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THE INDIANS' TEACHER

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Apr 13, 1904

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 30, No. 15.

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THE INDIANS' TEACHER.

John Eliot, who translated the Bible into the language of the Massachusetts tribe, two hundred and fifty years ago, and who was called the "Apostle of the Indians," was found on the day of his death, in his eightieth year, teaching the alphabet to an Indian child at his bedside.
"Why not rest from your labors?" said a friend.
"Because," said the good man, "I have prayed to God to make me useful in my sphere, and He has heard my prayer; for, now that I can no longer preach, He leaves me strength enough to teach this poor child his alphabet."—Selected.