Charles Eastman
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That is, we believed, the supreme duty of the parent, who only was permitted to claim in some degree the priestly office and function, since it is his creative and protecting power which alone approaches the solemn function of Deity.
Charles Eastman
The rites of this physical worship, again, were wholly symbolic, and the Indian no more worshiped the Sun than the Christian adores the Cross.
Charles Eastman
There was no religious ceremony connected with marriage among us, while on the other hand the relation between man and woman was regarded as in itself mysterious and holy.
Charles Eastman
The religion of the Indian is the last thing about him that the man of another race will ever understand.
Charles Eastman
Among us all men were created sons of God and stood erect, as conscious of their divinity.
Charles Eastman
The native American has been generally despised by his white conquerors for his poverty and simplicity.
Charles Eastman
In the life of the Indian there was only one inevitable duty, - the duty of prayer - the daily recognition of the Unseen and Eternal.
Charles Eastman
It was solitary, because they believed that He is nearer to us in solitude, and there were no priests authorized to come between a man and his Maker.
Charles Eastman
There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature.
Charles Eastman
Every act of his life is, in a very real sense, a religious act.
Charles Eastman
It has been said that the position of woman is the test of civilization, and that of our women was secure. In them was vested our standard of morals and the purity of our blood.
Charles Eastman
But to have a friend, and to be true under any and all trials, is the mark of a man!
Charles Eastman
The clan is nothing more than a larger family, with its patriarchal chief as the natural head, and the union of several clans by intermarriage and voluntary connection constitutes the tribe.
Charles Eastman
