The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-11
THE SUNDAY SERVICES.
The Story Of Joseph at the, Jefferson
Street Church.
A CHRISTIAN ENDEAvoR EVENT,
The Rev. ID. N. Stafford Preached . Ser
mon ON watching" ut tho Chestnut
Street Methodist Church = An I'm
pleasant Sunday Outside the Churches.

The Rev. F. G. McKeever at the JefYer-
SON Street Baptist Church last evening
continued his series of d~iscourscs on The
Story Of Joseph" Tho subject of the
sermon was ''The Promoted Slave" and
dealt with the capture Of Joseph. his
bondage in Egypt aud his rise under
Pharaoh. The text was from Genesis
xxx, 9: 'And he left all that he had
in Joseph's hands; and he knew not
aught he had. save the bread which he
and we'll favored"
"To-night, we find our hero In Egypt,
and we find him prosperous In the house
of Pontiphar. Joseph was prosperous be-
AUS of what he did, we read that the
Lord p~rospered all Joseph did,, and his
reward. Pontiphar himself was pleased
through Joseph, and his success may be
traced TO Jeseph,s ~sojourn in his house.
How many disappearing men have been
saved because OF the progress offered up
nightly by some one OF the household.
the shield of God because OF the righteous
in their employ. Many a home Is blessed
because of a godly wife, and we do not
not know how much we owe to the pre-
sence of Godlike people around u.s."
The well-known story Of the temptation
Of Joseph in P%otiphar's house was mex
told, and was set forth in an impressive
manner. Joseph might have been far
more of q slave had he listened to this
woman There is nothing so desperate as
the influence OF an evil woman. and IL
Joseph had yielded to her Establishments
he would surely have fallen, but he re-
NAMED firm and steadfast in his trust in
God and ~triumphed."
In a few words the preacher sketched
the incarceration of Joseph in the prison.
his Interpretation of the dreams Of
Pharoah's servant and his subsequent
Interpretation OF the dreams OF Pharoah,
and closed his discourse by stating the
advancement of Joseph.
Work Among the wild Tribes.
At the Union Congregational Church
last evening the address by Mrs. Amelia
S. Quinton of Philadelphia on the mis-
sionary work among the Indians was lis
toned to by a large audience. The subject
of her address was "a seven months trip
among the wild tribes" and was very in
teresting as showing the progress in the
line Of civilization which has been made
among the red men within the past few
years. The speaker has spent many years,
directly n indirectly, in the work
of teaching the Indians and in her
NlSlJs W tno ScNcItl tTlDco HAS
studied their habits and made obser-
vations which are of more than
ordinary interest. Her address last even
ing was confined for the most part to a
recent trip covering a period of seven
months among the tribes OF Arizona, New
Mexico. Southern and Northern Califor-
MIA. The missionary work among them
she said, had been fruitful but there was
still much to be done. Who're a few years
ago q tribe had been watering about
from place to place now 1t was settled on
a reservation Of its own and supporting
itself by pastoral pursuits.
OF the "a, 900 Indian children more than
1900 are now In school and where a few
years ago there were II Indian posts now
there are but 10. She related the trials
which were experienced by some teachers
in their work because of the distrust
which the old man has OF his white
brother on account of the manner in
which he has been treated in the past; but
the work was becoming easier every year.
aud she had great hopes for the future Of
the Indian, now that the children were
being edtfeatcd-.Sh hoped that the peo-
pie of Rhode Island would undertake the
work of maintaining IA school among one
Of these wild tribes, and said that it
would only TAX 500 people who would
contribute one cent a day TO establish and
maintain such an institution.
A Serunon nm WafchiuU