The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-18
Dr. Frank Hall Wright Noted Divine, Talks
About Pioneer Evangelism Among the
ChoctaW, Apache and Wnnebago Indians
BY DOLLY DALRYMPLE


66WI(T HEN 1 was growing into
WV young manhood there were
three things that l wished
sincerely not to be; 1 didn't want to be
a minister; I didn't want to be an evan
gelist. and didn't want to go as a mis-
sionary to the Blanket Indians and I'm
all three, bless the Lord!
Dr. Frank Hall Wright the noted Pres
byterian divine who is conducting a great
series of revival meetings at the South
Highlands Presbyterian church, his
bright eyes flashing, his swarthy skin
and jet black hair indicating insistently
his Indian ancestry, and his splendid
spirit of comradarie welcoming the flood
of questions that were propounded to
him concerning his evangelistic work, ut
tered these momentous dsSyesterday
as | sat and talked to him-to this won
derfully magnetic, and cultured man,
who, by his eloquence and his sincerely
sways, the multitudes who listen to him
with rapt attention as he brings the mes
sage of hope and happiness in his ap-
pealing, earnest way, to those seeking
salvation
DR.. Wright has the face of a thinker;
his eyes are deeply penetrating but his
smile is full of sympathy and affection
and his laughter, which he INDUCES in
frequently, is SO infectious that it takes
al. ordinary human being into the atmos-
phere of the much misunderstood Indian
country where one often meets men of
the mystical temperament who have the
child-heart at the center of their wis
dom.
DR.. Wright is that dignified, straight
forward Christian individual man that
any nation would be proud of, and with
the combination of Indian paternity and
Scotch-Irish maternity, he is a unique
figure in the ministry as well as in the
ordinary paths Of life.
DIR. Wright loves to talk about his In
dian father, "Kilhat" which, in the free |
rendering, means "go and conquer and
of how way back in the old days this |
great man was among the first eight vol |
unteers who, after finishing college, first !
from Union college, Schenectady, later |
the Union seminary, New York, went |
back among the Choctaw Indians as an |
exponent of the higher education lending |
his mind and heart to the salvation of his |
own tribes; of how he named the state |
of Oklahoma, which, being interpreted |
means Okla, people and homa, red red |
people," and also of how he served as
principle chief or governor for over 80 |
years of the Choctaws.
And he loves to talk about his mother, |
who was Harriet Newell Mitchell, a di- |
rect descendant of one of the Mayflower
pilgrims, whose old Puritan ancestry has
counted for much in the lives of the
eight children whom she fostered and
loved and reared to young manhood and
younk womanhood
81 am one of four boys DIR. Wright
told me. There were 10 children in our
Emma Bliss who also played the we'd
ding music.
The ushers were Mrs. ]. L. Clapp, Mr..
c. r. Culyerhouse, Mr.. F. NJ Hatcher,
and Mr. w. E. Wishart.
The bride entered with her father, Mr..
James Mcdonald, who gave her in mar
rage and was met at the altar, which
was most attractively decorated with
white blossoms and ferns, by the groom
and his best man, Mr.. Robert Irving, his
brother.
The bride wore seal brown dress and
her flowers were orchids and valley lilies.
The maid of honor, Miss Susie Wish
art, in a lovely blue crepe meteor and
large black hat and carrying bunch of
white chrysanthemums, walked alone,
followed Dy the MISS IOHe
Irving and Miss Estelle Lamllin, in aft
ernoon dresses of burgundy shades.
They carried yellow chrysanthemums.
Immediately after the ceremony Mr.
and Mrs. Irving left for points of inter-
est in the south and upon their return
will be at home on Woodlawn Heights.
Mrs ]. A. Rountree, first vice president
of the Alabama state division of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy is
being Endorsed by the various local chap
tiers for president of the state division.
The Albany-Decatur Daily, October 10,
publishes the following flattering notice
in regard to her. 1t says:
Mrs. ]. A. Rountree of Birmingham, is
being Endorsed throughout the state by
the local chapters of the Daughters of
the Confederacy for the next presidency
of the state division. Her home chap
ter Pelham, has unanimously Endorsed
her. according to The Birmingham Age
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