A Book of Christian Sonnets

by William Allen

86. THE INDIAN PREACHER. [(notes)]

Mohegan Occom!—not a chieftain's son,—

Yet chieftain's soul hadst thou, for thou didst say,

Thy God should have thy toil from day to day,

Till heav'nly life and glory thou hadst won.

So in thy youth thou didst begin to run

The race of Christian goodness, and to pray

In humble faith and love to God alway,

Utt'ring, "thy kingdom come, thy will be done."—

To preach the gospel to thy Brethren dear