The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-09-29

we marked with wonder the intense inter-
est manifested hour after hour by all
classes In the sermons, addresses, espe-
cially in the discussions.
The Rev. Mr.. All-Good proposed for dis
CUSTOM! How Shall We Build Up tho
Church," and said: The church is not
an end itself, but means to an end. We
prize gun only as it does some thing
for us, SO we take good care of it. We
| must care for the church, If we would
make it. effective; we must care for all
we gather into the church" The Rev
James Red-Wing added: 1.-THE work 81
the church is heavy. When a Red river
cart sticks in the mud we call all the help
we can and together we lift 1t out; we
must all lift the heavy load Of the
church. The Rev. David Grey Cloud
closed with: I'VE must cast out all en-
nifty, have love for one another, and
then we shall, all be strong, - -:
Does the keeping of Dakota customs
benefit or injure the Dakota people?" N1l-
der Peter Big-Fire, who turned the war
party from the trail of flying mission
aries in 1862. responded emphatically: .
The ancient Dakota customs are all
bad There Is no good in them. They
! men are frauds. Jesus is the only One
The Rev. Little Iron-Thunder ~:
dances and all the mysteries; to shoot
with the bag; to hold the sacred she'll.
TO n gain ai name me- the Dakota will suffer
this is a. cheat 1t will not give life to
the people. Only one name will give life,
even Jesus"
Deacon Boy-that-walks-on-th water
declared: Faith Is the thing our people
need; not faith In everything, but faith
In Christ; not for hope of reward
Sabbath came A glorious day. With
from the white tepees on the hillsides.
| The great congregation assembled in the
| open abr. Pastor Renville. who as lit
lators Of the Bible into the Sioux Ian
guage, and who, as young man, or
ganized counter revolution among the
Christian Indians in favor Of the gov
eminent in the terrible days of 81, pre-.
sided with dignity, baptizing little babe
and receiving several recent converts
into the church. A man of rare powers
| John Baptiste Renville, youngest son of
the famous Joseph Renville. A wonder
July strange gathering this. One thou
| sand Indians seated In semi-circles ON
! the grass for the observance of the
Lords Supper Probably one-third Of
| ne IA; males IN that assemblage were par
Elephants In the bloody deeds of the Sioux
solomon irown Grand Ttd eN Whe hay eH
taken en- an active part in the bloody war
amog las own people in n Manit ,5blo" Tb,
bread was broken by the Rev. Artemas
| tlhna1;ani (walking through. who was
| condemned and pardOned and then con-
vertedf after that appalling traeadv 49,
| VINE was poured bv the man called John
ny an the Sioux (the Rev. John p VIII
Ilarsnn who led them in the burning
| revival scenes in the Mankato prison
| pens. = oi1
ana as he referred to those thrilling
scenes; SC mes; their tears flowed like rain It
| is SAID that indians cannot weeO h1t
scores Wept freely that day at Ascension.
t me OF the acting elders was a son of
the the renowned chieftain,' Little Grow. who
! SaXons in those days of Carnage AS
we partook of those elements of our Sa
y tn, broken body and. shed blood, with
accust1med to the scalp dance and tho
War-Whoop, we freely mingled our teas
wrait thssrs Our hearts overaoWed With
Heaven for what He had wrought for r
this peculiar people by. the mighty bower
or ea Els Hoy Spirit through the word
ranged over the vast DAKOTA fold. and
as we thought of thousands of Christian
S Snth e OF their Presbytery, churches Sab
Mens Christian associa tons, SCHOOLS
farms homes-their present Condition
and .ceontrasted it with their former ' su
| Ire. We excla1med:
Nov we stand amazed and wonder.
Such a happy change to see;
Praise the Lord. who set them freer,
1t vas 1885, From the heights of sisse-
ton. South Dakota, another scene met the
serve no longer exists. Three hundred
thousand of its choicest acres ar nov
nela IN Nf at by the fifteen hundred
band of the Dalzotas. Their homes, their i.
s;i their churches cover the prai-
RES ress fIa That sp15e point1ng reavenward,
dious tr We f fnpas M edi%c
dows of stained glass. Within it's walls WlIts
| there worship, on the Sabbath. scores az
d Gus ~ PEesbytsran Christians; The pas
veins there flows the mingled blood of
the shrewd Scotch fur trader and the
f arm 6o Sious lives IN that
stands in its grassy cover on the s cotea aux
OF the prairies, the Church Of the AS
Of our Lord but to he going ap OF fha
prairies.' On the hill above it is the cosV
home Of the pastor, the Rev. John Bap-
| two Dakotas. while around about these
two churches cluster half a dozen 9TH
ers, with hundreds of members with all
the machinery of the Presbyterian church
in efficient operation among them.
These form only q part Of the Dakota
| presbytery, a presbytery which is not
bounded by geographical lines, but hay
are found in the United States. It con-
sists of eighteen native ministers, TWEEN
| ty-three congregations, fourteen hundred
COMMITMENTS and six hundred Sabbath
for missions and local church work, the
| sum of 5000. Scores of converts last
year testify alike to the faithfulness Of
ing Of the Holy Spirit on their ministry.