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Tous las autres exemplaires originaux sont filmAs un commenpant par la pramiAra page qui comporte une empreinte d'impression ou d'iliustration et en terminant par la dernidre page qui comporte une telle empreinte. Un des symboles suivants apparaitra sur la dernidre image de chaque microfiche, seion le cas: le symbole — »• signifie "A SUIVRE", le symbole V signifie "FIN". Les cartes, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent dtre filmAs A des taux de reduction diffirents. Lorsque le document est trop grand p&ur dtre raproduit en un seul cliche, il est film6 A partir de I'angle supArieur gauche, de gauche A droite, et de haut an bas, en prenant le nombre d'imagas nAcessaire. Les diagrammes suivants illustrant la mdthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 4uo p fM NcT. Dec. 1, 1871.] BRITISH COLUMBIA. grttisj^ Mnmbm, 177 MR. good's SUNDAY SERVICES WITH THE THOMPSON RIVER INDIANS. BE have received a letter from Mr. Good, for which we have been hoping to find room before this, in which he gives a full and partic alar account of his mode of conducting Divine Worship for nis Indian congregation. He writes it with the hope of awakening a personal interest in his Mission, and also that it may draw forth a response jfrom others who are engaged in a similar work, and thus each may gain something from the other's experience. He has moved from Lytton, where we last heard of him, with his staff of native helpers and school, taking down all the mission buildings, and moving them to a new site, a short distance from the old one. The former residence and school were so near to public-houses, that strong temptation was constantly before the converts, and, on all accounts, a timely flight was necessary. Mr. Good speaks of having about 2,000 Indians under instruction. He says : — "February 13th, 1871. — Go with me in spirit to our House of Prayer, It is humble and unpretending, but we trust only tem- porary. A simple Cross over the entrance seems in itself alone to separate the building from common or profane usage. It is a long room, with the upper part slightly raised. In this stand, a structure, Altar-shaped, a Prayer-desk, a seat for the native interpreter, and the Melodion. Over the Altar-table a red Cross is affixed to the wall, our one central Chancel ornament. The Church is still in its Christmas attire. The seats for the congregation are arranged on cither side, men and women facing each other. Others are packed, Indian fashion, on the floor, filling up the body of the building, and looking towards the Chancel. Here too, the men and women are separate. " A first and second bell (we regret to say our only means of call is at present a hand-bell) is rung before the Service begins, the second time longer and louder than the first. As the Indians live at some distance, we send the bell into their encampment. On the return of the bell-ringer, I leave the Parsonage, and entering by a side-door, proceed to take my place at the Prayer-desk. A kindly look of recognition and bow of the head is all that passes between us; the shaking of hands aad personal enquiries being reserved for the close of the Service, 12.] [Vol. VI. / 178 THE NET. [Thb Net, Deo. 1, 1871. " And here let us pause to observe that there ought to be some- thing in the very outward appearance of a people under real Christian training, which should distinguish them from other heathen. The altered and improv'ed expression, the cleansing, the being ' clothed and in their right mind;' all these things s iggest the gracious change going on within. Now this we tremblingly rejoice to think is most true of our usual ' Thompson Indian ' congregation. Naturally, they have been endowed with strikingly well-proportioned and handsome forms and features, and they of all the Indians I have as yet met with, the most readily become Europeauized. One peculiarity in them is, that they are never surprised at anything they see or hear. Any wonders in art or science ; any marvellous deeds in sacred or profane history, excite in them no astonishment ; they take them all as matters of course. This is, however, a di- gression ; we return to our Sunday Service. Minister and people alike kneel in silent prayer for a few moments : then all rising, we sing with great fervour, and most harmoniously, the first verse of the Morning Hymn, 'Awake, my soul, and with the sun.' Then follows a short exhortation, ' come ye all present, kneel down, and let us, to begin with, offer our hearts to God that He may help and bless us who are here assembled together in His Church, to worship Him our Heavenly Father;' immediately after which we offer up the following Prayer of David, as here arranged, the people repeating each clause after the Minister : — (1) * God, try me; (2) Search the ground of my heart ; (3) Prove me ; (4) Ex- amine my thoughts; (5) Look well if there bo any kind of wicked- ness within me ; (6) And lead me in the way everlasting. Amen.' " After this follow two Collects, one an adapted form of the First after Easter, the other, that for the Third Sunday in Advent. The}i all rising at the word of command, * YSheikdsah ' I begin the An- them, * I will arise,' which at the repetition is taken up by all, and is always sung with great, and at times, with thrilling effect. Then the Exhortation, only when we come to name the objects for which we ' assemble and meet together ' they are said one by one by me, and repeated by the congregation, thus : — 1. " ' To confess our sins past to God.' 2. " 'To give thanks for all His mercies.' 3. " ' To set forth His praise.' 4. " ' To hear His most Holy Word.' 5. " 'And to ask those things we need for our souls and bodies.' " Experience has taught us the immense importance and advan- tage of acting upon the ' line upon line, and precept upon precept,' and of engraving such points as these on the very inmost page of their memory, so as to abide with them at all times, and in all jjlaces where the ' two or three ' may meet together in Christ's Name. " The Confession is touching and subduing as translated and re- peated in the Thompson language. The Absolution has, of course, to be altered, to suit a congregation of mere Catechumens. " Before repeating the Lord's Prayer we always make a solemn pause, I M^' Thb Net, Dec. 1, 1871.] BRITISH COLUMBIA. 179 180 THE NET. [Tns Nbt, Dbo. 1, 1871. to give it greater effect. On the translation of this Prayer we have bestowed an infinity of pains, to render it as perfect as possible ; and only those who have conscientiously tried to give the exact meaning in an unknown barbaric tongue, can understand and appreciate the difficulties. "A standing exercise is the 15th Psalm; which I begin with the question, * Lord, who shall abide in Thy Church on earth ; and who shall rest hereafter in the land above?' Then dividing the Psalm into its separate parts, they repeat after me the marks or signs of God's children on earth ; ' He that leadeth an uncorrupt life, <fec.' And the minister concluded with the declaration, * Whoso doeth these things shall not cease to belong to the family of God.' " We then sin^, ' Children of the Heavenly King,' to a tune out of Ghope's Hymnal; we have also the 1st Psalm, the 23rd and the 47th in regular use. Then all being seated, passages of Scripture are recited, after the preface, *If ye will hear His voice to-day, harden not your hearts.' These are intended as teatch-words, after the example of the ' faithful sayings ' in the Epistles to SS. Timothy and Titus, which (by-the-by) have shown to us how necessary such must have been in the first planting of the Christian Church among the heathen of those times. "Thus, as on Sunday last (Sexagesima), we ^'^r^'- thro"gh the first lesson for the day, the 3rd of Genesis, reserving some Buiking portion of the second lesson (sometimes it is the Gospel) as the subject for the sermon afterwards ; for we hold it absolutely incumboiii. upon an ambassador of Chiist to the heathen, always to follow up the Old Testament with the teaching of the New. " The 3rd of Genesis gave us an opportunity of setting forth the work of the devil, the father of lies, in the world ; the loss of inno- cence, and the shame of guilt ; the consequence of transgression ; God's curse as resting upon Satan, woman and man ; sorrow, labour and tears, our common lot. But in the sermon, which was foimded on the second lesson, the 12th of S. Mark, we set forth Jesus as the Head of the New Creation ; the great Forerunner and Captain of our salvation ; who overcame the devil, died for sin, entered into Paradise, overcame death, ascended to glory ; from whence He calls us to love Him with heart, mind, soul and strength, and our neigh- bour as ourselves : and an admission shall be abundantly bestowed on all those who respond to this call, to enter a better Eden than that Adam lost, where ' sorrow and sighing shall flee away for ever.' We constantly interrupt our explanations with catechetical questions and strong personal appeals ; on the other hand, we are ourselves frequently interrupted by animated exclamations from our audience. " The * Te Deum' to Lord Mornington's Chant No. 2, succeeds ; as yet only in part, but presently we hope to manage the whole. Next, the Creed ; all reverently bowing at che name of Jesus ; and on High Festivals we intersperse the reciting of the Creed with loud and pro- longed ' Hallelujahs,' which gives great spirit to this grand profession of Faith. The Lord's Prayer is said altogether, and the Versicles intoned. Then follow, a Collect for the Day, generally either the [Thb Nbt, Dec. 1, 1871. BRITISH COLUMBIA. 181 and First in Advent or the Seventh after Trinity, and the Collect for Grace, which is often exchanged for the Second in Lent. Here we rise, and sing 'This is the day the Lord hath made,' but at Christ- mastide and Easter the Anthem appointed for those Seasons. Again kneeling, the Prayer for the Clergy succeeds, at the close of which, still on our knees, we sing altogether the first two verses of the hymn commencing — " Come Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove I With light and comfort from above." This I find greatly solemnizes the minds of all present, and prevents wandering at prayer. (It seems to mo that the reason so many fail to make our service interesting and quickening to such congregations as these is, that they go too much by rote. They do not, as they ought, put themselves in the place of the hearers, so as to sympa- thize with their weakness, and convince themselves of the necessity of adapting the Service to their capacity, yet without in any way lowering it.) " In the same way we interrupt the Prayer for all conditions of men at the end of th^; sentence ' Thy saving health unto all nations.' by singing two verses of ' To bless Thy chosen race,' or we chant * God be merciful unto us,' the congregation taking it up at the words * Let the people praise Thee , God, yea, let all the people praise Thee.' So also in the Thanksgiving, where the Rubric allows special thanks to be offered, we sing a * Gloria ' : and after the Benediction has been said, we commonly sing * Guide us, Thou great Jehovah,' or * Rock of Ages.' " The Litany, as adapted and sung to old music is very fine, divide the Invocation as follows : — " Minister. — ' God, the Father, of heaven ;' " Congregation. — ' Have mercy upon us miserable sinners.' "This formerly began our simple worship, and I should advise its use when a first effort is being made to instruct an ignoran j people. " On Great Festivals our Litany is followed by the Ten Command- ments, * Lift up your hearts,' and the answer to the question in the Catechism 'What is thy duty to Godi' repeated all together, sen- tence by sentence, and often told upon the fingers so as to fix the points well in their minds. " ' Soldiers of Christ, arise !' is always sung with great animation. Then follows an earnest discourse, founded, as we have before said, on the Second Lesson, or Gospel for the day ; illustrated by all kinds of familiar examples and objects, and specially adapted to the wants, the failings, and the temper of our audience. Every eye ought to be fixed on the speaker; by this test too he can tell how far he is un- derstood. When attention is failing let there be many pauses, searching heart-questions asked and answered. Mutual interchange of thought and feeling between the speaker and the congregation and also among themselves, should not be considered as an inter- ruption or distraction, but as most useful. " A hymn, ' Here we meet to part again,' or in the evening, * Glory to Thee, my God, this night,' with a Collect and a special Prayer on We lti;j7B4 182 THE NET. LTuE Net, Dec. 1, 1871. behalf of all present (as for instance, an adapted form of the Absolu- tion Prayer in the Eucharistic Service) with the concluding part of the Blessing ; and private prayer, bring our service to a close. It generally lasts from three to four hours. " Then, all standing up, I usually make a tour of inspection amongst all present, shaking hands with each, a matter of immense concern among our people, and I have thus an opportunity of speak- ing to them separately, and giving to one a word of warning, to another of sympathy, and to a third, of encouragement. " In conclusion, there is much left unsaid on many points upon which I often long to speak ; and in regard to any suggestions and advice I have offered, I trust no one will think it given in an arrogant or dictatorial spirit, as if I assumed to know better than others, rather it is in a spirit of humility and earnest desire to be of assistance to those who may not have my experience. I ought to add, that I am most ably seconded by my interpreter. He is a man of rare powers of understanding and memory, and gives most valuable services to a great degree without payment; and this, though he is a poor Indian, and very desirous of rising in the world, and of properly providing for his wife, who shares his hard lot un- complainingly. If any readers of the ' Net ' would like to send anything specially to him as a reward and encouragement, he would be much pleased, and he is a man who would make a good use of their bounty. Lastly, I must take this opportunity of again setting forth our urgent need of help, iu order that our long desired Mission Church may be completed. '• The Church, inside, will be divided after primitive patterns. If we could find benefactors enough, we would fain make our House of Prayer more than commonly attractive, and we shall be thankful to receive any gifts towards it. We have already asked from private friends for two stained-glass windows for the east and west end, one representing the Last Supper of our Lord, and the other His Holy Baptism. Our people are just those who will be influenced for good by these scenes. Perhaps our requests will be refused, and then we must look elsewhere. After all, we are yet only in the infancy of our work. We want institutions for the yoiing, with devoted teachers to take care of and train them ; alms-houses for the aged ; hospitals for the sick ; lodging-houses for strangers ; houses for our people who desire to form themselves into a Christian village ; and, eventually, a College for the education of Native Teachers, who might be sent to evangelize the whole of this northern part of Western America. How far we fall short of attaining a tenth of these things at present ! But the cause is the Lord's, and we abide His pleasure. ' Surely Ho hath already done great things for us, whereat we rejoice !' We add two extracts from a letter written by Mrs. Good : — ... "On Sunday, Jan. 1, Mr. Good invited me to attend the native service, and play the two hymns for them, viz. : ' Adeste Fideles,' and ' Come Holy Spirit.' Accordingly, about 11 o'clock, I went to the School- room, and found 150 Indians assembled for wor- :c. 1, 1871. Tax Net, Dec. 1, 1871.] BRITISH COLUMBIA. 183 Absolu- part of ose. It ship (the first part was over, as this service begins at 1-0) looking very thoughtful, with clean, eager, and anxious faces; every eye seemed fixed upon the Clergj'raan, and every voice joined in the solemn response. A more affecting sight I never witnessed ; only to look at them sent a thrill of awe through my spirit, and silently I thanked God. There are seats on each side of the building, the men sit on one side, and the women on the other ; in the middle they sit on the floor, Indian fashion, close together ; and yet I noticed, the change of position — kneeling and standing, was managed without confusion ; and silence, when neces:.ary, was perfect. I knew that four persons were to be admitted into the Church by Holy Baptism, and these I quickly observed, sitting on a form in front. The first was an old man of, I should think, nearly 70 years ; he has walked continually a distance of thirteen miles to Church ; he is almost blind, simple, and I may say ignorant, but truiy anxious to know Jesus, and I doubt not by Him accepted. The next was a young man about twenty-three, with his wife and baby; all very clean, neatly dressed, and evidently deeply impressed with the importance and solemnity of the Sacrament they were about to receive. They knelt down as soon as the Baptismal Service began, and as soon as each person was baptized, the whole congregation joined in singing the ' Gloria Patri.' The names given were Simeon, Charles, and Lydia, the two latter giving their baby the name Mary. The playing of the hymns I assure you, was to me no easy matter ; such a burst of Thompson xoords, which you know I do not understand, fairly took my breath away ; but Mr, Good says I did very well, and the Indians were much pleased. I have promised to play for them every Sunday when the Church is built. The harmonium was given to me by the white people of Lytton, the first year we were here, except fifteen dollars paid by our Bishop. It is the Bishop's intention to baptize a large number of Catechumens at Whitsuntide ; they have been pre- paring a long time, and are still doing so. Baptism therefore is only administered by Mr. Good in extreme or exceptional cases, as when the death is feared of an apparently worthy person, or when it is very eagerly and perseveringly desired, as in the case of Charles and Lydia." No doubt Mr. Good has the best of reasons for this arrange- ment, but we cannot but regret it in the case of the poor old man, of whom Mrs, Good next writes, who, becoming seriously- ill during Mr. Good's short absence, died unbaptized. Mrs. Good says of him : — " He is one concerning whom we may tremblingly hope that what St. Peter said of the Gentile Cornelius, is true also of him, ' In every nation he that feareth (lod, and worketh righteousness, is ac- cepted of Him.' " Poor old Negwowt, when I first saw him, was remarkable for his i 184 THE NET. [Thb Nit, Dbc. 1, 1871. white hair,.(that being uncommon amongst Indians), and his extreme dirtiness. He was one of the few Indians who seems always to have had a conscience alive to God, and to have led a moral life. He early be- came a catechumen and was regular in his attendance upon the means of grace. He used to talk with wonderful wisdom to his sons, and had extreme pleasure when one was taken by myself as house- servant. This boy, ' Sheshua,' remained with me a year and a half, having become quite a nice, clean, orderly servant. At that time he fell into grevious sin, whiskey and bad women being his sore tempta- tions. Negwowt was very sad. He said ' I wish it would please God to take me to the good land where there is no more sin nor sorrow. I look aroimd, and see that all men sin. The Indians listen to Mr. Grood, and they say it is very good, but they soon forget and go on in the old way. White men have Laown all about God for a long: time, yet they steal our daughters, and bring disease, whiskey, and death among us.' This old man had been employed by a Frenchman, an hotel keeper in Lytton, for ten years, chopping wood, fetching home the cows, kc. ; receiving his food in return. Almost every evening, when his task was done, he used to come and shake hands with Mr. Good, saying, * Now I go home happy. I pray and sleep safely.' If Mr. Good was not in, he would shake me by the hand very heartily, muttering something and pointing upwards, and then at once go home. If I had a Thompson word or sentence ready, no matter how eimple, he would show extreme pleasure ; and should I say something kind of Sheshua, he would exhibit signs of real joy. One day he said to Mr. Good * I am very sick and weak, I do not want any medicine, for I think I am going to die. I am not afraid, I am very glad to go and see Jesus ; bye and bye you will come too, and I shall be sure to know you. I always pray God bless you, every night I talk to God, the Great Chief of Heaven.' About this time Mr. Grood was obliged to pay a visit to Archdeacon Woods, at West- minster, and during his absence Negwowt very gently passed away ; he was only at his own house six days. His sons buried him in a nicely-made grave and good cofi&n. Sheshua, his favourite son, has come back again to me, he has quite recovered his health, and is a thoroughly good servant ; he cooks, irons, washes dishes and floors, &c. We give him 15 dollars a month. If you could see him, neat and very clean, you would almost think it impossible for an Indian so to change. He goes regularly to Church, but how far this is reaJ time alone can tell. Negwowt, t feel sure, will at the last be found on God's right hand. Amen. So may it be !" Those who kindly helped to fill a box which was sent to Mr. Good last year, will be glad to hear that it has safely reached its destination. He is delighted with the contents, the Scripture prints, altar-cloth and linen, medicines, &c., and books, and begs most heartily to thank aU the donors. He is now anxious for the means of boarding promising native chil- ■V..' I it ThbNbt, Dec 1,1871.] THE BLIND. 185 dren, both boys and girls, the children of Christian parents, who may be trained as teachers. Eight pounds is the yearly sum required for a pupil. • ^nstoer its an Jpptal for ^riqualanb. [HE person who promised £100 for the •': .se and land in Griqualand (see June " Net," and cover of i\ ignst " Net"), has now increased the offer to £150, provided that others will supply the other £150. And thr-e is reason to hope that the S.P.G., by whom Mr. Parkinson is si _^ orted, will bo able to devo^o +11 the purchase of the property between £80 and £90 of an unappropriated balance in their hands, making w'.th ,"15 2s. 6d. re- ceived up to present date through the " Net," at least £100. Only £50 additional is therefore needed to secure the £150 so generously offered ; and if this be raised, the new mission to the Griquas will be commenced immediately. jEFORE the year closes, we must make a little mention of the Association for promoting the general welfare of the Blind, which is the only home charity we plead for in the "Net;" there is such a clear and distinct analogy between natural and spiritual blindness, and we might add in many instances, a necessary connection between the want of sight, and the deeds of darkness, for "Satan finds some mischief still for idle hands to do." There are many instances of persons who, before they were taught to work at the trades which can be practised by the blind, had fallen into sin, from which this Association rescued them, besides enabling them to maintain themselves and their families. In addition to what they learn in the workshops, religious instruction is given, and pray en are read from the Liturgy of the Church of England, the Service being concluded by a psalm or hymn, in which all join, the words being first rend aloud, and the tune played by one of themselves, on a pianoforte which has been presented to the Society. There are also classes in reading, writing, &c., a blind man being the teacher. If the subscriptions were increased, we should not