The Spirit of missions . American Church,for the only way to bring about thefinancial independence of the JapaneseChurch is to provide it with competentleaders. From the point of view of missionarypolicy also, the development of Christianeducational work is urgently Christian college will aid greatly inthe organic strengthening of the Churchand hiasten materially the time when theNippon Seihohwai will become a power-ful factor in the upbuilding of Chris-tianity in the Far Bast. Lastly, the men who have been trainedin such institutions as St. Pauls Col-lege, who have learned to appre
The Spirit of missions . American Church,for the only way to bring about thefinancial independence of the JapaneseChurch is to provide it with competentleaders. From the point of view of missionarypolicy also, the development of Christianeducational work is urgently Christian college will aid greatly inthe organic strengthening of the Churchand hiasten materially the time when theNippon Seihohwai will become a power-ful factor in the upbuilding of Chris-tianity in the Far Bast. Lastly, the men who have been trainedin such institutions as St. Pauls Col-lege, who have learned to appreciate ourideals :and without losing their own na-tional spirit to understand our point ofview, will prove highly useful in helpingto solve the problems that arise as theEast and the West are brought moreand more into intimate contact. H WANTED—RIDERS FORBICYCLES CAN any missionary readers of TheSpirit of Missions use a womansHumber wheel, 24-inch frame—it couldbe made 23-inch—or a mans Lovell, 24-inch frame? (229). MIDSUMMER AND MIDWINTER ATALLACHAKET I N the spring of 1907, after a longwinter journey over the trail,Archdeacon Stuck, acting underI the instructions of Bishop Eowe,)egan the building of a new Indian mis-iion in the interior of Alaska. The site>hosen is known as Allachaket, whichneans the place where the Alatna Eiverjoins the Koyukuk. There wias no In-liian village at Allachaket; the nearestvhite settlement was about eighty milesI way. Those were the two chief reasonsor selecting that particular spot. EorBishop Kowe knew that the planting ofhe mission would .attract the KoyukukSeople, who are Indians, and the Kobuk)eople, who are Eiskimos. He knew, too,:hat as these people came to settle, thenission could largely direct and control:hem in the building of their dwellingsland thus insure better houses than theyvould be likely to build if left to tbem-;elves. The distance from the whiteiettlement was a great advantage be-;ause it would safeguard the native pe
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