is this school among Christian Indians that our accommodations
have become very limited, and last year we were obliged to refuse
many who wished to come. I think you cannot know how hard it is for
us to say, We cannot take you.

The great Dakota nation is ready to receive the Christian religion.
We have the Bible in the Dakota language--a monument grand and
beautiful to one who has just gone to his reward. Years of patient,
quiet toil were spent in translating the precious words from the
Greek and the Hebrew into the language of over fifty thousand
savages. Then what hinders the work? We have hymns in the Dakota
tongue. Who will go and sing these precious words to those who never
heard them? There are those who are ready to go, but where is the
money to send them? If you cannot go, what hinders you from sending
some one? To be sure, this is a work of difficulty, for how can we
expect a few years of training to so revolutionize a savage's live
that he can withstand the heathenism which still permeates his native
home? But we have those whom we can trust, and who are filling places
of responsibility and usefulness. Besides those who have gone out as
missionaries and teachers, we have in our school at Santee native
teachers, and our own children are taught by them. One of our pupils
is assistant matron in the Dakota Home. One who has been under our
care is in the little city of Pierre, D. T., giving music lessons to
white pupils. I give only a few instances, to show that we are
beginning to see the results of our work.

Then give the free Gospel of the love of Christ to this great heathen
nation right here so near us. Here is the Bible, here are the hymns;
who will provide the means to scatter them, and who will go to carry
them? We are preparing those who will go with you as assistants and
interpreters. We hear of those who wish to get rid of the Indians;
the surest way to do it is to educate them and Christianize them.

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THE CHINESE.

EXTRACT FROM ADDRESS OF MRS. W. C. POND.

I will not waste time upon an introduction. I will only say that I am
glad to be among you; glad that you are interested in the Chinese
work, with which we have been connected so many years in California.
We feel that we are greatly privileged in having these dark souls
within our reach. We can obey our Saviour's last command, "Disciple
all nations," without having to go far from our homes and nativ