VOL. 11
OCTOBER 23, 1908.
NO. 18
His First Sermon.
A. young Indian at our Northern
California mission who wished to be a
missionary among his people and who
requested to go with Mr. Johnson
on a round of mission work, on being
asked at a regular service if there were
anything he would like to say, answered
'yes," then stepped in front of the
pulpit and said;
'Well! Jesus loves us all, every one of
us, and He wants us to love him. He
sees everything we do all the time.
He knows what we are" thinking about
all the time. His ' eyes are always1
watching us when we are playing just
the same. One girl said to me one time,
'when I die they put 'my body in the
ground, it don't go to heaven, and that's
the last of me.' But that's not true.
Your soul is going somewhere; your soul
lives on and on and if you live right
your soul is going to heaven. God
wants us to serve Him and ask Him to
help us, and if you do He will stay wid'
you.
"One time I was far away from God,
hut since I came here to this mission I
found out about God, and now I am
trying to do His will, and I thank God
for it. I thank God for all he has done
for me and I do hope that all you chil
dren will' give your hearts to God end
you'll never be sorry, for He'll stay wid'
you, and some day we will, all go to
heaven."
This boy has been in school for three
years. Is it not worth while spending
time and money instructing Indians?
Another young man who wished to be
came a; missionary said, ''One day I
heard white ladies say they didn't care
anything about church or about God,
and it made me feel so ashamed to hear
white ladies talk that way."
When Rev. . Edw. Conner and Mr.
Kash Kash, Nez Perce Indians,- sang
the hymn "Holy, Holy," at the Zay
ante Conference, at the same time giv
ing it in the sign language known to
many tribes, one felt thanksgivings for
one more, and a very impressive,
method of preaching the Gospel.
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