald and signs of our times. ted States General Agent of Educa-tion in Alaska. As the representative ofthe government he sought and secured theestablishment of mission schools in Alaskabv the mission societies of the Moravian,P r esbyteri-^L^X an, Episco-p a I, B a p-tist, Meth-odist, Swed-ish Evan-gelical andF r i e n d sChurches. In 1887,he c 0 m-menced thepub licationat Sitka,Alaska, o fThe NorthStar, amonthly pa-per in theinterest o fschools andmissions. In 1890,finding thatthe Eskimoof ArcticAlaska werebeing grad-ually reduc-ed to star-vat i 0 n byt h e steadydestru c t ionof the whaleand walrus,h e devisedand set inoperation ascheme forintroduc i ngthe tamereindeer of Siberia into that country, as anew and permanent source of food 1891, he brought to Alaska sixteen rein-deer, which were turned loose on an islandin Unalaska harbor. The following yearhe established the first herd of tame rein-deer on the shores of America. The stationselected was Port Clarence, near Bering {Continued on page iq.) ft. Round=the=World Sermons, by Rev. Dr. Talmage. TOMB AND TEMPLE. Text: Esther i : i. From India even unto Ethiopia.
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