[Trhm-Go] an Missions._ Rev. CHAS. W. S

[Metherell Gillotti]

Nce, at the
Santee Agency and in the dining-room of the Normal and Training School.
There were two hundred Indian sisters present, besides the

white lady teachers. They represented six mission

stations and twice as many churches, each church having a wide awake
woman's missionary society. After a hymn, the President, Mrs.
Tasinasawin, led in prayer and read the first three verses of the 21st
chapter of Luke, following it with a few words about
that widow's mite, saying that it was not the amount given, but
the _spirit_ in which it was given. That
was the important

thing. The Indian women are able to give but little, but if they give
willingly, as to the Lord, He will bless it. The minutes were then
read, and a new president and secretary elected. Two candidates were
put in nomination for each office. As the roll was called each woman
arose and voted _viva voce_. Mrs. Brascaw was elected president, and
Miss Mary
C. Collins, secretary. I was delighted to see the cheery way in
which these sisters-in-red did their voting. There were several sallies
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