The conquest of the continent . ping to sup-port.^ This last sentence gives the key-note of thebishops labors. He realized supremely thevalue of a Christian education in the develop-ment of a race. Travelling thus across the broad prairies,ministering sympathetically and affectionatelyThe Principles ^^ thcsc primitive people, the con-of His Work spicuous success which he achievedwas largely due to two facts: First, that thearoused conscience of the Church brought himthe means with which to do his work; secondly,that he had grasped clearly certain funda-mental principles of action: (a) He saw t
The conquest of the continent . ping to sup-port.^ This last sentence gives the key-note of thebishops labors. He realized supremely thevalue of a Christian education in the develop-ment of a race. Travelling thus across the broad prairies,ministering sympathetically and affectionatelyThe Principles ^^ thcsc primitive people, the con-of His Work spicuous success which he achievedwas largely due to two facts: First, that thearoused conscience of the Church brought himthe means with which to do his work; secondly,that he had grasped clearly certain funda-mental principles of action: (a) He saw that the children must be taught,and through them their parents. The hope ofthe Indian lay in the right sort of buffalo was gone; the forests were going;the lands had been seized upon; the nomadiclife of the tribes was no longer possible. How-ever unwelcome it might be to them, they mustlive under the white mans conditions if theywere to live at all. Therefore they must beable to meet him with some measure of equal. The March Across the Prairies 107 understanding and information. The greatsuccess of the boarding schools established byBishop Hare, and still continued by his suc-cessor, grew out of the great need which theyalone could meet. (b) Again, Bishop Hare realized how in-jurious to the Indian character had been theirposition as wards under tutelage, fed by thehand of the government. It was sapping theirindependence and making them mere beggarsand hangers-on. A like pernicious system hadbeen followed by several religious teachersamong them. The Indians were expected to donothing and to receive everything. Their cus-tom of exchanging gifts, which had its attrac-tive significance and proper place, had beenmade use of by those who desired to buy theirallegiance, and in many a Christian mission itwas taken for granted that the Indians wereto be cajoled and treated as children ratherthan trained as men. The last thing to be ex-pected was that they should support th
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