The Indians of North America / [Anon].

  • George Mogridge
Date:
[1843?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The Indians of North America / [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    worldly circumstances were much better. Such, alas ! is the indifference, I may say prejudice, of the Saul- teaux Indians towards Christianity, that though the assembly consisted of nearly the whole tribe, not one expressed a desire for instruction, nor did we get the promise of more than three children for the school, and I doubt if these will be sent. As, how- ever, God has disposed the hearts of the Muscaigoes to receive the gospel, we trust he will, in due time, work for his own glory among the Saulteaux. Till then, let us labour with patience and perseverance, in humble dependence upon Him.” Basil. I think the missionaries are good men, and do all the good they can among the Red Indians. Hunter. No doubt they do; but there are many of the tribes on which very little impression has been made. Indians, who have seen every thing evil among white men traders, are apt to look on all white men with suspicion ; and, then, the superstitions in which they have been brought up have a strong hold on them. Basil. Please to tell us more about the missionaries. Hunter. Listen, then, to an account of a missionary visiting the sick. “I went to see a sick Indian, whom I baptized last January. I reminded him of the pro- mises which he made when he was baptized, and asked if he were still determined to put his full trust in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, depending upon his merits alone. He answered, with some emphasis, ‘Yes.’ I then exhorted him to keep his feet firm upon that Rock of all our hopes ; assuring him, that if he
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