sed Book, and had answered many questions, I invited all who were
willing to comply with these conditions, and desired baptism, to come to
the front of the audience, where I was standing.

About forty men and women immediately responded, and came forward and
seated themselves at my feet. Some were trembling, others were weeping:
all seemed deeply moved. Then I read the beautiful Scripture lessons in
connection with the baptismal service for children, and dwelt upon the
love of Jesus for children, and His willingness to receive them. I
invited the parents to consecrate their children to God, even if they
themselves were as yet undecided. We had a solemn and impressive time.

All desired new names, and for the great majority I had to make the
selection. While baptizing them and selecting Christian names as
additions to their generally poetic and expressive Indian names, my
constant prayer was, that they might "see His face, and His name" be
Written "in their foreheads."

Still there was some opposition. Satan would not thus easily be
dispossessed or driven out. Old conjurers and medicine men, faithful
followers of the enemy, quickly began their opposition. Their selfish
natures were aroused. They were shrewd enough to see that if I
succeeded, as I was likely to do, they, like Demetrius, the shrine-maker
of Diana, would soon be without an occupation. So at this afternoon
gathering they were there to oppose. But they were in such a helpless
minority that they dared do no worse than storm and threaten. One
savage old conjurer rushed up to me, just as I was about to baptize his
wife, who, with many others, had come for this sign and seal of her
acceptance of Christ. Before I had perceived his purpose, or had power
to stop him, he seized and shook her roughly, and, looking at me, in his
impotent wrath, said in an insulting manner,--

"Call her Atim," ("dog").

"No," I said, looking kindly at the poor trembling woman, "I will do
nothing of the kind; but I will give her the sweetest name ever borne by
woman, for it was the name of the mother of Jesus."

So I baptized her Mary.

We spent several days in giving lessons in the Syllabic characters
between the religious services, three of which we endeavoured to hold
each day. Sometimes we assembled all the people together, and, with
these characters marked on the side of a rock with a burnt stick, we
taught them as best we could. At other times we went from ten