The Spirit of missions . aughters, because they must feel sym-pathy with the mothers in Japan whoseek for a school to which to send theirdaughters, where they may be taughtnot only the learning of books and theways of society, but also the necessityof truth and purity and the infinitebeauty of holiness. And to the daugh-ters themselves, the young women of theChurch at home, I would appeal, because they must realize that it is not fair thatthe freedom and happiness brought towomen by the teachings of Jesus Christshould be confined to women of the West-ern world, but that it is their duty topass


The Spirit of missions . aughters, because they must feel sym-pathy with the mothers in Japan whoseek for a school to which to send theirdaughters, where they may be taughtnot only the learning of books and theways of society, but also the necessityof truth and purity and the infinitebeauty of holiness. And to the daugh-ters themselves, the young women of theChurch at home, I would appeal, because they must realize that it is not fair thatthe freedom and happiness brought towomen by the teachings of Jesus Christshould be confined to women of the West-ern world, but that it is their duty topass on to others the principles on whichthat freedom and happiness are founded. St. Margarets must have. $25,000within two years. The alumnae of theschool, not numbering 300 in all, havealready raised 3,000 yen among them-selves. Will not the women at homecome to the aid of this successful workfor women, at this time when its life isin danger, and send their contributions,large or small, to help make up thewhole sum needed?. DINNER ON THE PRAIRIE ON THE BANKS OF THE CANNON BALL IT was a conspicuous evidence of thefar-seeing statesmanship of thelate Bishop Hare that he found away quietly and effectively totransform the heathen gatherings of theSioux into the summer Indian convoca-tions which have been so marked afeature of the work in South the territory of Dakota wasdivided into the present states of Northand South Dakota, the upper portion ofthe Standing Eock Indian Keservationlay within the northern state and there- fore became Indian mission ground forthe Bishop of North Dakota. TheSioux residing there are kindred of thosein South Dakota, and it has often beensuggested that they should join in theIndian convocations of that , however, was difficult to arrange,and although individuals went from timeto time, practically nothing was ac-complished. This year, at the suggestion of the In-dian missionary, the Kev. A. , Bishop Mann summoned the first


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