The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-02-09
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Twelve Hundred thousand De1laxB
from all Sources for Missions
in 1883.

on the whole group Of Protestant
churches. The 7th Of last August Wit
messed one of the most bloody deeds
ever traced to the Romish priesthood.
Incited by the Romish priest Of Teleo-
pan, who charged his audience to "make
an example of the minister Of Satan,"
adding that they might "kill him" with
all safety, mob at midnight attacked
the house of Felipe Zaragoza, where .
few Protestants were staying with the
native pastor, the Rev. Abraham Gomez.
They tore up the roof to effect an en-.
trance, first killed Mrs. Zaragoza, then
murdered Gomez in his bed by blow
with machete, and shot and disabled
his brother, Felipe, who endeavored to
defend him. They then, after stealing
all they could lay hands on, "sallied
forth in quest of third victim, Miguel
Cipriano, whom they killed in the same
manner as the rest"
There is no evidence Of the reality Of
the faith and courage Of Mexican Protes-
tants greater than is given by the con-
slant growth of the church in the face Of
prosecutions like these. Acapulco, Al
moloya, and now Ahuacuatitlan have
been consecrated by the blood OF mar.
tyrs as true to Christ as Huss and Lati-
mer. No sooner had the intelligence
reached Mexico City of these assassina-
tions than three of the young men in the
seminary offered themselves to GO to the
bloody State of Guerrero and take up
the work which their youthful Brother
Gomez had laid down in death.
Jesuitism in Mexico.-The October
number Of The Church gives with some
detail an account of the cold. .blooded
murder of three native Christians, one
of them young minister of the Gospel.
It was the work of mob instigated by an
infuriated Roman Catholic priest. It
was earnestly hoped that in vindication
of the law, and as some guarantee Of
protection for the future, speedy justice
would be meeted out to the guilty par.
ties. To aid in securing this end, the
Rev. J. Milton Greene, D. D., addressed
letter to the President of the Republic
and received the following reply:
"Yours of the 22nd is before me, and
having carefully read its contents, let
me express to you my most sincere
thanks for the kind terms in which you
refer to myself and my administration,
but of which do not feel myself to be
worthy. I beg to assure you that Ia
ment most deeply the sad occurrences to
which you refer, and feel the deepest in.
terest in securing for the guilty parties
the punishment which they 80 justly de-
serve. To this end I will repeat the in.
structions which I had already given to
the Governor of Guerrero, requesting
him in addition to inform me at fire.
quent intervals of the progress which ID
being made in the trial of the criminals,
with detailed statements as to the de-
cisions reached"
DR.. Greene adds:
"Since receiving the above we have
intelligence to the effect that the State
Government is conducting the trials
with all possible energy, and is very
hopeful of convicting the murders. The
great difficulty which they encounter
arises from the fear of the poor Indians
to tell the truth about the priests SER
mon. So it is ever in this land. The
priesthood instigate the crimes and then
employ all their reputed sanctity and
divine authority in intimidating those
who in telling the simple truth would
secure their condemnation"
This shows some of the difficulties Of
mission work. u.s.. p.
LERsBURG, o., Feb. Sd, 1888.