Father--poor Indian's Father?"

"Yes, O yes!" I exclaimed. "He is your Father too."

"Your Father--missionary's Father, and Indian's Father, too!" he
repeated.

"Yes, that is true," I answered.

"Then we are brothers?" he almost shouted out.

"Yes, we are brothers," I replied. The excitement in the audience had
become something wonderful. When our conversation with the old man had
reached this point, and in such an unexpected, and yet dramatic manner,
had so clearly brought out, not only the Fatherhood of God, but the
oneness of the human family, the people could hardly restrain their
expressions of delight. The old man, however, had not yet finished, and
so, quietly restraining the most demonstrative ones, he again turned to
me, and said,--

"May I say more?"

"Yes, say on; say all that is in your heart."

Never can I forget his answer.

"Well, I do not want to be rude, but it does seem to me that you, my
white brother, have been a long time in coming with that great Book and
its wonderful story, to tell it to your red brothers in the woods."

This question thrilled me, and I found it hard to answer. This is the
question that millions of weary, longing, waiting souls, dissatisfied
with their false religions, and craving for that soul rest which only
can be found in the hearty acceptance of the glorious Gospel of the Son
of God, are asking. I tried to apologise for the slowness of the
advancement of the Redeemer's kingdom, and the apathy of those who,
while acknowledging the brotherhood of humanity, so often forget that
they are their brother's keeper.

We closed the service for a brief period, and then, as soon as a hurried
dinner had been eaten, we all assembled again for the afternoon service.
This second service lasted for five hours. After singing and prayer, I
read the beautiful story of the Ethiopian eunuch, and the Baptismal
Service. I endeavoured to explain what we meant by becoming Christians,
and stated that I was willing to baptize all who would renounce their
paganism, with its polygamy, conjuring, gambling, and other vices, and
from that time begin to worship the true God. Polygamy was the greatest
stumbling-block among them, as some of them had three or four wives.
Intemperance here is but little known, on account perhaps of the great
difficulty of importing liquor into a region so remote from
civilisation.

After I had spent a long time in making clear the doctrines or the
bles