Muskogee and northeastern Oklahoma, including the counties of Muskogee, McIntosh, Wagoner, Cherokee, Sequoyah, Adair, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Washington, Nowata, Craig, and Ottawa . olicy of the Government. We must rise above the superstitions and prejudices whichhave so long embarrassed our progress. We have adopted theletter of the institutions of Christianity, we have but in partreached the spirit of Christianity. We must put ourselves in accord with the full measure ofAmerican Christian institutions or there is no place, no part forus in the future. The letter killeth, the spirit maketh a
Muskogee and northeastern Oklahoma, including the counties of Muskogee, McIntosh, Wagoner, Cherokee, Sequoyah, Adair, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Washington, Nowata, Craig, and Ottawa . olicy of the Government. We must rise above the superstitions and prejudices whichhave so long embarrassed our progress. We have adopted theletter of the institutions of Christianity, we have but in partreached the spirit of Christianity. We must put ourselves in accord with the full measure ofAmerican Christian institutions or there is no place, no part forus in the future. The letter killeth, the spirit maketh alive. Thatwe have heretofore failed to do this should not deter us now. Thelaws of the Medes and Persians belong not to the civilization of thepresent day, but to a by-gone civilization. Christian civilizationto which man has attained means change, development, progressand the betterment of mans condition, and his elevation to ahigher and nobler destiny. We should be governed by reason andnot by prejudice. We must appreciate and grasp the conditionsvith which we are surrounded, that we may be able to make themfactors of our self-protection and preservation, instead of their /. WILLIAM KOBISONA worthy leader among the Creeks of the past generation MUSKOGEE AND NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA 177 becoming the instrumentality of our destruction. We should notfail to do our part, however small it may be, in bringing to passthe bright day when, not only here, but the world over, shall beacknowledged the universal brotherhood of man. JOHN DAVIS John Davis, a full-blood Creek missionary, was one of the old-time Indians who was very deeply interested in the religious wel-fare of his people. He was born in Tennessee in 1800 and wascaptured by an American soldier in the War of 1812, who tookhim to his home and educated him. Upon reaching manhood hewas released and came with his people to Indian Territory, wherehe devoted his remaining years to missionary work under thedirection of the Presbyterian
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