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W'Ay:wouvy-Houl frV)’v•' -•■ •■ /V' *•■.:■ * . v , : ' J + *r* .-Bid the day spring1 dawn at length;;. Shatter Babel's !ofty fortreHa, . * ‘f Break, ltd bars of iroii strength, t ^ Let the captives into1 freedom*.. '! LIKirnt like waven, or torrent.strong; Throngs and thrdngs, with shouts of •’ . gladness '»Countless host, an«i endless song.f-1 i,.i* ^Now, at last; iny soul, with raptures,. ......■■■■'•-------'i......Hails the cam mg jubilee; • ■ .When each promise made by Jesus Faithfully fulfilled shall be ;Tens df thousands* myriad*myriad^,1?rom earth’s darkest, fartlilt; *st bou nd;All redeemed) will litisth ’to Ziou. ‘At the silver clarion’s sound.• ..lt;%:■ --rAp Daniel, New York.b:•rAtoka.—The church at “Atoka is* *. * *•tote congratulated upon securing a nice, six-room parsonage for its rain* ister, the Rev.1 i 1. A Tucker. —Thecongregation has as yet no church building, but has wisely provided* . * . * «p % . .}1 east i i%, ault;|. Clirihti an ; f^itdipre -sen ted, her children to receive the Saule ordinance. •fprovid e rinT)n the I VtTi of September, 1845,:,A..f , 4 -I* *• Jt* Iwe Were greatly bereaved -and afflicted in *the sudden death of tny•' ” b * i dear wife. After only a few days’ sickness of puerperal 1‘e.ver she1 i ' ' 'passelt;l away, leaving* me withtwo infanV «children, the ypiingest beingonly twelve flays old. The trial was% * *the more severe, because I could not obtain the services -of a physician.’The nearest one was at Fort ’Gibson, 1 *p * .twenty-five miles distTmt, for whomt _i .I sent, but he, could not come.'• * • 1 * • • )Having given directions about the* . ' vV | ^/.-i. I » J -disposal of her children, she died as* • pshe had lived, trusting alone in the• • •• - ,. 'merits of her Crucified Redeemer. For many years she had been a regular and consistent member of “the Presbyterian churchy On the lull-forits pastor, thereby, rendering his' sojourn antong them- mareTleasanrpar tl.,e a largo,and quite-likely much more jterma-': '’^'d.hg; oak, we deposited the pre-nent. -The Board of Church Erection ' •««» remains of jfty dear Olivia; has granted them 8200, ahd will. 'any others, to wait thelikewise aid any congregation, who,! r'esi.rrcqiio.1 of the righteous. Truly,dark and discouraging —was \hisafflicting Providence. But for the**presence of my two motherless chilJi.1 le—clesiriri g—to—in lildaeh n ie h,m—m m ^unable to raise the entire amount;.every congregation in the Terri?y iould provide a home fOrfts llt;Sn’^Pf'ident upon me, I wouldlister, there would hot be so many l,:,W“ cqnelhdod tliat my wor-k was* - A* .. ■ ■_ I .*y» g Iant churehes; A initiisuy: with- hni8l«ecl. - . •u home is unsettle.I. and is liable iP^r distressed condition Was par-frequehtiy change Ins field of ^lly relieved by the arrivahof MissNancy Thompson, - an aged mission-r.OK j ■-*!taA tr'ichurcn^v^1-)I6 Ladies Mia-:of UnjbS „, „ . . *opep ttje^ng Fnevening, August-Ufch.1 -4CBe 6X61*^18^^consisted of recitations, select read-. £ “ • - • % ‘ % ingjandsong—all full of missionaryspimt. At the close of the vebter-tairfinent an invitation was extendedto tlfiose, present ..and. six new mein-beri were obtained. The society isdoiiig a good. Work, contributingregularly to both th e Hlt;nne andForei^iv Boards. »-J- '. .7 Tim Sbbatfi-sc.liool lately organ-ized in the bottom, three miles from. .town, is growing finely, and a churcht ' ! ' * *.building is being erected. The p**o-1 * *pie are very enthusiastic, and will* , ' ' 'y - - • ^ .when the church is complete have* *■ *■ - ■ ■ rf ' lt;/ - *regular services. The yOuiig peopleof Gibson have assisted them in tlieay-slt;ibool and prayer meetings.HISTORY OF PRESBYTERIAN MISSION WORK AMONG THE CREfKINDIANS. .\«BY KBV. K. M. LOIJOHHIPGK, V/l).-* andattended1 . ■ary lady among the Clieiokees, who came at ray request and took chargetisehcmy ii^oj|jlierl«ui anill my'qister EHsAHe^h came, to my .-relief frbm the stale of Mississippi. Hhe remn.incd' several months, until thfrarrival of Mr. John Lillcy and farai-• * • ... .attend the iivecting of Presbytery atEureka, Cheroke^ Nation^ aiid that body was petjtio.ned to hold a special meeafter-‘its session there, SVpteifiber^R. Tivo or three men are needed at ohed in this Choctaw country, .^wd the field is full of promise; the people lire eager for the gospel.:jMOTHER’S HYMM.* .Many^ years ago, among the hillsof Npw England, in an Ifumblefarm house, a rnbther dwelt. Shehad one little boy, and .at eveifiiyg,.When she rocked him to sleep,' shealways sung/ ;* ‘Jerusalem, my-litipp.y . home,Name ever dear to liie!”- •The words wefe the echoes of the thought of her soul; The Lord had cauhed lier. to pass through ^many trials, and the labors of her l^fe had been af'dimus and. wearing, To singof uresf aiid jpy’Vin the-‘citykH4tetgo nt:trfcreaq'ly, February 17th/ 1.84(1. and then returned home, having .done good service in sustaining the struggling mission.'• ■ rt ■ *iiefore the arrival of Bro. LiJ.lev, Rev. John Limber bPcanie greatly discouraged-at the thought of spending his timer, taleiits and‘education* - 1 * * •’ ’ V ** - ...among—the Indians, and left far* •% ,Texas. He was there engagedm preaching and teaching school; two or three years, until his mysteriousdisappearance at New Orleans. He_ • •had gone to Kentucky and was raar-ried to an excellent lady-, and theywere returning on a steamer down. . •the Mfssissippi liiver to continue* his labors in Texas.. While the boat wasDuring the winter of 1844 and 1845 we wei*e much encouraged bythe increased atteudance of the p^eo-p.^p. 1 -pie, and the evident concern ofsome, for tlie salvation of theirj •souls. January 5, 1845, we had the pleasure bf organizing a church of three merabers and dormihg a class of catechumens of thirteen inquirers; The church, organized by Bros. Vail and Montgomeryj nud ministered to by Bro. Fleming from 1832 to 1836, been dissolved, the .members’ *•4.t^adhaving either died or united with; Other de noiuinations, diiri ng the five years of spiritual darkness^ . Oh the11th of August, 1845, five, of the• * • lt;- 4. . - • *lt;|1khh of 'catechumens were received Into the church on profession of , .4 i *1' ftheir faith. The importance of the observance of tall th6 ordinances o.f-jthc church, lioweyer unessential to salvation they may seeur to-be, was illustrated in the case of Mrs. Mittoama Thonias, ()ne of those re-•cejyedi»ito the church oh that occa-r*ion. Near two years previous she was greatly lilierested^in ihe ceremony. A few days afterwards siterequested me to baptize her children; I iijforni'*d^het'that as s}jewp hot a j^ofessor of religion I could ot doit. I ex fialh»4f0’ h«r that baptism was to lie.:ftdM|)istered only to be-lievers 1»«4 children; that'“ ... -.....—;ilt;V.i lt;• «nrnking a short stay at Now Orleans he wont into the city to purchase soiiie books. He left the book store about nine o’clock at 'night .with a sachel full of books to return^to the- k -r •boat, where his wife was. That istlie jast. that was ever heard of him,;.~ • 4 -He was evidently murdered, or gott # * ^ jdrowned in trying to get aboard ofthe- boat. Tlis heart* broken widow• * *was kindly and t.«nderlv cured for- . ;• . . ' , • *.* **hy^ the good people of* New Orleans, who made every exertion to solvel • i« •• • ' .tne myHterions^dis:ip[)earanc|C! of her husbandi After waiting many days, and when all ln»pe of. his recovery was gone^ Mrs. .Limbei* herpiely went on to Texa/C^ind for someyears successfully taught the school. * • -which Brother Limber had engaged16 teach. i■ * • r •(To be continued.)**Special Meeting of the Presbytery/of theIndian Territory, •-A meeting of this body; wascalledto receive, several.^ ^ministers and. 1churches dismissed to us from the1 1 . 1Indian Presbytery of the Southern ehuroh. As the place ohosen, BigLick, was remote1 fronTalrihe regiilar lines of travel only two ministers• ' •* . *were present, not sufticient tQlorm a quorum. Upon- conaiiitatiioh it”was jside him,—said,resolved to transact the business as... .* ■ * ■a committee and report the si,me to Presbytery for ratifications Of themGodM waiverv comforting to her .iired souHAfter the day’s long, weary work was over. When theboy came‘J|oine at evening, bringing the cows from* pasture, hismother’s voice and the words of thehymn, ^“Blest seats! Through rude and stormy .. scenes, . ' .I on ward press to you, ’ * V. r *often fell upon his ear, and he knew that she was sorrowful and heavy-h6ai?ted. BuLafter a time the moth-cr’s^ypice grew Weaker, and tlie boy heard her sing this verse oftener than any other, and in feeble tones,4 *“\yhy should I shrink at ^alaor woe, Or feel at death dismay? /Bve Canaan’s goodly land in view,... . .vjind realms of endless day.” ^ -SooiTtbe mother’e^ voloe-ww fois ti^ bjoy find gone out of his, homA forever.. . • • ' - - ' ••-■-rr ‘„ The father was a hard man, and the boy had pot the grace to endurethe persecutions, which his mother had borne so patiently for^yearfr: One night, after his father had dealt very unjustly with him, he stoleout of his desolate home with his little bundle, comprising his mother’s Bible and a few clothes. Tie went to a large eity;'Tn*ingled- -with lAivU-associates,, and after a time became a dissipated, dissolute young man. He had inherited his mother’s delicate constitution, and in a fewAirM r7:t.iyears after he left home he was very ill in an upper room of a tenement house. —1—Owing to theu providence^ oT hismother’s God, who had not forgotten him, a good city missionaryvisited him.\ The gentlemaii became unusually interested iiV the youngman. Tie /spent considerable timewith him every day; lie talked with him about his habits of life, of hisnearness-toi an exchange of worlds;but for a time the prayers and entreaties of the mail of (Jod seemed to be in vain, the dying man’s heart seeirtedTTo be impenetrallle: TTiieevening, discouraged and broken inspirit, the good man turned awayfrom the dying one, and with his face toward the dingy, broken mn-doyy,. which^ looked toward, the west, he began singing in-a low tone of voice,“Jerusalem, my happy home !*’Before lie had finished^ singing the first verse, the wanderer’s -eyes were filled with tearkr ^My^mother usedtossing tliat hymn,” he exclaimed.His.raother’s voice came back to him as in the years long since gone by.He lived over again the days'when he was Rocked iirhis mother’s arms; the night when she kissed him to steep under the sloping root of the bumble home. “Oh, that hymn!” he exclaimed ; “I have not thouglit of it for years! libw many times it called me home again, when I hadsigh» jstroi* • •saertrueItthat.treaapiBThifisticPaliafteand-! opcfort presface•banfolictheandwH*landTOf/tlriein.......■thenstudjourlag(sejntgone out angry at ray father ahd s resolved never to go back.”- His raotl\er’8 hyran ^ had “corae to him again to c!|ll him back be reconciled with his Father in heaven. His heart was melted fhe threw himself at the feet of the Mediator apd prayed for forgiveness. Sweet peace filled his soul. He and his Father were reconciled. In a fewi • i _ ' ♦* • ,days more he passed away, and the good clergyman, as he watched be-$iThat mothePHhymn! It woh the means throughJM • 1 % - ' -k * ^ \\mi uiators-to-bo-roooChrist, of saving her wandering boy.. Blessed #be God for such an Influence in the dying, hour!”—Smtm-T,. Ferry.-Jbeettlu’ilticuiSdmartiiundiof-thestioniplieillebarig it waltlv nii sidiesanyligh1thenffhtiImAw-•ti . »TV' ■■ ■■ ? -...• i' 4:1■,'Wr -i.fr
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Indian Record
Muskogee, Oklahoma, US
Wed, Sep 01, 1886
Page 4
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