Milford chronicle., 1905-11-03
The Ienorance Of Tndions


Amazing is the ignorance Of the IN
dian There in these festivals YOU see
the old men dancing in their bare feet
to the wailing songs of the old squaws.
the same kind Of dances their forefa-
thers danced fifty, sixty, seventy. years
ago. Instead Of being men and wom-
en- they seem to be just little children.
As lambs they are led to the slaughter
| by the sins of the white man. The
| Christian church must go i'm and put
her strong arm between these Indians
and sin, ignorance and superstition. 1t
must go in, else the Indian shall be
wiped Off the face Of the earth. The
reason the old western proverb There
is no good Indian except a dead In
diam has such a UNIVERSAL acceptation
is because the American Indian. unless
helped by the Christian day school. the
Christian church and the Christian mis-
sionary, will never be able to help him
self. The white mans sins will smite /
the red man down before he has time /
to open his eyes to see the white mans .
virtues. God speed the arduous work 4
Of the American missionary for the
salvation Of the red man and the red
woman. These poor abOrigines are be-
ing tumbled into drunkards graves by
the white mans whisky; they are be-
ing morally corrupted by the white
mans Righteousness; they are being
ground down into misery and want by +
the hell fires Of the white mans gam
bling passions, which are destroying
heir lives for this world and for the
next 1t is impossible. for some men
% overcome some temptations in their
)wn strength.
But. thank God, the dangers and I
that surround you and me !
re not insurmountable if we only call &
Il God for help. The true father places +
is strong arm about his boys heart 4
-hen the surges of temptation roll in b
D submerge him. God the Father will t
lrottle the Kissing throat of that dead 4
7 serpent of evil if we will only beg n
i'm to rescue us. He will take away n
lat agonizing thirst for drink. You is
now you have been fighting it for Ii
ears. Yes, he viii make you pure in u
ind and heart if you only run to the a
Dver Of his wings. He will lift you ic
D. as you would run to the rescue Of g
)ur boy when he is confronting some I
ldden and imminent danger, if you "
i'll only call to him as your child calls al
you: "Help, father! Help! Help" -
le Lord sends us trouble to develop al
, never to crush us. Those over W
lelming mountains Of trouble and sa
mptation that are rolled upon us do al
It proceed from his hand. These ra
these insurmountable noun W
ms of temptation are everywhere 81
ound. Then it behoOves us to stay pl
~ close to the side Of thai loving W
ither who is always thinking and III
inning for us. Stay by the Lord,
10 will always protect us when it is
cessary for us to be spiritually pro
ted.
The threatening dangers ahead in the
life are insignificant in mi
nparison to the peril from which bu
rist delivered him in the past, when ini
said to him, "Thy sins are forgiven in
e." Those ahead may be compared frc
the ship in the last throes of the tor tor
To- The cordage is being stretched sci
the utmost. The sails, like huge bal tot
ms filled with gas, are swelling lar chi
and larger, until they seem about los
burst. The helmsmen are cIinging &C