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bia and A laska coast in the late fifties was so im pressed w ith the be
nighted conditions th a t prevailed am ong th e In d ian s that on his retu rn
to E ngland he preached a crusade. H e came one day to a small tow n
and arranged w ith a local m inister for a m eeting in his church at n ight.
T he n ig h t was a storm y one and the m inister tried to have it postponed.
T he chaplain declared th a t he had a G od-given mission and th a t he
would tell his story even tho u g h he had no auditors. T h e hour for the
m eeting arrived and there was no one in the ch urch except the m inister
and the chaplain. T h e storm grew in in ten sity . A peal of th u n d e r as
though th e heavens had collapsed was followed by th e opening of the
church door. T h ere entered a carp en ter bearing his tools in a sack on
his shoulder. T h e chaplain advanced, seized the ca rp e n ter's hand and
expressed his great pleasure th at he had come to hear him on such a
night.
“ I did not come to hear you but to take refuge from the s to rm ,” re
plied the carpenter.
W ith the carp en ter and the m inister as his audience the chaplain
told his story.
T h e n ex t day the carp en ter called on the m inister and said he felt
called upon to go to British Colum bia and devote his life to th e I n
dians. T he m inister tried to dissuade him , telling him th at he could
accom plish n o th in g and th a t it would be a useless sacrifice. T he c a r
penter, like Saul of T arsu s, had a vision that would not vanish and u n
aided he followed its beckoning hand to F o rt Sim pson.
T h a t carp en ter was W illiam D uncan. T h e colony of M etlahkatla is
his vision realized.
Io the en th u siast this, strry cairies the lessen th at no e f o r t is in vain
and am ong all th e seeds th a t are sown under discouragem ent one will
fall on fertile soil and ripen into a harvest w ithout bounds.
INDUSTRIAL CLUBS
A C T IV IT Y O N T H E P A R T O F T IIE D E P A R T M E N T OE P U R -
LIC IN S T R U C T IO N
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E are in receipt of a c< m m unication fr< m Mr. J. A.
C hurchill, S u p erin ten d en t of Public In stru ctio n for O re
gon, relative to steps to be taken in ti e f i l i ation ot
industrial clubs for the boys and girls of th e S tate of
O regon. W e believe that the pre position, as outlined,
cannot fail to be of the greatest value to tl.e \ oting peo
ple and the state. T h e letter follows: