The American Missionary — Volume 41, No. 11, November, 1887 — John Shaqi
The American Missionary — Volume 41, No. 11, November, 1887Various
Religion
The American Missionary — Volume 41, No. 11, November, 1887
Various
Congregational churches -- Missions -- Periodicals; Home missions -- Periodicals
At Rosebud Agency three villages, including about 8,000 Indians,
are open to missionary influence, and the work is being pushed
with increased vigor. Jacob Good Dog, a converted Indian, was the
Boniface in this field.
Among the Ponca Indians, in Nebraska, the work had been carried on
with about the usual results.
OAHE.—This mission includes a training school and eleven
out-stations on the Cheyenne and Grand rivers. Nineteen have been
added to the Oahe church, on confession of their faith, during the
year. A young man has been ordained as missionary to the Indians,
and enters this field on Grand river for his life work. He has
caught the spirit of Edwards, and Eliot and Brainard.
FORT BERTHOLD has passed a year of prosperity. New work is opening
in this field. I quote from a recent letter: “Since my last letter
we have had very interesting and serious developments. The Gros
Ventres and Mandan tribes, situated 20 and 40 miles from us, have
little or no religious instruction, only as they come to us. These
two tribes we are hoping some of our young men who are away at
school will be ready soon to work with.”
S’KOKOMISH AGENCY lies 1,000 miles to the west of Fort Berthold, in
Washington Territory. The church here has also been blessed during
the year with revival influences and four have united with it on
confession of faith.
These Indian missions have been visited personally during the year
by two of the Secretaries of the Association, and the work has been
carefully inspected.
SANTA FE, New Mexico, still receives a fixed appropriation from
the Association for the Indian department of its University, the
Principal and teachers being appointed by the Association. Fourteen
Apache girls have been among the pupils during the year—the first
Apaches that have ever been gathered in our schools. They prove to
be bright and docile pupils.
CHINESE WORK.
Missions 17
Missionaries 28
Pupils enrolled 1,044
Hopeful conversions 150
Given up idolatry 211
The report of the Superintendent is both joyful and sad. The
numbers of those who have given up idol worship and those hopefully
converted are the largest it has ever been our privilege to report;
but the work has labored under great embarrassment in the serious
diminution of funds. The resources for the current work were
necessarily reduced by more than $3,000. New doors are opening
in this Chinese work. The Japanese are now ripe for schools and
churches, and a small beginning has been made in this direction.
This work is open to us, and the command to enter is written in the
imperative.
WOMAN’S BUREAU.
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