An old Indian in northwestern Canada, who for many years had
hated Christians, was at last brought to the Savior and wished
to be baptized. The examining missionary, the Rev. E. D. Thomas,
was convinced that the old man was keeping back something from
him, and was clinging to some form of his old belief. It proved
to be a charm which he had purchased years before from a very
great medicine-man. After a long talk he was persuaded to give
it up. It was a small, round tin box wrapt in pieces of dirty
calico and sealed with grease and clay. Inside were half a dozen
little pieces of stone, each wrapt in brown paper and embedded
in down. (Text.)
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