The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-09-20

The First Protestant Mission.
In November. 1855. there landed in Brazil a
band II Frenchmen. for the most part Prot
pstants. under the leadership Of Durand de
yillegagnon The King of France had given
three vessels TO bear the colonists and their
supplies 20 South America. They were to
found Antarctic France" They made a
GOOD start and the vessels were sent back 10
France for more colonists. writer III the
Herald and Fresbyter states that two minis
tiers and fourteen students of Geneva made
no their minds 20 proceed to Brazil. John
Calvin vas then living 1T Geneva, and of the
height of his influence being fortY-seyen
wears of age. He and COligny encouraged the
Increment 10 strengthen the colony IN Brazil,
and large numbers of PrOtestants Joined the
erpeditiOn 20 avoid the prosecutions which
rad already begun in France and which soon
afterward burst upon the poor HuguenOts
with such fury. ON the eve OF Their de-
psrture some Of them We're attacked by lnfu-
rated ROmanists and only escaped by en-
barking in haste. After stormy passage and
an encounter with the Portuguese on the
coast Of Brazil. they Joined their countrymen
q. Rio De Janeiro.
Among those who went out in the second
expedition was one Jean Lery, young man
twenty-five years old. In 1886 he published,
IN IStin. the only account we have of what
transpired after his arrival. Itisfull and appar-
emily impartial. and as II has never been con-
lrsdicted. great credit Is attached 10 1t. Ac-
sording 70 lery the cOlOnlsts, including the
Genevsn students. We're warmly welcomed
upon their arrival. but they soon found that
hard fare and hard labor were their lot. The
colony had been founded upon the basis of
prOtestantism. butt was not long until Nll-
legagnOn began to entertain doubts upon
some of the essential doctrines OF the
Protestant creed. He caused innovations TO
bentrOduced into the religious services. which
flf Cal q
eli these new notions Tank POpery, and secretly
celebrated the sacraments at night When
EilegagnOn discovered IL he was angry, and
the ill-feelng grew until he finally expelled
them and all who sympsthized with them.
and forced them TO return 20 France. The
vessel III which he sent them was IN bad
state of repair and poorly supplied with food.
Some of their number died OF starvation be-
fore reaching France. and all of them endured
tue extreme of human misery. one OF the
sufferers has LETT an account Of the miserles
Of this return After having deyOured' ne
saws all the leather in our vessel. even %
the covering of the trunks. we thought our
selves approaching 10 the last moment OF
cur lives: but necessity suggested to some
tie idea Of pursuing the rats and mice. and
We had the greater hope OF taking them
easily. because having no more crumbs. nor
anything to devOur, they ran IN great
numbers diving Ofhunger through the VESSEL
VillegagnOn returned 10 Europe the enemy
Of COligny and we hear of him soon after IN
the service of the Papsl Church and attack
ing Professionalism with bis feeble pen. The
sudlen change which took place in his opin-
ions and conduct so soon after his arrival IN
Brazil has been variOusly explained. Some
think that be was influenced by letters from
French cardinal but the general opinion,
both then and since. has been that 1t was pre-
nsditated treachey. Though the result
proved so sad and disastrous. this history
l.rir. 30. lfesint 4
l. This was the first effort to establish
Professionalism in the New World. The plan
as il lay in the mind Of Cohgnv was as grand
Is that Of the founding of the Puritan colony
in New England siIty-fye years later.
T. The blood Of a Protestant martyr was
shed ut Rio de Janeiro. the first in the New
World. and upon that very soil a Christian
church is growing to-day.
g. This was the first missionary enterprise
IN the history 81 Professionalism. Those pu-
pills Of Calvin who went out TO the HUI
guenot colony az Rio de Janeiro were the
first Protestant missionaries The effort be-
gun then was given up 10 DO taken up IN
our own day by missionaries, not from &c
neva but from the nitei States of America.
Presbyterian Witness ~ s.
Wine.
Students who are entering college this fall
should reflect seriously upon the question of
wine-drnking.
They will often be invited and expected to
drink wine, and they will occasionally see
their elders drinking it at college festivals
They are likely % hear those who drink speak
dispArssingly Of those who decline drinking
and they will read descriptions of banuuets
IN which wine is represented as figuring hon
orally.
For many other reasons It would he well
Tor students 20 come 20 a clear understanding
with themselves upon the matter and make
~ their minds what is the proper thing for
them 10 DO when they are asked TO drink.
There were only three Protestants left on
the island with VillegagnOn, and these were
ihIown into the sea AT his command. They
escaped 10 the mainland. and one OF them
suffered martyrdom at tho hands Of the
Jesuiis. John Boles is noted in their annals
~ man Of 10 rning and elOquence and who
til.o 70 pefyert." as they said. tho Indians
Dysteaching the simple Gospel. For this OF
Iehse he was arrested and taken to Bahia,
"heis ne lay IN prison for eight years In
12O2 ne was ken 70 the present site of Rio
ue Janeiro and there executed for heresy.
=. Inc year previous 1567) Nillegagn0n. with
tno fronch colony, whose numbers had be-
me greatly reduced were driven out by tho
'.itlsueso and returned To France
BIO one likes b. be thought milSsop. But
sven That CAN be borne nj easily borne, if the
tlcus "a person know he 10 right and knows why
-eis il~ht. Clear and certain knowledge js a
wonderful help ~ the moment of temptation,
HEh IL - not always SUFFICIENT.
10 get light upon this subject it is not
Necessary TO 20 into library and pore over a
55eAy OF books healthy young man who
LINKS vine or any such fluid need not be long
~ doubt whether he has taken into his
system d friend or foe
ne cannot help knowing. if he observes
linself closely. that the vine is an enemy.
~. ie perceiyes that II increases. not quencbes.
elIEt mat raises bis spirits for half an hour
more. according % the amount used and
ssepiesses them for several hours that follow
nae y nushes, eIcltes, disturbs, psryerts aud
therefore Injuries him.
~ lie conscisntiously watches its effects. ha