Show I 1 pioneers preaching the gospel to the indians you would probably be interested in learing how the pioneers of par owan preached the gospel to the indians I 1 will relate an incident nl which may help you to that the indians ideal was braver and that they looked up to any one who was physically stron strong gand and cour conr ageous two men were sent from parowan carowan shortly fatter after the settlement sett lemet af the to town wn to preach ile he gospel to the indians in nevada jutt jut beffie i I 1 they reached the indian town they had to swim a river and on oil the other side there was a steep bink which was wais more or less difficult to climb the two dpn knew how low the indians looked upon preachers and that they had bad often been called women preachers peachers however they swam acro s the liver and just as they got to the steep bank one of them crawled up lip over the bank and the other one pretended that he was too weak and motioned to the big chief indian to come and lie help p hi him m the big indian came over to the batik bank looked at the man mail disdainfully then took his bis hand and pulled him up tip the other braves of the tribe w were ere making fun full of this poor weak missionary as thea the thought bai him but when he be was wa safely on tha bank lie he deliberate delibe ratel i shoved the big indian into the stream and every every time the indian india would make an effort to climb up the bank lie he would be shoved back again the I 1 ile other indians watched in silence and when at last the exhausted chief was dragged from the river by this missionary mission iry the indians were ready to listen to him and receive 1 him as their guest he had shown them that he had physical power that he was not weak or helpless they idolized him because of this one act ace and he was able to dc a great deal of good because he be could make understand und eisland things and see them right their beatts with him the chief after his re covery was one of the white mans i best mends friends |