Identifier: spiritofmissions80epis (find matches)
Title: The Spirit of missions
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Episcopal Church. Board of Missions Episcopal Church. Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society
Subjects: Episcopal Church Episcopal Church Missions
Publisher: Burlington, N.J. : J. L. Powell
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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horseswill behave themselves this time also.Of course it is reassuring to knowthat last week a party of six, drivingalong this road, went over the em-bankment, falling sixty feet andbreaking only a few bones! So we go about this little missionfield, which the bishop has entrustedto me, and which has more squaremiles than New Hampshire, doingour best to lay foundations, so thatwhen more funds are available andmore men come into the field theywill at least find something whereonto build. OUR ANCHORAGE AT ANCHORAGE ANCHORAGE is Alaskas young- railroad into the interior of Alaska, est town. It has grown up The Rev. E. H. Moloney, our mis- suddenly on the southern coast sionary at Valdez, has visited An- in the neighborhood of Seward and chorage twice. He found about 3,000 Valdez, because that locality has been people in the camp just outside of the selected by the Government as the townsite. Now that the sale of lots southern terminus of the projected has been completed the camp is in all
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Government hospital, library and social hall and temporary camp AUCTION SALE OF LOTS ON NEW TOWN-SITE Taken at the moment when the first lot was sold for $825 probability broken up, and most ofthe people have .moved into the town.As Mr. Moloney says, the situation isentirely unique, even for Alaska.Anchorage does not represent a stam-pede to new gold-diggings. There isevery assurance that it is to be notemporary camp, but a permanenttown of great importance. At pres-ent, next to Juneau, the capital, it isthe busiest and most promising placein the whole country. On one of his visits Mr. Moloneysecured two excellent corner lots asthe site for a future church. Withthe help of some loyal Church peoplewho have gone into Anchorage themoney was raised to pay for them.The next step should be the- erectionof a simple building to serve as areading-room six days in the weekand a church on Sundays. Briefly,what is needed is another RedDragon. Many people know what splendidwork the Red Dragon at C

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