The Spirit of missions . THE PEOPLE OP THE CHURCH AT We are tempted to offer a years subscription free to any one who can pronounce the name of this place rapidly at first sight ceremonies among the Indian people,and, whatever else may have to wait,they must be punctiliously performed. A very plainly and poorly-clad people,these; but, other reasons aside, we mustrespect and admire them for their de-voted earnestness, which is evidencedby their works. They have built withtheir own hands the little stone church,about thirty feet by fifty, and the school-house (of about the same
The Spirit of missions . THE PEOPLE OP THE CHURCH AT We are tempted to offer a years subscription free to any one who can pronounce the name of this place rapidly at first sight ceremonies among the Indian people,and, whatever else may have to wait,they must be punctiliously performed. A very plainly and poorly-clad people,these; but, other reasons aside, we mustrespect and admire them for their de-voted earnestness, which is evidencedby their works. They have built withtheir own hands the little stone church,about thirty feet by fifty, and the school-house (of about the same size), standingby its side. Now they are building ahome for the teachers. They have aproud and independent spirit, theseOtomi people; and it was probably thissame spirit which led their forebears tothe rocky fastnesses when the foreignconquerors claimed their rich valleysand would have made them slaves. The occasion of our visit is m^ade es-pecially important by the fact that weare to examine the school; and thebuildings
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