The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-21
HOME CHURCH WOMAN'S MIS-
SIONARY SOCIETY.
Very Interesting Address by Bishop
ROndthaler on His Recent Visit
to the Indian Missions In Cali.
Standardization $1,000.

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to the Indian Missions In Cali
Standardization $1,000.
The Home Church was flied Thurs
day evening by a company from our
towns gathered from all churches 1t
was the 10Th annual gathering of the
Woman's Missionary Society. This
society is made up OF $50 or more
mem bers who each give a donation
regularly to the treasury of the So
ciety In addition to the gifts of the
members various occasions through
out the year add to the income, so
that the society usually donates from
S175 to 5000 each year to church work,
either at home or abroad.
The church was tastily decorated
with-rich hued autumn leaves and pre-
sented an attractive appearance to
the large congregation. A specially
prepared ode or service had been
printed and with PRAYER and song the
hour was opened. The re- prrt OF the
Secretary gave an outline of the his
tory OF the year, aud the Treasurer's
report showed that money had been
to the SUN named above This sOcie-
ty has done quiet but steady work
during these many years. and when
the sum Of the work il considered. il
will he found that 81 900 or more have
been sent ON its erraKd of doing good
This society is only only one OF quite
num- ber of other organizations In the.
| Home church A very interesting
| letter was read from one of the mis-
|
edging a gift from the society
The address OF the evening was
made by Bishop RondLhaler, his
| theme being the recent visit to the
Indian Missions in California. We
| cannot give more than q fraction of
| the interesting points Incorporated by
| the speaker in his address, though the
| that il il well worth printing in full.
| The charm OF Bishop Rnndthal-r's
lectures is the plain, straight forward
| and clear manner in which ne presents
| his points; last evening, for example,
| was an occasion when both children
| and grown people lIsGent d throughout
| the lecture, an hour in length, with
| out the interest diminishing in the
| least, and we may add that the lect ure
| followed the love-feast service, which
| was itself programme of consider
/ abe length. The following is a brief
| skeTch of the address:
| Five hundred miles and more in a
| southerly direction from San Fran
cisco is situated the Moravian Ramona
and Martines Missions. These mis-
| sions are in what is known as the
Colorado Desert, between the San
Jauuto and the San Bernadino ranges
of mountains. The reservation in
clude in the section where the first
mission is sit uated has been changed
into garden spot by means of irriga-
tion. Rev. VIM. Weinland is in
charge IF the work. A five acre sec
tion belongs to the mission and on
this section is the home. beautiful
orchard, and once in each two weeks
the life giving water is allowed to
flow into the irrigating bitches With
out this supply of water the section
would soon become barren waste OF
drifting sand, without any life save
the weeds of the desert. With the
water the finest fruits are raised.
some of which are from time to time
shipped I'd the win-City. 1t is also
ters' of Rev. Mr.. Weinland are being
educated in the Academy In our town.
Afser visiting the Indian settle
ment, the school with its cultured
teacher. the home Of the Chief, who
is a man high in favor with the U0i
ted States GOvernment), and otheI
features of interest the Bishop preach
ed to the congregation on Sunday He
told his audience last evening OF the
distinctive features of this tribe. and
at times it seemed that the standard.
they have attained might well be ar
example to some OF their more favored
eastern fellow citizens.
From the Ramona Mission Bishol
Rondthaler went south to the Mar
1 n a. T. t. T. -
bed of an old lake, the thermomete
registered 129 deg at o'clock and 81
bleak and desolate is the outlook tha'
the very telegraph poles are gashet
| and SCARED by the terrible SAINT
storms that whirl along 10 the winte
season Rev David WOosley, of ou
county, is in charge of this work, ant
well and hearty he appeared as b.
met the party at the station.
The Bishop Incidentally remarked
, that the man in charge of the railroad
, station at this point is the same maj
who shot RauoDa's husband, as de
scrihed in the famous book by Heller
jackson entitled Ramona
II At Martines Bishop Rondthale
slept in the open air without the leas
difficulty, and at O'Clock was awak
ened by the first Indians. who cam
3 to pay their respects. That day wa
llied with series Of interesting ez
: | periences, visits to the wigwams, u
the chief, and later in the day Bishop
4 Rondthaler participated in funera
service, which was peculiar comb
nation of the Christian ceremon
united with remaining heather rites
And thus step by step the speake
: | led his hearers right into the field q
!. labur so successfully carried on an,
= = all who listened realized that a.
I money put into that work was none
: well invested.
: The lecture closed and the collection
: amounting to $40, was taken up
Rev Mr. Th@ier, missionary fror
the West Indies, was present and Al
Il sisted in the service Mr.. Clewell di!
missed the congregation with th
: benediction.
t Throughout the entire programm
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