Christian herald and signs of our times . rs to explain the Indianmyths. It is the story of The Morning Star : The Indian mothers would tell their childrenthe story of Wabun, the East Wind, who broughtthe morning to the earth, and chased away thedarkness with his silver arrows, whose cheekswere crimson with the sunrise, and whose voiceawoke the deer and the hunter ; and yet, althoughthe birds sang to him, and the flowers sent uptheir perfume to greet him, and though theforests and rivers sang and shouted at his com-ing, still he was not happy, for he was alone inheaven. But one morning while t
Christian herald and signs of our times . rs to explain the Indianmyths. It is the story of The Morning Star : The Indian mothers would tell their childrenthe story of Wabun, the East Wind, who broughtthe morning to the earth, and chased away thedarkness with his silver arrows, whose cheekswere crimson with the sunrise, and whose voiceawoke the deer and the hunter ; and yet, althoughthe birds sang to him, and the flowers sent uptheir perfume to greet him, and though theforests and rivers sang and shouted at his com-ing, still he was not happy, for he was alone inheaven. But one morning while the villageswere still sleeping, and the fog lay on the rivers,Wabun looking downward saw a beautiful maidenwalking all alone in a meadow, gathering water-flags and rushes. And each day after that thefirst thing he saw was the maidens eyes, whichlooked like two blue lakes among the rushes, andhe loved the beautiful maiden, and wooed herwith the sunshine of his smile and whispered to 220 THE CHRISTIAN HERALD AND SIGNS OF OUR TIMES Apeil Joseph Chamberlain, , the English Radical Leader. The Shoeblacks Contribution. her in the gentle breezes which sang throughthe trees, and at last he drew her to him andchanged her to a star, and then he was no longersad, but happy, for he was no longer alone inheaven, but with him was his bride, the beauti-ful Wabun-Annung, the Morning Star. Withan education like this it is easy to understandhow the little Indian child when he grew up gavequaint poetic names to places which still bearthose names. In this way the author renders her readersfamiliar with the habits and customs of the peo-1 pie who at successive periods made their homesin our land. In the final chapter with simpleeloquence she tells the story of the War for In-dependence and the causes which led the patriotsreluctantly to sever their connection with Eng-land and to lay down their lives for excellent illustrations add to the valueof the book. Pp. 356; price $1.
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