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June 16, igog. were unable to escape the with other lads, pursued ford and climbed into a tr< the bloody battle that folic poisoned roots to be cast ii hot from the pursuit, drar the fierce battle which e from the tree and took pa lowed. At length, Talam; of St. Augustine, and thi O IV "One day I saw a ma beeves. He was sitting c thing in Spanish. I went say, 'Jesus Christ came in He said it again. 'What is I asked him to say that to Answer. 'He is the Son o your Great Spirit.' 'Who fighting the government.' These words greatly d hie feelings began to buri he was a sinner, and his co weeks, until it seemed to sinner that ever ran amo brought up everything th; cut boys with knives and in these fights. He remei once, and broken his back had a hump. Remorse tor He felt that the Great Sp then the thought that he broke his heart and his d particulalv on account oi God. He says, "I thought I \ I thought I could stamp i a whoop that could be he brought the Indians toge the 'stamp dance.' In fa stamped with all my mij bad feeling deeper in. Th close by and took a knife the biggest blade, and ju mv aunt looking right int will not kill myself where her going around hollerir iu h more secluded spot 111 "Just then the thought c Is not the Great Spirit at ings? I will ask him/ am tors ask for rain. I saic take away these bad feeli myself/ "Just as soon as I had as that the Great Spirit had knife. "I gave another whoop Indians together and tolt I was anxious to tell it. keep it in. I asked them not tell. They were Then I went all arc THE PRESBYTMRIAN * bloodhounds; and Talamas, by these brutes, crossed the ee from which they witnessed >\ved. Osceola ordered bruised nto the streams, and the dogs, ik, and died of the poison. In nsued, the boys came down rt in the barbarities that foils found his way to the town is is his account of what he n. They were knifing some >n a stump, talking of someitp behind him and heard him to the world to save sinners.' that? Who is Jesus Christ?' me again about Jesus Christ, f God.' 'Who is God?' 'He is are sinners?' 'You Semitioles J9 istresscd Talamas and horri1 in his bosom. He felt that nviction grew deeper for three him that he was the greatest ng the Everglades. Memory It llf liarl p\r/?f /Irvnn TJ~ 1 > uunt. 11C llciu had scars on his hands made inhered to have beaten a boy , so that he always afterward tured him, especially at night, irit was angry with him, and had sent his Son to save him istress was a double distress, f the grace of this unknown vould get up a 'stamp dance.' these feelings away. I raised ard for three miles away. It ther. I was a great hand in ct, was a leader of it, and I ght, but I only stamped my en I went down in the bushes i<_? cut my tnroat. l opened st then I looked up and saw :o my eyes. 'Well,' I said, 'I she can see me. I don't want lg and screaming,' so I went i the marsh by the great oaks, ame powerfully into my mind )le to take away the bad feel1 I did just as the Indian doc1, 'Great Spirit, pity me and ngs and keep me from killing ked, it was all gone, and I felt answered me. I shut up my and gathered hence all the 1 them about my experience. Tt did me good. I could not what it meant, but they could i all heathen themselves. >und telling. At last an ,4* n v* f OF THE SOUTH. old negro came and said, 'A v you,' and.soon he came with a 1 man came and took my hand, with me, I will put you to sc the Book, and they will explai to his vessel at Key West." This man was Captain Bern carrying provisions for the arn New Orleans, then to New "V lciirn lingnsn. I his Captain ] tian, and Talanias was afterwai las Bcmo. He afterwards we joined one of the expedition: Franklin. He says: "We fou vessel, crowded up in ice. It years, and the sailors cried 1 climbed in and saw the captai his hat and overcoat on, and last words he had written w night.' The sailors were sittin Talamas was gone with Ci and, on his return, was an inm Alston Douglas, a Bethel prea dian. Thence he went to Laf was with Dr. Jedkins for three good English education; thei course at Princeton, after whi< Territory and became a useful nam oi nis people. Behold how from the smalh may grow in the most unlikel God may work in those in wl such work, and how, with sc Christ may be revealed in savi scarcely any knowledge of hii "Christian Intelligencer." THE SIN OF POSTP Deferred duties usually me this field, accumulation is the e Accumulated dividends may b are hardlv ever Mm j ? . ?- ov\_i uj anv. pile upon us. When we hav< a score of duties that have be< for days and weeks or months had our attention long ago, v safely admit that something is life. The whole trouble probz today what we ought to do toe two sins: misusing some of ou of our time The right selectii intense concentration on our ta fatal accumulation. No one . along under the burden of un lone affr\ to o v put UUl I A very significant sentence : ress, is reported in the papers, on the stage and is about 10 i made millions on the stage, girls is to keep away from it.' stage is injurious to girls, Ch from encouraging it. II yhite man is hunting for white man, and the white and said, 'If you will go 'hool and tell you about n it all,' and he took me 10, of the "Shenandoah," ny. He took Talamas to ork, where he began to Demo was a good Chrisds known as John Dougnt with the captain, and > in search of Sir John nd the ship, an English had been there thirteen when they saw it. , We n sitting at a table with a pen in his hand. The ere, 'My wife froze last g around frozen." iptain Bemo1 four years, ate of the family of Rev. cher, who taught the In ayette College, where he or four years, and got a i he took a theological :h he went to the Indian minister among the remist germs, the divine life y soil; how the Spirit of 10m we are expecting no arce any human agency, ng power to one who has n as a historic person.? 'ONED DUTIES. an neglected duties. In nemy of accomplishment, e a very good thing, but >wing unfinished tasks to i to admit that there are en awaiting our attention >, and that ought to have /e may at the same time > wrong with our plan of ibly lies in our not doing lay ; and that results from r time, and wasting some on of our tasks, and then isks, will put a stop to the has any right to stagger finished tasks that ought of the way.?S. S. Times. from Anna Held, the actShe has been successful etire. She says, "I have but my advice to young ' To this we add: If the ristians may well refrain