Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-01-24
FUTILE MEMORIAL MISSION.
Account of the Dedication of n Now
Church ON the Ottawa Reservation.

aAVCOuut vi inc DeulCNtIOu vi u NOW
Church ON the ottawa Reservation.
At III o'clock last Sunday morning,
Jan. Is. about $50 people assent led In
the newly erected meeting house on
The Ottawa reservation 10 dedicate II
10 the Lord in memory of Asa aud
Emaline futile, who solicited funds
from their friends TO erect the beauti-
jnl e;!iiice which nav ad0rns the hill
where mission work has been carried
ON since 1871.
The church is 22x34 feet with 4x6
entrance which extends above the root
forming beltry, IN which 204 Id.
bell made of pure bell metal is hung.
There is an alcOve 3x3x3 In the rear
part of the house with two windows,
between which rests Il neat tablet of
highly polished oak, inscribed In gilt
letters "Tuttlc Memorial Mission,
1890" The house is nicely ceiled aud
as whole the building is an excellent
one.
After singing GAIL Hail the Power
at Jesus Name" prayer was offered
smoking the blessing of God upon
each and for His guidance. After the
singing Of two hymns review of the
coming, aud stay, Of Asa and Emeline
futile, the death of their three child
rem who now rest in the cemetery
hard by, the soliciting of funds, erec-
ton of the building and the work Of
the day, every one In the house
arose aud with bowed heads dedicated
the building to the service OF the Lord
as we remembered how the faithful
ness OF Jehovah was depicted in the
lives Of those to whose memory the
building had been erected.
The sermon was preached by Rob-
ert X. Qaiggin, missionary to the o.
tawas, taking for a text "God is a
Spirit, and they that worship Him
must worship Him in spirit and In
truth" encouraging the people to at.
tend the services held from time 10
tine, and to so live that our minds
might always be susceptible to the in
fiuencc, and our hearts to the touch of
God, and having the required truth in
The inward parts we could acceptably
worship God.
Isaiah Supernaw, an Ottawa Indian,
said without faith it was impossi-
bile to please God, and after seeing the
work OF the Lord prosper under the
hand of our friends he praised God
that he had the privilege of seeing the
material fruitage of their labors in the
erection of such a su bstantial meeting
house.
Peter Lankard, a renter, testified Of
the comforts and privileges brought to
his heart by the erection Of a church
where worship could be maintained.
Anna E. King, the wife of an Otta-
Indian, said the blessings Of His
soi had come to all hearts, as we had
waited upon God, and sincerely hoped
for continuance.
Clay p. Stevens said that he came
into the country in 1872 and wildly
remembered the work of the Friends
and he could say as "Reminiscences,
that Asa futile carried power and
grace with him as he walked to and
fro among the people, bringing them
nearer to the throne Of grace.
Joseph Binns remarked that since
the time of VIM. Penn the society OF
Friends had been conspicuous as be-
ing the friend to the Indians, and it
was brought afresh before them by
the setting apart of this beautiful
church.
Sophia Donally, an Ottawa, said she
was glad of the outgrowth of the work
she saw started years ago ard prayed
God to help all to do what was right.
After singing "Praise God from
whom all blessings flow" the meeting
adjourned.
AT the close of the service a man
came to the missionary, extending his
hand and said be wanted to be a bet
s9r man, aud wanted TO join the
Friends church.
REMINIsCEHT.
Fresh in my memory dwells the
pleasant recOllectiOns of our first mis-
who came TO work among
us after we located in the Indian ter
ritory. They were Mr.. Asa Tuttle
and Miss Emeline Howard, he
as a Friends minister aud she as
a teacher of we Indian youths. They |
came to our country in the spring Of
1870. There was no place prepared
for worship or school, only q small
log council house that had been put
up by the Indians, and no place for
them to board nearer 10 it than one
and one-half miles With whit spirit |
they both went at their work; how
Asa cut out the road through the tim
Der 10 make good way to their work
and how be suffered from q large ris-
Ing on his hand caused from his not
being used 10 the axe, and how at his
boarding house he had to sleep and