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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Feb 27, 1901

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 27, No. 9.

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By Anon.

[An Indian chief's story.]
There once came a preacher who wished to show us that there is a God. We answered: “Do you think we don’t know that? Go back where you came from.”
Another came and said, “You must not steal; you must not get drunk; you must not lie.”
We answered: “You fool, do you think we don’t know that? Teach that first to the people you belong to; for who drink, steal, and lie more than your own nation?”
After that came Christian Henry Rauch to my hut, and said, “The Lord in heaven bids me say He will make you blessed, and deliver you from your misery; for this purpose He became man, and shed His own blood.”
As soon as he had done speaking, he lay down quietly by my bow and tomahawk, and slept as sweetly as a child.
“Ah,” I thought, “what a man that is! I could strike him dead, but he has no fear.” I could not forget his words. I dreamed in my sleep of the blood of Christ shed for me.
“Thus thru God’s grace the awakening among us began. Therefore I say, Brethren, preach Christ our Saviour and His sufferings if you would find an entrance among the heathen.”
The above incident occurred in 1740. The story was told by Tschoop, a great red Indian chief. Is it not a grand lesson for all missionaries?—Anon.