Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-13
CHILDREN HAVE
ANNUAL INSTITUTE
OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY OF
JAMESTOWN
Former Missionary Tells Little Ones
Of His Work Among the
Indians and Shows
Mementoes

With Temple auditorium filed with
bright-faced children and their elders
occupying the balcony and gallery the
annual Sunday school institute OF the
Episcopal diocese of Los Angeles was
opened Yesterday afternoon with
Sunday school mass meeting.
The Sunday school children assem-
bled at st. Pauls Pro-cathedral ana
marched to the auditorium neaoeu 10 py
the surpliced choirs of the city. Inc
choirs occupied all the available space
on the stage and filled the orchestra
nit. rendering the music in a delightful
manner. All over the auditorium tne
sun glinted on the golden crosses ana
banners of the schools and presented
pretty appearance.
The service was opened by an organ
selection by Mr.. Douglas, organist OF
st. Paul's. Bishop Johnson made a
short address in which he spoke OF the
Significance of the event, 1t being the
three hundredth anniversary of the first
Jamestown settlement.
Missionary Tells Experiences
Rev. Robert Rennison, a former mis-
sionary to the Indians, gave some OF
his experiences. He said:
"It is impossible for us to take away
the Indian history and the influences
of the Indians in our country. The
Potomac river was named after the
uncle of POcahontaS, and the Mlssls-
sippi means the father of waters. To-
ronto, the queen city Of Canada, is an
Indian name, and Winnipeg means the
turbulent water. In the very names or
our rivers and cities we recognize the
influence of the Indians There are
$50 900 Indians in North America, of
which 0,000 are in the United States.
There are 5000 in Northern California,
of whom 1000 have never heard the
gospel preached.
"It was among the Indians along
Lake Superior that entered the mis-
| sion work 1 remember well the frs
| time tried to tell them, the story of th
4 redemption We had the pipe of peace
4 which pipe was nearly 200 years oil
and which had been smoked by hostil
tribes after war and by the missionar.
bishops with the Indians. The pipe o
peace is a wonderful thing for tn
missionary; it opens the way to thu
i gospel.
Gospel Through Pipe
"There are so many ways in which
YOU can bring to them the gospe
| through this pipe. Among the many
passages is that beautiful one, Peace
on earth, good will to men,
| "Thefl again, another way to wiz
favor with them is through the great
value they set on the heads of animals
When they would bring me fine head
l would tell them that Christ was the
head of the church. Again the indians
set great value on blood, coming from
the Indian legend, which was that a
young man had lost his father and had
followed his trail in the snow until he
came to the end of the track and then
not finding other tracks came to the
conclusion that his father had gone
straight up and had become star. Sc
he shot up an arrow into the heavens
and presently there came drop OF
blood, showing that his father was ir
the sky. Then the young man shot ur
another arrow to which he had tied a
long string, and in this way he Joined
his father in the sky Now how beau
tifully we could tell them the story OF
the atonement through the blood OF
Jesus Christ and through his blood we
are enabled to go to our father.
Thinns Indians earn