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STORMS FULFILLING HIS WORD.

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‘* All storms His voice obey,
Cloud shadows pass away,
But Jesus comes to stay,

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And peace bestow.”
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through a time of testing.
The secession of Mr. Dun-
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caused an upheaval among : Tm ip pe a
the Indians, many of whom _ iil UA By Vail 3
naturally sided with him. aA att pele:
He and they withdrew - y ~ 1,
finally wena to LoS Sa
Alaska, in the territory of the United States. It is unneces-_
sary to go into the details of the schism here. They were
painful, and may well be forgotten, except as a matter of
thanksgiving to Him Who ‘ out of seeming evil, still educes
good.” One great good was that whereas until now the
Indians had not had any part of the Scriptures in their own
language, but had depended on the translational gifts and
powers of their teachers, they now had in their hands the
Gospels and parts of the Prayer-book in Zimshian and one or
two other dialects. The Bishop wrote of this as follows, in
January, 1886 :— |

“The spirit of prayer that sprang up amid our misfortunes
has been steadily maintained. The persevering attention to
the consecutive reading and exposition of the Gospels has