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• I** t\: I? -n*1. * - ‘.'T• ’ r . • .7*7- ' j —■ ; - . ..V ^.i PUBLISHED M’ONTHlLV«*rxrUntler the liim'.ticm of tile Hit• .* ’ Imlitii! Torrfttiiry^'■ .BY.C. H. MtClfERV.W. L;'sd(JIER,• • , I ''• *—• • - ■ • -■ * ' /r— * -• .e!- .i •r 1 *#•MARCB ON, JESUS!* t •fTranflUtelt;l'fr6»i the Welsh of Uvaw \V;i(/tu*’ WiliiamBt PaVity^* iTjte ifojr of. t)*e lieileeiUerl,^Mftrckdg lesu yn lt\vy ilUiaiiiiVt t.....lwhioviT she became a Christian, like Lvdia or the Jaii(i% the account* . : . -r . * ‘of whoihjve; have iii tiie New Testa-iheijit, then, f| ike them, slie1 could hebaptized and nil her children immediately. For thus the Apostles had« • ■_ • * •explained the Gospel „t.o the he!lev-% 'N' ' # •* * »■ , * *i »g Jowh ' oh thCday* of Pentebasp,and rpniindvd thein tht c tle pro in-J| r *•’. V. ¥• %,* i . - , .«#*4j ^ j . . • , ( . ■-' . , . * ) ’t ’ t ‘ ‘ • 14se is mi to Voiraiuh Vour children:”,v•’ '■ ' ■;,bwisg d'y gliJ.ddyi Hr dylglHil,'’ vie,.'■ ,.C,C -V; : -f• i*'. ’ ’*r*.■ * * • '■ i* .March utt, Jesus; march in triumph, -. 5, On;thy side begijrd tby ^worcl t -Earthly, • jfower ciih never!withstand. tht?e,: HeM itsetf ^Oailsrat thy word. ■ frhy.’hlcsfc nan)^ is/so hxalitsdjr rrv“ Every fpe witiidfavv-s In feari 4 All creation quakes hi, tcfror,; . v; ■ -;: v When ihovi; hord of lords, art nent^. ’■■ j ■ .■ ' .-*• ■1 1 * ' • j} ; ’ . ' • . .•» ‘ , *# D rawhnv'weary -BO,ul f rVnilboudaae^ r ’v r* Bid tlie day spring tiawn at length1;■ ; Shatter Babeps !offcy f(irtress, . 1r Break its bars of iron strenfrth, t — Let the Captives into* freedom* ! L ...IKirst like waves, or torrent strong; Throngs and thro'ngs, with shouts of ’ . sdadness 'v; S li e 4\y its pe hs i d eru b I y ms a p po i nted**. « * ■ * * | ■ y , .t 1 ^ i. • lt;, * 1rfinit'' iioi ifi,slt;hurji^edf fti.r 'ironi that tiiii o sli€j l i(m • aniC mo re iii te rested: i 'tiXc I iiip us* exe i cises -aVidJ atte hded ou rj . • • • *•meetingsJ inotre regulariy. And now h ay i | ),g vlt;* i V'H at is f aetory eyidejice« • • ”. 1,^ . * . M • , j . _ J* ' ^ . ft' «B ,of the work ot 'tfra.ee.- in her heart,. t. . 4 / * ' • ' •* ; • • * ' ; ’ *- • 1she was;’received intb the ehiir.ch’ aitd'* '' • V- ^ •' ‘ ■ p“ *.»baptized ; iind 11 ieiiv Wi 111 .V eyicleiVJLpi eas t i i%.. an lt;\ . ClijriHU an /f^ithpre *sen ted, Ini* children to vecoiYe thesanle ordinaiiee. *f»Countless host, ami endless stmg.f-.' f?1 »!-* ;Now, at last; iny soul, with raptures,Hails the coming jubilee; • ■ .When each promise made by JesusFaithfully fulfilled shall be ;Tens df thousaqdSj myriad-myriads,I*'rom earth’s darkest, fartli♦ *st bonnd; AH redeemed* will luisth’to Zion. : ‘At the silver clarion’s sound.* .. (%:■ —Ap Daniel, New York.♦ m*rAToka.—The church at Atoka is* * * ■ *•to^ congratulated upon securing a nice, six-room parsonage for its minister, the Rev.111. A Tucker. -^The congregation has as yet no church building, but has wisely providedprovrderinT)n the 17th of September, 1845,:,a..f , 4 .1*. »■ a* iwe Were greatly bereaved -and afflicted in the sudden death of my•« ■ ■* . * i dear wife. After only a few days’ sickness of puerperal iever shepassed away, leaving' me with two. ■ . ’ .■ • ■■■■,’. • •infant/ * chi Id fen, the ypemgest beingonly twelve Hays old. The trial was% * .the inore severe, because I could not• «• , . - - ' ■ ■»\ * .Obtain the services - of a physician.* - . i ■The nearest one was at Fort ’Gibson,* ■ *r * .twenty-five miles distTuit, for whom»_ i kI sent, but he, could not come.' • * • * • • )Having given directiorts* irbbut the/..a. i » * •disposal of her children, she died as* • .she had lived, trusting alone in the merits of her Crucified Redeemer. For 'many years she had been a regular and consistent member of the Preshyteriaii -churchy On the liill-preseiit, the othei■ « 4Jhfime by resolutioi Board of- •». • . - 4 4 l-m•— * ‘1‘duCiiied'■' ^ r ■r * *who shot si g h t, of tli1 * *sioii two I the othei nunibcroi - • • , • v* i .Vl.v •- VrjLhK rtjlig\ ' . *t:*. m •by- a dee Utfg; Foi before th\ j m .at the elo- - .. . (tb be fecii thechdrcl that tl^j■ ■ 'lt; ) * • . - t., «■ * / ■attend tinEureka, ibody was»« * '*meetings after its hfor its pastor, thereby, rendering his* sojoiini antong them- niore-pleasaiiji ' tl!.e Hnder ?and quite * likely inuch more ^rma- ! l)(!hd,i^ilk Wl! dePos«M the pre-nent. -The Board of Church Erection ' '•emams -of jfty dear Ofivia;has granted them 8200, ahd will ^ro^with many others, to wait the likewise aid any congregation, who, i^u^eotion ff the;fighfe09H. Truly,dark and discouraging -was ^his afflicting Providence. But .for the*4presence of my two motherless chille—desiri rig—to—bui Id^a— cliurc h,■ •unable to raise the enLire amount!.every congregatibii in the Terri?y would provide a hotne fV)r its ldD‘n’' ^dependent upon me, I wouldnster, there would not be so many l,:,W“ cpnclMed that my work. was. / * ■ /* * 1 *• I ■ , • ............................... - ■ ■_ I f a ^ant churches; A tiiinisuy:. with- nisheu. - . • u home is unsettle. 1. and is liable iP^r distressed condition was par-frequehtiy change his field of. ,lallY roli‘}V«lt;1 by the arrivahof MissNancy Thompson, aged mission-io r.ORT.iWtaiw l,b'churcH^v^1')I6 Ladies Mis-:of -thfbS ...k« •. . *opep ttJe^ng Fnevening, Auigusil*-iJth'.‘'.'-4Ctie exefdises’ Gonsisted of recitations, select read-ingjand song—all full of missionary spirtit. At the close of the ^ebter-taiiitnent an invitation was extended to dfiose. present and six new mem-berA were obtained. Tlie society is doiiig a .good. v.ork, contributingregularly to both the Hcune andForeign Boards. »-J- '. ■ - , ..? The Sab bath-school lately organ-j- * • • , •ized in the bottom, three miles from*’■- - / . •. - •••'town, is growing finely, and a church« • t ' ! - * *.building is being erected. The p**o-■ * ...pie are very enthusiastic, and will* ( . \ ,-‘y - . • J .when the church is complete havej . . . / . *regular services. The yOuiig peopleof^ibson have assisted thenHn tlieay-sehool arid prayer meetings.HISTORY OF PRESBYTERIAN MISSION WORK AMONG THE CREEKINDIANS. .\«1IY KKV. R. M. LOlJOHmpGK, IKT).rt iil attendeeary lady among the Glieiokees, who came at my request and took chargeusehcmy ii^oljiierl«S4 anill my^ister HTfzabe^h came' to my .-relief frbip the itaie of Mississippi. She remained' several months, until tlfrarrival of Mr. John Lilley and farai-■ * • ... .Two*7-Y 5oficbor* lt;inthe field i\4pic are eaMany j of New farm houi. , J _ w . 4had one iWhen she.always su“JeiNanThe wlt;thought ccaused litrials, an been afdiof “restwaMy, February I7thi 1.84(1, and. then returned home, having .done good service in sustaining the struggling raijssion.*• rt ■ *Before the arrival of Bro. Lillev, Rev. John Limber became greatly discouraged-at the thoiight of spending his timer, talents and ‘education*.1 * * lt;■ i' *► - ...anioryg—the Indians, and left for- **» ,Texas. He was the roe i igaged ii ipreaching and teaching school; two• *or three years, until his mysteriousdisappearance at New Orleans. He_ ■ •had gone to Kentucky and was mar-ried to an excellent lady, and theywere returning on a steamer down. . ■the Mississippi liiver to continue liis labors in Texas.. While the boat wasDuring the wintfir - of 1844 and 1845 we were miicb encoliraged by• i • ' * .. • :tfie increased attendance of the pbo-. . i . . • ■ ,,1 »pie, and the evident concern ofsome* for the salvation of theirj • .j •souls. January 5, 1845, we had the pleasure bf organizing a church of three members and dormihg a class of catechumens of thirteen inquirers; 'fiie church, organized by Bros. Vaiiand Montgomeryj and ministered to by Bro. Fleming from 1832 to 1830, 1 been dissolved, the .members•J.l/aving either died or united with;•other deiiominations, during the fiveyears of spiritual darknessx. On the11th of August, 1845, five of the• • «- • . * * *lt;|laHH of catechumens were received Into tlm cluircli on profession ofT .J. ■ ftheir fiiitli. The importance of the observance of tall tU6 ordinances o.f-jtho. church, lioweVer unessential to salvation they may seem to he, was illustrated in the case of Mrs. JVLittoama Thomas, .^ne of those re-•cejyedinto the church on that occa-r*ion. Near two years previous she was greatly iiiierested^in ihe ceremony. A few days afterwards sherequested me to baptize her childreri.I inforni'*d^her‘that as siie wp hot a professor of religion I could ot do*• I her that baptismit.was to 1*0isterod only to be-■ ' * * rinikiiig a short stay at New Orleanshe went into the city to purchasesoiiie books. He left the book storeabout nine o’clock at ' night .with asachel full of books to return^to ther k *r •boat, where his wife was. That istlie jast. that was ever heard of him;- ... *He was evidently murdered, or gott # * ^ jdrowned in trying to get aboard of the* boat. TIis heart- broken widowf 4 *was kindly and teuilerlv cared for- • :* . .. - * ** ‘ **by the good people of* New Orleans,who made every exertion to solvel • i«.the myHteriousPdisappearancje of-herhusbandi After waiting many days,and when all hope of .his recoverywas gone^ Mrs. ..Limber, herpiely went on to Texa/C^ind for someyears succes^fuily taught tire school. * • jwhich Brother Limber had engagedtb teach. i’ * ‘ . *(To be continued.)'Special Meeting of the Presbytery/of theIndian Territory. •- ~ A meeting of this body was called to receive, several.^ministers and* Ichurches dismissed to. us .from thei ■ . •Indian Presbytery of tht Southern church. As the place obosen, Big Lick, was remote' froin alI’ tlYe regular linos of travel only two ministers* * ^ . »were present, not sufficient, .tttioria a quor m. Upon conariitartiiori itwas | side . binresolved to transact the business as...a committee arid report the same toGod.tired soi Wenry wtboy camting themother’shymn,“Blest sea seeni on wan* *often fell that she hearted, er’svoict heard' he'MXhrinany“\yfiy siOr fee Pve Can rtSdoK/tlbverUiatajoy had lt;ever..The fal the boy li the persehad bornOne nigh very unj out of hi little bun er’s Bibhk * t •went to aev i I assoc cauie a di man. He ilelieate cyears aftlt;ill in an 1♦houfte.Owing. omother’s~ %ten him, visited hiunusuallyma n . J jwith him him abou nearness but for atreaties o%to be in i• iseeniect.Levening, -spirit, tin from the face towadoyy, whilie began voice,. . . t.“JeruiBeforefirst vdrsifilled wit!lo sing tlIlis.raoth as in the He lived be was Tc the night sleep unci bumble h he exclaiof it for:• ►called m(gone outsolved ne - His me him agau reconcile en, His liifnself; a and praypeace fill Father ws •daysmoi good cleiPresbytery for ratification.: Of the «hymn! ] Christ, pi Blessedk
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Indian Record
Muskogee, Oklahoma, US
Wed, Sep 01, 1886
Page 4
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