The Spirit of missions . Ttvo Indian Lay Readers, On tlie Banks of the Cannon Ball 1025. WHITE-COW-WALKINGThe Official Crier of the Convocation 7:30, assisted by Dr. Beede and , I celebrated the Eucharist forboth men and women. There were fiftycommunicants, and, besides the regularoffering for the sick, there was a specialoffering of $ for missions. At 10there was Morning Prayer in Dacotah,and I preached an All Saints sermon, in-terpreted fluently by Mr. Wells, the sub-agent at this point. Then the clergyand congregation marched to the ceme-tery, about a quarter of a mile distan
The Spirit of missions . Ttvo Indian Lay Readers, On tlie Banks of the Cannon Ball 1025. WHITE-COW-WALKINGThe Official Crier of the Convocation 7:30, assisted by Dr. Beede and , I celebrated the Eucharist forboth men and women. There were fiftycommunicants, and, besides the regularoffering for the sick, there was a specialoffering of $ for missions. At 10there was Morning Prayer in Dacotah,and I preached an All Saints sermon, in-terpreted fluently by Mr. Wells, the sub-agent at this point. Then the clergyand congregation marched to the ceme-tery, about a quarter of a mile distant. Iconsecrated it by the name of AllSaints Cemetery. For the first—andprobably the last—time in my episcopallife, I had a couple of acolytes as train-bearers. It was necessary to keep myrobes from trailing on the ground andgetting tangled with grass and weeds;so two Indian boys walked one on eachside and held them up, with gravestdecorum. T felt like an archbishop. At2:30 I confirmed an old and sick woman (Bessie Black-Woodpecker, aconvert from heathenism) in one of thetent
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