Our Brother in Red. (Muskogee, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 1, 1883 Page: 2 of 16
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brother
red.
and in
in the Christian Churches
him again soon in the Territory, and
to hear of the recovery of Sister
Derrick.
The Rev. W. H. Morehead,
preacher in charge on Salesaw Cir
cuit, has had great prosperity in
his work this year. Besides having
more conversions and receiving
into the Church more members
than perhaps any other pastor in
the Conference, he has completed
one nice, commodious church
(Paine Chapel) at Cherokee City,
and had it dedicated, July 29; an-
other (Pierce Chapel), near Cot-
tonwood City, will soon be finished,
and two others, one at Sweet
Springs and one at Prairie Grove,
are in process of erection. These
houses are not simply temporary
structures, but substantial and
neat—just such houses as are need-
ed in many places in the Indian
Mission Conference. Then they
were built by the people resident
in the Territory, and not by appro
priations from the Board of Mis-
sions.
The Rev. E. A. Gray, the new Su-
perintendent of New Hope Sem
inary, has arrived and taken charge
of his work. While our Choctaw
friends were loth to part with
Brother Shepard, who has served
them so faithfully and efficiently
for eleven years, they are very fa-
vorably impressed with Brother
Gray. We will be glad to have re
ports from Brother Gray and his
school for publication in this paper,
The Rev. J. 0. Shanks, of Vinita
Station, has been quite sick with
pneumonia. In a note just received
from him, he says: "I am able to
be up some to-day." We hope he
will soon be well again.
The Rev. J. N. Moore, Railroad
Circuit, has been sick, but is able
for duty again. He has done a
good work this year, and is deserv
edly popular with his people.
Our colleges in the States will
do well to advertise in this paper,
as it will visit as many homes in
the Territory as perhaps any other
paper.
Letter from the Eev. J. A. Walden.
I have just finished reading the
June number of Our Brother in
Red. Its monthly visits are very
much appreciated at the Seminole
Female Academy.
Each month every member of the
Indian Mission Conference has an
opportunity to get the ear of the
home Churches. It must be im-
proved. Letters of inquiry refer-
ring to Our Brother in Red as the
source of information have been
reaching me. These letters impress
me with the fact that, to keep our
Conference up to the highest point
of usefulness in spreading the King-
dom of God among the Indians, we
must keep our work, its results and
promises, before the Churches. The
Churches will give their means,
their prayers, and their workers, to
those fields of which they know
most. No mission-field can prosper
without any of these helps from the
home Churches. Let me urge the
brethren who have occupied this
field for years to give all the facts
in their possession to the Editors of
Our Brother in Red. Brother
Powell's thoughtful letter is bound
to awaken reflection in the minds
of our best men and women who
read the paper. The paper is doing
good that cannot be accomplished
by any other method.
The third session of Seminole
Female Academy closed May 31,
with an interesting programme of
examination exercises. The recita-
tions, compositions, declamations,
and soDgs, showed application and
aptitude upon the part of the pu-
pils, and faithful labor upon the
part of Mrs. Bryan. A large num-
ber of the citizens and parents were
in attendance and appeared de-
lighted with the progress the chil-
dren had made. Thirty-four pupils
have been enrolled this session, and
the average attendance twenty sev-
en. The girls have conducted
themselves well, and have given
good attention to the religious in-
struction bestowed.. They are easi-
ly and deeply impressed with the
truths of the gospel, and, like the
Indians generally, have the utmost
confidence in the Christian religion,
the missionaries sent among them.
We have among the Seminoles one
traveling preacher, Thomas Little,
one exhorter, Moses Perryman,
both full blood, and about one hun-
dred members, mostly in the north-
ern part of the Seminole Nation, in
what is known as Hitchitee Town.
It has not been my privilege to
worship with them. Brother Little
has visited the school and preached
to the pupils three times, although
we are not in his pastoral charge.
Moses Siya is the pastor of the
South Canadian Circuit in which
our school is situated. He is a
Creek, and the troubles among his
people have kept him away, except
once. J- A. Walden.
p. S—We very much regret the
absence of the Conference Visiting
Committee. This institution has
never been favored with a visit
from that Committee. We hope
they will be awake and on hand
promptly hereafter. Will they ?
J. A. W.
0, thanks to God for his visible
Church 1 for her hymns and prayers,
for her ordinances anil the promi-
ses she inherits, for the fellowship
of the saints on earth with saints in
heaven, for the history of her suf-
ferings and the future of her tri-
umphs! Thank God for her immor-
tality! While every thing eke in
this world must die and rot, there
is one thing over which death has
no power, one thing that smiles at
the grave as it passes on to a life
that has no end.
Agents.
All preachers in the M. E. Church,
South, are authorized to act as
agents for this paper. When as
many as five subscribers are sent,
agents will get their paper free.
We also send the paper free to
persons having standing advertise-
ments in our columns.
We send this number of Our
Brother in Red to many persons
not subscribers, hoping they will at
once have their names enrolled on
our subscription books.
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