by the wind, and before dark the Agency farmer came. It was impossible
to cross the river in such a gale, and here I knew we must stay.

The next morning was still and clear and beautiful. It was difficult to
realize that the elements had been on such a tear the day before, so
after breakfast we embarked for home, going the seven miles by water
this time, and I reached the mission a gladder and a wiser woman.

This glimpse of out-station work is something I have long wanted, and
anyone who does not believe in Indian education should see the results
of it as they appear here. In the audience on Sunday, were three young
women former students, one at Hampton, one at Santee, one at Oahe. Their
dress, the expression of their faces, their whole appearance proclaimed
the power of Christian education, and it is only in the faces of the
Christian Indians that there is any expression of gladness. There is no
gladness in their life outside of this. Oh, that the work at these
stations may be blessed! There are hundreds and hundreds, yes, thousands
of Indians who will never be reached by Hampton, Carlisle, Santee, by
all the Indian schools put together, and who will never be Christianized
or civilized by "edict from Washington." Christ must be taken to them,
lived among them in such a way that his true loveliness may be made
apparent to them. Without this, all else goes for naught; with this,
life and light must come, and darkness and ignorance and superstition
must flee away.--_Word-Carrier._

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THE CHINESE.