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Land, who wrote : &quot; I have no higher wish than to 

 spend and be spent in the service of Christ, for 

 the salvation of the North American Indians&quot;; 

 Cockran, who rendered &quot;a finished course of 

 forty years,&quot; with Cowley, Hunter, MacLean and 

 Young; Horden, the pioneer of the Cross in the 

 regions of Hudson Bay; Small and Ridley the 

 servants of Jesus Christ for the Indians of the 

 Pacific Coast ; MacDonald, the man of simple faith 

 and single purpose; and, towering above all, 

 William Bompas, the &quot;Pine-tree Chief,&quot; who 

 knew no other allegiance save that to Christ and 

 who poured out &quot;his soul unto death&quot; in devotion 

 to the Red race, to whose memory the highest 

 tribute ever written of son of man may justly be 

 paid, &quot;he walked with God, and he was not for 

 God took him.&quot; 



Therefore, my white companions on the Height 

 of Land, be not unduly discouraged by the recital 

 of the sordid story of white rapacity, vice and 

 wrong; but be ye encouraged by the tracing of 

 the footsteps of the men of God who &quot;rest from 

 their labours&quot; while &quot;their works do follow 

 them.&quot; Take, before we leave our&quot; vantage 

 point, one more look into the East, see the 

 square tower of the &quot;Old Mohawk Church&quot; 

 rising by the Grand River, amid the primeval 

 forests, and read again its message &quot;a light to st. Luke H:32 

 lighten the Gentiles and the glory of Thy people 

 Israel;&quot; then turning towards the setting sun, 

 behold rising above the horizon, the splendid 

 mountains crowned with glistening and untrod- 



