New-York tribune., 1882-03-06
SERMONS BY THREE BISHOPS
DITTY OF CERlSTIANIZING THE INDIAN.
s,,nop ey, II Dakota at the church Of the Aseoh fT'"
sstdM EpttcopaN.

DUTY OF CT.RISTuANIzING TIE INDIAN.
stsnop Hcr, II DakOa al ne Charss q tie A''eN'O'
Bishop Hare, OF Dakota. preached YESTERDAY
morning at tue church of tho Ascension, at Fli'h"no
and Tenthst Che B.saor is aman of medium sile WI" uo
enely ,npuld,A features and small side whisSers' he
,vouid ney,r he mis-; akeG for anything nut cios
He has peuct atng voice. and speaSs WIN k'o"' to
tncncss uSin. no notes whatever ine "Ofi -,
as orn.rl,. prominent clergyman of the Episcopal
Church In Pennsylvania, was nlne ye"'S dsV,
Grated mise souary bishop OF Dakota. MS "o'A aus
,..,r o,,o,, the Indians-the Nohraras, the
Cbevcppc. the Dakotas ana the SIOUX
o,d has been very successful ho mas
,r ,,nr successfpl boaTdngschOols for Indian ooys
o,d irls great many missions have been established
with nermanent Indian congregations; most OF theh
have Indian organsts aad cbos and several have ma
rive Indian clergynen who have been trained TO the
work under the supervision Of the Bishop In the board
ing schools English taught wen az the constrc
ton Of their native tongue Many trades are ais"
taught to the boys aud girls by means OF wmcu
they may earn an honest livelihood The great ann VI
Bishop mission is TO make the Indian citlIeh u
thought aud feeling. although he Is not one Ill
name, him from his wild romantic me- ana 10
give him of the simpler elements OF our American
civilization. His yesterday whch was aoouI MS
indian work was from the text Ephesusi t., %; And
hath put all things under His feet and gave Him to DC
the head over all things the church In substance
was follows:
What an intensity Of moral evil there is this earth
The mother realizes this perhaps first time when
She hears her boy repeating evil expression, when
she had fondly thought him innocent Of wrong Tne
strong OF the world is convinced OF as ne is over
horne 10y its mighty onset, and Is forced TO cry
out Tne m SSS gSSS tGa' wdnd wOTG &S that Go HP' do
And even the saint he tries to spread the wings of
this intensity Of evil and he Is compelled 10 COMES IN
sad humility my soul cleaveth even unto The dust
intensity OF evil hides he'll from the young man. "a lie
follows after the delusiye phantom OF pleas
geSfh from OpiSgr's S inoughte.s HS %GS %nd sGy GIRL
she listens TO The en- voice OF Love AZ an ages & 9r
nature is entaugled in his lower As him In his
dah struggle we call to mind the story Of LAGOON and
ms sons vSniy trying to get free from the deadly ser
pents that embraced them and cry out with an ID
'R1s RTa 'H09E ods method ' Of meeting this in
,ensy q moral evil .osuoy is by opposing .S6I Uis to
Som into the world whose Zeal for goodness, whose
hatred Of evil eurnedH IN 4p @ Mnat e. an dss te gpo o.
cent little children in their mothers arms OF 10 reDuHe
the scrbes Phasees with the words Of scorn. Ne
serpents We generation Of ypcrs how shall ye escape
Inc dannatOn OF hell F
mat il transformed the lives Of His disciples
into the likeness of Ills He left not merely Ills
the Gospel. by breathing them and saying As my
Father hath sent me- even SO send you 10 yo n,p az
This commission became lodged In the Christian Church,
Snri.Ts ch Ou other self It occupied from thence
forth the same position c%Sie toward nHnpn'g End .S
The words OF the text true And gave Him TO be
The bead all things 10 the Church" From THIS ldea
we can evolve the conception OF the mission OF he
Church in the world. Christ first preached the GospeI
m places ESege m TsB out o f he c to the Outlying
country districts must the Church by her missions
id d9 Ss ESen' to3bs 'ne exceeding ncrcc, so that
dqTst pass that way SO IN must ,t the Tn4es
o land and Who is SO erSe that no man % dsfeS pass Ass
duty oil chrstianiIing the indian.
por nine Years have been working among Indians
Dakota and truthfuy cay that have 1 been re- re-
noble harvest. If the CluIC De indeed Iue
self OF blessed Master as nave trled 10 snow
winch we fare refuse consider If to live
up to our duty and resPonsiby we must put away & the
pie the work OF healing the moral sickness OF the
savages have been brought contact with me, and
ten you to-day that the most remarkable thing nave
and feeling The human heart beats under white
or red skin. and the likeness Of their humanity makes
people can be cvilzed and being civilized don't
mean to cay that they are leaving tler 9d NE 9y 'He
not to be expected But when they phanthropists
charitable, self-denyins and geate-they sub
nit to the spell Of such lives 1t Is a
traders and swindlers. and monsters of wckedness
worse thar themselves. chief said to me rot long
Things out-whlskey aud falsehood and agents.
In all my cburches can see this moral reformation
going on-a reformation which they soTely need For.
bear mind the great danger TO the indian s he
eonseoaeut moral oolspso. Al first he despisos tue
white man and his ways he regards bim as an a3eet
slave while himself be free But as the
white gathers around MIN closer and closer and re-
yeas and more or Is superior strength ana clVl
lzaton as the Indian the wilderness bOssOmng
Ike under the white man IS cuurej as ne looks
UPON the wtohery which knowledge and Intelligence
puts In the hands OF the pale face, and tIen as
he looks himself and realizes his condition, without
knowledge, without resources without hope FOR the
future proud elatiOn of the brave s succeeded by
the abect collapse Of the poor ignorant savage My
friends, Indians today dying Of broken heart
They frequently into study and sit there Tor
hours without speakinR and at Last when questioned
they give TO their despair by saying; Our people
have no future"
Is bad enough TO have the indian foe in open war
fare II TO have him hopeless vagabond, prow
ing from door door The influence Of churches and
schools alone give these people hope for tue utre
They willingly and gladly to learn our waYs Ana
~ Church Christ be In truth his Body. II 1t be
his representative on earth to do what lie would do Tor
man. Iheu duty members OF that Church to go
out with u message oil hope and happiness TO these men
dwelling apart from the world and who so fierce that
dares pass that way.