“Do you want to know the solution of the Indian problem to-day?  In Christ’s love take the Indians by the hand and lead them out into the same light, the same love, and to the same Christ that you have.  You can talk about the government and land in severalty.  Grand and good as these are, the first and all-important thing in that problem is the gospel of Christ.  It must do it, it can do it, it is doing it, it will do it.  The Women’s Missionary Societies of fifteen Indian churches gave $200 more for home missionary work outside themselves than the Women’s Missionary Societies in one hundred and forty churches of white people in the same time.  They have Christian Endeavor societies there, and all kinds of Christian work.  I saw one morning delegates from the Christian Endeavor Society going out to teach a white Sunday-school nine miles off in one direction, and another similar school four and one-half miles off in another.

“It is said that the young people will go back to the blanket.  In ten years we have had only one case of that in our Santee school, and that was the case of a young girl who had only been in the school six months; 95 per cent. of all that come to the schools go back consecrated young men and women.

“When you think that your five stations have gathered in two or three hundred scholars and of the possibility for each, can you tell what will be the result of this work?  There are thirty thousand poor Indians in Dakota alone, lifting up their cry to the Christian church for light and hope.”  He added:  “I have turned my back to many storms on the Dakota prairies, but God grant you may never turn your back on a soul praying for light.  I sometimes dread the day of judgment, because there is to stand the Indian.  I would rather stand there in his place than to hear him say:  ‘I was hungry and ye gave me no food.’  How shall we meet it, how shall we answer it? for to meet it and answer it we must before the throne.”

Here Mr Shelton finished and sat down.  “Now let’s pay our debts,” said Mr. Moody.  “How many people will give $100 toward that $1,800 for sustaining those missions?” It didn’t seem as though there were many responses at first, but in a few minutes eighteen names were handed to H.M.  Moore of Boston, who was keeping account, and then Mr. Moody asked if there wasn’t anything else he wanted—­a new mission anywhere?  Mr. Shelton of course said there was, and spoke of a place on the Rosebud Agency where $500 was needed to build a school, and $300 to take care of it for a year.  Here was Mr. Moody’s chance again, and he asked if some one wouldn’t give $100 for that.  One or two contributions of $100 were forthcoming, and any number of fifties came in, so that it was only a few minutes when Mr. Moore announced that they had $875 for that.  Then Mr. Moody said he wanted to have the people start one more new mission and proposed that unfailing American resource, a collection.  The hats were soon busy in all parts of the house,