you to this place." He was
asked to pray. "Yes, yes," was his instant reply, "that is just what I
want to do;" and such a prayer as he offered up is seldom heard. A
well-known skeptic arose and openly renounced his infidelity.

As my husband and Brother Pope had both their special appointments
elsewhere to fill, it fell to my lot, much against my predilections, to
close the whole series of meetings by my third and last temperance
lecture. This appeal on the temperance question was also responded to,
at first mostly by young boys and girls, followed by a venerable
gentleman and his two sons, and then the full complement of men and
women. So all discouragements of the past are forgotten in these
glorious results.

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FOR THE CHILDREN.

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CHRISTMAS AT THE S'KOKOMISH RESERVATION.

BY REV. MYRON EELLS.

Our Christmas passed off very pleasantly, with a tree and appropriate
exercises in the evening. The church was full, with the school children,
about forty-five in number, the older Indians, government employees, and
a number of surrounding whites. Two songs were sung by the whole school,
one being an original piece beginning with the words, "We're from
Squakson and S'kokomish," (the two reservations from which the children
have come,) and containing the names of all the children in school. The
other, "Hurrah for the Christmas Tree" was sung just before the gifts
were distributed. There were other songs by the older pupils, the
youngest children closing with the clapping of their hands. Two Indian
girls played the organ. Nine little girls recited a hymn, each one
beginning with the successive letters of the word Christmas, and as they
did so, those letters were hung up between them and the audience. Ten
little boys recited a poem on temperance, in connection with which the
Indian policeman, recently appointed, made some earnest remarks on the
same subject. It was his first effort in church, and he surprised his
friends by his success. An Indian chief spoke about Christmas, and your
missionary added remarks on the meaning of the word Christmas--the feast
of Christ.

A report of the Sabbath-school showed that there had been an average
attendance of forty-five. Prizes having been offered to all those who
should be on the roll of honor four-fifths of the time, by learning the
Sabbath School lesson--three verses in advance and three in revi