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Show Christopher's, were baptized, and only last Spring and Summer some others of his descendants. In. October he announced himself ready, and on the - 30th he was solemly baptized, surrounded by numerous- progeny. It was his last visit to the church ... -he was then barely able to mount a burro, let alone walk. A month later, at his home, he received his First Holy Communion; on St. Stephen's Day his Viaticum. His son - in -law brought the news of his imminent death. "Whitehorse; he call all his belations arid he told them 'I'm gonna die' he said; 'and so somebody go and tell Father come here and help me and put me under the ground, God's way,' he saId. So, I'm here and now you come, please, now." Miners' bulldozers have widened and smoothed the old primitive road that used to take hours, and the jeep brought Father Liebler to Monte- ,zuma Creek in less than an. hour. By sundown all was done as the Chief would have wanted it done. Here was a man of whom we can be certain that baptismal innocence carried him through his Christian life. May he rest in peace, and soon be admitted to the blessed company of those who like himself have washed their robes ih the Blood of the Lamb, and at the Throne of Grace pray earnestly for the conversion of his People. After the burial we gathered in the hoghan. There was some talk among the unbaptized which implied the existence of a state of "ch'iindi" - the taboo that surrounds everything connected with a: Navajo death. The widow spoke up briskly: "Didn't you hear what Father told us? When one is baptized, and the soul is in grace, there is no chi'iindi. There is no need to fear, all is peace." There was no contradiction; tentative assent was indicated by grunts of "aan, aan." Truly, "perfect love casteth out fear." AS WE go to press, we are looking forward to the "grand opening" of our clinic, the first wing of our future hospital. ' Readers will be tired of hearing of our hopes for the future in this project, but actually we have already treated numerous patients in it, unfinished as it is, and there seems to be no reason to doubt that it will be fully in operation when the Bishop comes on St. Mark's Day, April 25th, to bless and dedicate the building. We hope for a large attendance of healthy Navajos and Whites at this function, and promise a full description, in our next Newsletter, for the benefit of those who cannot come. - -4- |
