The Spirit of missions . en even-ing service. And after that foot-ballagain till far into the night—only in thespring there is very little night. We godown to the ice with them and play withthem. Miss Heintz appears in one ofthe pictures in eager pursuit of the Carter is not a foot-ball enthusiast,perhaps because, as one of the nativessaid, Every time she kick the ball shesit down, but Miss Carter loves to watchthe game. The exercise in the fresh, brisk air isbeneficial, after sitting so long inchurch. And to sit around in the openair, this climate does not permit in thewinter, nor e
The Spirit of missions . en even-ing service. And after that foot-ballagain till far into the night—only in thespring there is very little night. We godown to the ice with them and play withthem. Miss Heintz appears in one ofthe pictures in eager pursuit of the Carter is not a foot-ball enthusiast,perhaps because, as one of the nativessaid, Every time she kick the ball shesit down, but Miss Carter loves to watchthe game. The exercise in the fresh, brisk air isbeneficial, after sitting so long inchurch. And to sit around in the openair, this climate does not permit in thewinter, nor encourage in the thing forces itself upon us. I re-member the first Sunday foot-ball I sawin Alaska was at the mission of thestrictly puritanical Society of Friendson the Kobuk River. How things change, and how circum-stances alter cases! I have just beenre-reading John Eichard Green, and as Iread of the Booh of Sports set forth byKing James and the storm of angry pro-test its publication aroused, I could not. FOOTBALL AT ALLAKAKETMiss Heintz in eager pursuit of the ball. Winter and Spring at Allakaket 797 help thinking of our Sunday foot-ball,and asking myself what I should havethought of it in my youth. So foolish isit to make principles where no principleexists or to build the faith on anythingbut the faith itself. I think Our LordHimself would have smiled upon the in-nocent sports of these people and havesaid again, The sabbath was made forman and not man for the sabbath. Theold folks are amongst the most vigorousplayers. You will see in one of thesepictures a youth just ahead of the balland an old woman just behind it. Theyare grandmother and grandson. Andshe is not the only one amongst ourpeople here who frisk beneath the bur-den of fourscore. The winter aspect of everything is al-most gone. Save in patches here andthere the snow has all melted. The chil-dren have been finding things all daytl^at they lost last September. What atransformation it is! A week ago
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