. Home mission heroes : a series of sketches. s once forhome missions. To use Dr. Bakers ownwords: Home missionaries have no beds of roses,but they have wide fields of usefulness. Theyhave little California gold, but they haveprecious souls which as jewels are safelycasketed for eternity. Dr. Baker might have been distinguishedas a politician, rich as a financier, famous asa scholar or teacher, or eminent as a states-man, but they that turn many to righteous-ness shall shine as the stars for ever andever. Deeply indeed did his spotless life, hisabundant labors and his holy influence im-press t
. Home mission heroes : a series of sketches. s once forhome missions. To use Dr. Bakers ownwords: Home missionaries have no beds of roses,but they have wide fields of usefulness. Theyhave little California gold, but they haveprecious souls which as jewels are safelycasketed for eternity. Dr. Baker might have been distinguishedas a politician, rich as a financier, famous asa scholar or teacher, or eminent as a states-man, but they that turn many to righteous-ness shall shine as the stars for ever andever. Deeply indeed did his spotless life, hisabundant labors and his holy influence im-press the people of Texas. On the first newsof his death the legislature in both of itsbranches adjourned, though in a throngedand excited session. Fervent and eloquent ad-dresses were made. One said: I consider the death of Dr. Baker a publiccalamity. His is justly entitled to rank asone of Texas* benefactors. There has beenscarcely a State in the Union but has heardhis eloquent pleading in behalf of religionand all the great interests of Rev. Thomas Smith Wilhamson, , 1800-1879 CHAPTER V. THE PIONEER AMONG THE SIOUX,REV. THOMAS S. WILLIAMSON, 1800—1879. By the Rev. John P. Williamson, The Rev. Thomas S. Williamson, ,labored as a missionary of the PresbyterianChurch among the Sioux or Dakota Indiansfor forty-five years, dying June twenty-fourth, 1879. When he entered the work theSioux were one of the largest and most savagetribes on the continent, among whom as yetnot a single convert had been made to Chris-tianity. When he died he left behind thelargest and most thoroughly organized mis-sions of the Presbyterian Church among anytribe of Indians. A whole Presbytery of In-dian churches is the monument that stands tohis memory. Dr. Williamson was without doubt chosenof God for this work; and it is interesting tonotice how God prepared him for it. He83 84 HOME MISSION HEROES came of godly ancestry who had been trainedfor generations to the conscientious obs
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