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decked in every colour and grotesque array. 

 To some of them the Bishop had often in former 

 times spoken about God and the Saviour; but he 

 never hoped to behold this scene, for its remark 

 able feature was that they had all now accepted 

 the teaching of the Minister of Christ and had 

 put away the prominent sins of heathenism. 

 Men whose histories were written in blood and 

 sorceries had become humble and teachable 

 disciples of the Lord Jesus. On entering Lytton 

 the Bishop had to shake hands with 700 Indians, 

 who were all adherents of the Mission and many 

 had come .... even 100 miles to meet him. 

 The Church was thronged by hundreds, old and 

 young. After one of the services four catechu 

 mens were received, one of whom had been a 

 notorious sorcerer steeped in crimes. He was 

 grey-headed, and on his knees, in the presence of 

 the people, he confessed his deeds, renounced 

 his errors and expressed penitence. &quot; 



During two episcopal visits to Lytton, 245 In- Bishop urns 

 dians (of whom 206 were adults) received baptism, iszs-&quot; 011 

 most of them at the hands of the Bishop. On the 

 second occasion 116 were confirmed. 



Meanwhile &quot;the mainland of the province had Dioceses New 

 been divided into two new dioceses New West- cSSiSJSJ! erf 

 minster in the South, and Caledonia in the North 1879 

 and the original See of British Columbia limited 

 to Vancouver Island and the adjacent isles.&quot; 



The story of the beginnings of the Church c. M. s. in 

 among the aborigines of the mainland and islands Caledonia 

 of the northern half of British Columbia is the 



