BEREA COLLEGE REPORTER.

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“BECCA MUST GO!”

  Say “Becca must go,” Yes, “Becca must go,”
  I don’t hardly see why it needs to be so,
  She’s nice—­very quiet.  She’s no trouble at all,
  She couldn’t hurt any one, Becca’s so small.

  She don’t understand it—­the poor little child—­
  When I seat her alone she looks strange and wild,
  And when I dismiss her she never looks ’round,
  But she goes off alone looking down to the ground.

  Her mother’s afflicted, her home life is bad,
  When I see little Becca I always feel sad. 
  She learns very quickly, she sings like a lark,
  But Becca must go, for her skin is so dark.

  I am asked to “dismiss her,” and “send her away,”
  She must not study here and with others play,
  I don’t like to do it, but then, don’t you know,
  There are some who won’t like it, so “Becca must go.”

  Not many stand up for poor Becca down here,
  They talk very strangely, and act very queer,
  Her skin’s not much darker than mine, but, you know,
  Her hair curls a little, so “Becca must go.”

  Now Preacher and Teacher from East and from West,
  If you would succeed you must do like the rest;
  Be partial to white folk or take the disgrace,
  Of showing regard for a down-trodden race.

  E.N.  RUDDOCK.

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THE INDIANS.

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STREAKS OF LIGHT.

REV.  C.L.  HALL, FORT BERTHOLD, NORTH DAKOTA.

A girl about seventeen years of age writes the following to her teacher while she is away from school for a short vacation among her people: 

“DEAR FRIEND:—­I will now try to write a few lines to-night to tell you all about what we are doing now; first I tell you when first we came home we told the girls to come to our house that we would have prayer meeting the first thing; I tell you they are real good girls, L——­, M——­, A——­ and M——­; we did not expect them to come; it is far away and they were so tired yet they did not mind, they come right away before we saw them.  We went upon the hills, Mary and I, we prayed, and when we came back we was surprise to see the girls coming.  So we had prayer meeting; that was the first time that L——­ ever prayed; we thought we would have prayer meeting to-day, but we are sorry the girls did not come, they did not know; we expect to go to Minot Monday if nothing should happen.”

Another says:—­“I don’t want to see the Indian dance.  I like to stay in the house and I like to read the Bible every morning, and in the afternoon I ask God to bless the boys and girls and keep you always, and I know he will help all if we ask him.”

N——­ and G——­, two little sisters away on a vacation where no Sabbath is observed, go away on the prairie alone and have prayers together.  After evening service those who wished to follow Christ were asked to remain to an inquiry meeting, and eight remained, and in their own language some expressed very clearly a desire to follow Christ and a consciousness of their own sin and weakness.