f-a-dozen years old, has
had already more than a hundred men shot in it, and this awful work
still goes on. This marvelously rich mineral region is sure to be
filled in the near future with these mining towns, and unless the
Christian work keeps pace with this kind of growth, this large
territory will become notorious for bloody scenes as no portion of our
land has ever been. Now is the time to preempt the country for Christ,
by planting at strategic points the church and the Christian school,
and through them to send forth to every part the pure, restraining and
elevating influences of the gospel. God's call to us to do this work
is loud and clear. Can we be faithful to Him and refuse to obey?

* * * * *

THE INDIANS.

There are 260,000 Indians in this country. Compared with our great
fields in the South, this is small. But there is an emphasis on this
work which is not made by figures. Those who were native to this
land have been made foreigners. Those who were the first to receive
missionary work here, and who responded as readily as any heathen
people ever did, are still largely pagans. While one Christian has
been telling the Indians the story of the gospel, another calling
himself a Christian has been shooting them. They have not yet had a
full chance to learn what Christianity is. From place to place they
have been pushed so that they have not had time to build their altars
to the true God. We have wronged them and we owe them more than we
shall pay. We shall meet our obligations but in part, when we do all
we can to save them.

We have in bur Indian work eighteen schools and six churches, one new
church having been added this year. In these, 68 missionaries have
been doing noble service for the Indian and for the country. Shall
the Indian problem forever perplex and shame both the country and the
Church? Will not the churches enable us to send all the workers and do
all the work needed to be done, and thus hasten the day when it can be
joyfully proclaimed that the Indians are evangelized--no longer pagans
and foreigners, but our fellow Christians and our fellow citizens?

STATISTICS OF INDIAN WORK.

Churches 6
Church Members 401
Schools 18
Missionaries and Teachers 68
Theological Students 24
Normal Students 11
Grammar Grades