To his Indian friends:—
“The first time I became a Christian, I found it a very hard thing to do, but I kept asking Jesus to help me, and so he did, for I grew stronger and stronger. So, my friends, if you will just accept Jesus as your King, he will help you to the end of your journey. You must trust wholly in Jesus’ strength, and yield your will, your time, your talents, your reputation, your strength, your property, your all, to be henceforth and forever subject to his divine control—your hearts to love him; your tongues to speak for him; your hands and feet to work for him, and your lives to serve him when and where and as his Spirit may direct. Don’t be proud, but be very good Christians; be brave and do what is right.
“Your young friend,
“—— ——”
It is but just to say now that the first two of these have been suspended from the church for misconduct, and still stand so on our record. The other one has done a good work, and has been one of the leaders of religion with the older people, sometimes holding one and two meetings a week with them and teaching the Bible class of fifty on the Sabbath.
The Twanas and the Clallams were formerly at war with each other, and even now the old hostile feeling, dwindled down to jealousy, will show itself at times. A like unpleasant feeling has often been shown between the whites and Indians, yet, on the first Sabbath in April, 1880, three persons united with the church and received baptism, who belonged one to each of these three classes. Another noticeable fact was the reason which induced them to become Christians. In reply to my question on this point, each one, unknown to the other, said that it was because they had noticed that Christians were so much happier than other people. Two of them had tried the wrong road with all their heart, and had found to their sorrow that “the way of transgressors is hard.”
The following table will show the state of the church during the ten years:—
| Added by Letter. | Added on Profession of Faith. | Of those Joining on Profession, these were Indians. | Dismissed by Letter. | Died. | Excommunicated. | Membership on Last Day of Fiscal Year. | Absentees. | |
| Organized with | 9 | 2 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| June, 1874-75 | 2 | 13 | ||||||
| June, 1875-76 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 21 | ||||
| June, 1876-77 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 2 | ||
| June, 1877-78 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 2 | ||||
| June, 1878-79 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 4 | ||
| June, 1879-80 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 36 | 5 | ||
| June, 1880-81 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 10 | ||
| June, 1881-82 | 2 | 5 | 4[3] 5 | 16 | 31 | 13 | ||
| June, 1882-83 | 1 | 5 | 6[3] 5 | 6 | 31 | 13 | ||
| June, 1883-July, 1884 | 1 | 18 | 7[3] 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 10 |
| Total | 27 | 61 | 64 | 37 | 6 | 2 |
The large diminution in 1876-77 was caused by the removal of employees. The same cause operated in 1881-82, for then the Indians were believed to be so far advanced in civilization that the government thought it wise to discharge all of the employees except the physician and those at work in the school. During that year the church also granted letters to seven of its members who lived at Jamestown, to assist in organizing a church there. Thus when the reasons for the reduced membership of that year were considered there was no particular cause for discouragement, but rather for encouragement. One white man and one Indian have been ex-communicated.
The next year the agent moved away, and while he still retained his membership in the church, and aided it financially almost as much as when he resided here, still his absence has been felt, as from the beginning he had been its clerk and treasurer, for a part of the time its deacon, and his councils had always been of great value.