VOL. VI.
Christian Education the Hope of the Indian.
MUSKOGEE. INDIAN TERRITORY. SATURDAY, MARCH 17. 8SS.
NUMHER 28
Indian
Mission Conference
Directory.
Ark.
Rev. W. H. AiihIIu, Evannvll
• •• Young liwInK
•• j.U. Uiwury.Korl smith,
•• W.lt. ItrAniiuin. ArkunnunClly, Kaunas.
*• r.«'. Bradford.
" j. VV. Davenport, Lebanon, I. T.
>• ('. \V. Myall, Kiifaula,
<> >|. A. 8mlth,t'lioloau,
" J. (!. Sc.lvallv, Loan Grove, "
.. It. Holland. Leon, "
•• J. W. Cowutt, Grand River, '
" j Y. Itryci', Muskogee,
•• T. • Brewer,
« a."- 1'lekenn, "
" J. iiuks, Tahlequah,
•• Luc'v Hawkins, "
•• McClanahao. Morrow,
• .. (•" s.'Joni'b, Sao und Fox Agency "
" (,. \V- Atkins, Flint.
" j' |.' Thompson, Salina,
" J.s. Williams, ('lielsa,
" I'. K. siianks, Fort (ilbson,
•' M. I.. Butler, Atoka
" I,. W. Cobb "
" Thomas Utile, Econtuchka,
" J. J. Methvln, Anadarko.
" vi'. s, Derrick, Sa-sak wa.
" E. li. Shapard, Savanna.
" D c. Murphy, Pawhuska,
" Jl. li". Klrkpatrlck "
  Gibson (irayson, Wahpanucka
" Win. Evans, Prairie City.
I,, s. itvrd, t'amp t reek,
D. L. Berrvhlll, Okmulgee, ((
M.A.Clark, " „
" (j. S. Yarlirough,
" W F. Folsom, Pocola,
  J. A. Itowan, oak Lodge,
" ,J. L. Keener, lloggy Depot,
" J. N. Moore, While Bend Illll,
•' j! K. Florence, "
>' c. F. Roberts, "
" A. N. Averyt, Wynne W«« a,
■« J.'c. Powell, Webbers Falls,
<• j. H. Walker, Nelsons
" Thos. 11. Shannon "
« C.E.Nelson "
  W. M. Keith, Doaksville,
< ,J. W. McCrary, Vinita,
« ],. w. Rivers,
  a. j. Culwell,
« Hear Tlmpson, '' ,
" Lewis H. stuckey, Thackersvllle,'
" W. i'. Pipkin Oklahoma.
" F.J Wagnon,Colbert
" A. M. Lusk, Purcell,
Methodism Among the Indians.
HY J. W. Cl'N N l\GIL\M.
the wyandotts In the earlv
days of Kentucky, the \\ yandotte
Indians were deemed among the
most formidable adversaries of the
pioneer settlements. Their home j h^ meaning.
| was in Northern t)hio and their to tears;
principal town was at Lower San- a hotki. scenk.
ing, Jones became so sick as to he
compelled to 'leave the pulpit.
Menoncue continued his sermon,
which was in part, a description of
the sufferings of Christ, and such
power of sin, and
endued with those
lie'). 12-14.
nt the same time
spiritual graces,
The Indian and Tobacco
If there is any one thing that the
Indian as a class likes better than
M 1 in 11 tin ua ti 1 1 ti tin 111* v >' . 'v 1 iv . 1......
The holy spirit is sanctified to u<i ;mv ^ on tWs ^ u js tobftcco<
: Thes. 2-13 and i Pet. 1-2. Is th 6
The expression is often heard, "1
were bis gesture
the
   *  | i IIV V l>|/1 V" ''   I   ' • • WIIVM
  and actions, that the true meaning of Kiinciiiicatior, woulcj rathcr do without my dinner
people largely comprehended 1 or do we look lor a second spititu. than without my accustomed chew
■neaning. and many were moved life? I know that I have bee 1 Ixi.n . tobacco." If the money spent
irs. ,< of the spirit, and situ 1 tlui t""1 ' for tobacco in the Creek and Semi-
principal town was at Lower San- j A hotel sckni:. The now ven- j iiave had main otliei In ings wh.i 1, nojl. \afjons vvere used in building
dusky, in what is Wyandotte coun- j erable John liogan, a local elder oi drew me neal to God, but accon >n,_, c|uirc{lt.s J11U| school house . it would
ty. They were the first of the In-1 the M. E. church, at St. Louis, aged to the second blessing tluoi\ as ^ mnny yL.!irs before every
dian tribes to receive Methodism, N} years, was then a young man. some hold it, 1 have not uui\e it . | ncjgjli)0rj100tj vvould have a coinmo-
, , .1 1    1 1.:.. 1 ,11,;. Nor do I claim to be perfect in love.. .. ' ,     _ ... ..,..1.1..
and it pleased God to open up the and came west with Finley and his
way for Methodism among the Wy-1 Indians, to take work in the Illinois
andotts, in a singular manner. At 1 conference. In the company were
Marietta, on the north bank of the Bishop Souje, and John P. Durbin.
Ohio river, at the mouth of the | of after fame in the M. E. church.
Nor do 1 claim to be perfect in love.
1 know 1 love God with all my pow-1
ers, yet I feel like I do not love him
as 1 should. I try continually to
love him more and more, and I try
dious church and comfortable school
house. Then there would be a suf-
ficiency accumulated to pay preacher
and teacher.
Then again, let the money spent
Ohio river, at the moutn 01 ine oi alter lame m uie ivi. emuen.    men again, let me money npcm
Muskingham, was a dissipated ne- When the party halted at Browns- j to keep myself under su am | *,n toaacco be used in making homes
aro, named Johny Stewart. At ville, Penn., for dinner at a hotel, live co iseciated to Goi. 1.1 <>< j more comfortable, and in improving
the close of a protracted drunken the travelers were first given places for the end of the war in 111s 1^. , , ,  \ .„i
spree, in 181 <, he was making his at the dining tabic. Then came the fraternally, I-
1 1 . /"v. 11 1 i rp m-in-li li i .
h. T. Lvles, Antlers,
CHAS. HARRIS, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
MVSKOdKK. KB. TUB.
way to the river bank for the pur-
pose of drowning himself. As he
passed the Methodist church, he
heard the sound of a preacher's
voice. He paused and listened for
a minute, became interested, and
lingered longer, and with delay his
interest increased. The preacher
was Marcus Lindsay, one of 'the
great men of the times, whose min-
istry was divided between Kentucky
and Ohio, and whose death occured
ill Kentucky from cholrea, in 1833.
Lindsay's sermon at Marietta, was
made the power of God unto sal-
vation to the listening negro, who
after his conversion, went to the
Wyandotte Indians, at Upper San-
dusky. , He found among them a
negro named Pointer, who spoke
both the Wyandotte, and English
anguages, well enough to be util-
TRAVELERS HOME HOTEL, s"™" ast ■"  '7rf.ter<
I and through htm, told the Indians
regular boarders with the hurry and
noise incident to a hasty gathering,
for the noon-day meal. They sat
down and coinmenced turning their
plates. All the while the preachers
remained standing. Bishop Soule
asserted attention by rapping dis-
tinctly 011 the table with a knife han-
dle, and then said: "Brother Me-
noncue, ask a blessing." Instantly
the boarders arose to their feet, and
silently stood while the Indian
preacher, in th- Wyandott tongue,
gave thanks and invoked the Divine
blessing, after which all seated
themselves, fpul in quietness, ate
their dinner,^ It was a scene that
this young joreicher never forgot,
and recrntty$*iiv W. old £gc«.- de-
scribed it to this writer. The three
Colbert, I. T., March 6, 1888.
  ♦   
ATOKA NOTES.
EAST SIDE RAILROAD TRACK.
Well Furnished Rooms, Good
Fare.
TERMS, $1 per day or 25 cents a Meal
Mrs. M. M. Hendricks and Mrs. Kirk,
1-tf.
Proprietors.
of the' Savior whom he had found.
His contact with the whites long
before his conversion, had made
him familiar with old Christian
songs, and tunes, such as "Alas,
and did my Savior bleed?" and,
Come thou fount of every blessing.''
A. P. McKELLOP & CO., I He was a good singer, and used his
Christian songs and tunes with ef-
BAKERY and LUNCH S^TAND, £ect on t^ese Indians. lie prayed
muskogee, ind. Ter. f0r them in his own language, and
We keep everything in our line
share of your patronage - - | - .
he was able to impart, through his
black interpreter. God owned the
feeble instrumantalities, and blessed
Indians were rccognized, by the
whites who heard them, as strong
minded men, who with the advan-
tages of education, would have
ranked with able white preachers of
the times.
In Ohio, the company who had
traveled together from Baltimore,
over the mountains, seperated, each
going as duty required. Finley,
and his Indians- going to Upper
Sandusky.
St. Louis, Mo.,
March, 7, 18S8.
OTTOZUFALL,
BLACKSMITH AND WOOD SHOP,
East Side Raf.road Track,
MUSKOGEE, IND. TER.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
1-26
Light Wanted.
Dear Bro. Brewer:
I see of late considerable said
the agencies employed in the con- about sanetificatioir. Please allow
j version of a number of the Wyan-
I dotts.
a white missionary sunt.—The
knowledge of Stewart's operations
| among the Indians, reached the
I Ohio conference, and in January,
1819, Montgomery, under James B.
Finley, P. E., was sent to labor
among them. Stew
j there, and remained
| he died in the faith. Missionary
J.S. O Brian.
watchmaker and jeweler,
In Post Office Building,
MUSKOGEE, : IND. TER. labors were crowned with blessed
results, and among their converts
W.F.CRABTREiE;,
PROPRIETOR
CITY MEAT
MARKET.
MUSKOGEE, IND. TER
Choice Steaks and Roasts
fresh every dat.
All Orders will receive Prompt Attention
ltf-
were numbered chiefs and people.
indians among the whites.—111
1826, Finley went in the interests of
his Indian Mission among the whites
in the eastern states. He was ac-
companied by two leading chiefs,
who had became Methodist local
preachers. One was Menoncue,
the other "Between the logs."
Peter Jones, also a preacher, and
an able interpreter, accompanied
them. While on that journey, the
chiefs often preachcd or spoke to
large audiences in cities and towns,
and Jones interpreted their discour-
ses to listening whites.
At a camp-meeting near Balti-
more, while Menoncue was preach-
me to ask a few questions in regard
to this subject through your paper
What is sanctification? I read in
Ex. 13:2—"Sanctify unto me all
the first born,: &c.," and in 12th
verse ''that thoU shalt set apart unto
the Lord, &c." Is it not evident
that here it means to prepare or set
/art was stillj apart persons or things to a holy use
till 1823, when or special purpose.
Jer. 1-5, "I sanctified thee and I
ordained thee a prophet."
According to this view, is not
every minister that is called of God
sanctified to the ministry ? John 17-
19. Jesus says for their sakes I
sanctify myself, &c.
Alluding to the law which re-
quired the sacrifice to be set apaJt to
holy use, He separates or dedicates
himself as a sacrifice to God for
them. Again 2 Tim. 2-21: If a
man, therefore, purge himself from
hese, he shall be'a vessel unto honor
sanctified (set apart) and meet for
the master's use, and prepared unto
every good work. Is it not the fiu t
of a spiritual work? God working
in us to will and to do, a process by
which the soul is cleansed from the
pollution and delivered from the
Rev. J. T. Hall is engaged in a
revival service at Stringtown of great
power. He is assisted by Revs. K.
R. Shapard and M. L. Butler.
Rev. J. S. Keener held quarterly
meeting at Stringtown on the 10th
and 1 ith inst.
Rev. 11. A. Tucker, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, has been en-
gaged in a ten days' meeting at
Caddo.
There was one addition to the
Atoka Methodist church last* Sun-
day.
Mr, White, representative of the
Collins Bro.s' drug house, St. Louis,
was 111 town Wednesday.
We have had several days of sun-
shine giving much joy to farmers
and gardeners.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Ph ilips re-
turned from McAlester, where they
had been visiting relatives and friends
Tuesday.
The mistress of the parsonage has
organized a Juvenile Missionary So-
ciety with 10 members. Miss Nolle
Brown is president and Miss Dora
Scratch corresponding secretary.
Mr. Hugo Haas has been quite
sick for several days, but we are
glad to see him around again.
The parsonage society propose to
have an oyster supper next Thursday
night. Everybody invited.
Miss Eunice Scratch has been in-
disposed for several days. She is
missed very much by her many little
friends in school.
Prof. Smith has an interesting
nprovmg
and enlarging farms. A general
and important change would come
over these nations. There is noth-
ing that is so much needed among
these Indians as good, comfortable
homes.
Not long since I was holding a
quarterly meeting where there were
a number of Creeks and Seminoles.
The tobacco question was brought
up in a conversation which took
place between the public services."
The costliness of the habit and the
injury of it were set forth. I told
them of the experience of Brothers
Methvin, Marphy, Shapard, Yabori-
augh, vVho had once used it but had
quit it because they believed to use
it woulcrffe wrong, and that God
had delivered them from the appe-
tite of . tot)aoco. I told them vei v
few preachers in the Indian Mission
Conference used it. One of the In-
dian preachers looked at me very
significantly and said, ''Has Brother
J quit?" Another said, aHas (> \
Brother C quit it?" I had to
reply in the negative so far as I
knew. "Well," said one, "when
Brother J  and Brother C
quit it, then we Indians will quit
it."
suppose these two brethren were
the only two in the conference |
whom they knew to be using to-
bacco. Had they known there were
others they would have put them in
also.
Now, I know using anything be-
cause others use it, or quitting it be- J
cause others quit, is not a correct
motive. But thier example will have f
an influence upon others. It may I
be that abstaining from the use of
tobacco by these brethren would ]
have some influence upon our In-.j
dian brethren. What say you,1
school with 98 students on the roll brethren of the Indian Mission Con-j
and an average attendance of 60.
The prayer-meetings of our town
are well attended, and they are a
power for good. We can always
judge of the spiritual status of a
church from the attendance at pray-
er-meeting.
What a precious privilege to enjoy
the fullness of perfect lone. Why
do christians live so for beneath their
privileges? The inspired apostle
speaks of perfect love that casteth
out all fear. Men tell us we must
necessarily sin as long as we are in
the body, but Christ and his holy
apostles taught differently.
Why will professed Christians
pander to the spirit of the world?
Christ says we must not love the
world nor the things of the world.
Notwithstanding the above teachings
of Christ many will partake of the
ference? Milton A. Clark.
Okmulgee, I. T., Feb. 17,'88.
The Youth's Companion.
One of the best publication fonj
the rising generation to be found"
anywhere is The Youth's ComfanI
ion, an illustrated weekly papeU
printed by Perry Mason & Co., oT
Boston. The popularity of 7Vi*I
Companion is demonstrated by the!
fact that it has more than 400,00<fl
subscribers, distributed through alf
the States and Territories. Its menjj
is proved by the large and stead I
increase of its subscription list. II
is a bright, clean, interesting papetl
well printed and attractive inappeail
ance, and adapted for the entertain]
ment of the boys and girls, and thl
other folk as well, and the pubJisM
\ r\l
Christians should seek those things tj^ ^ ^ year Published
that are above, that is heavenly
things.
price ~ *r--u
weekly, and fully illustrated.
pi-7
73