The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-17

That tho people OF Wheeling take Il
deep interest In current events was
APPLY demonstrated last evening by tho
immense audience that gathered in St.
Matthews church, on Chapline street, TO
hear RI. Rev. Bishop George ". Peter.
kin, OF Parkersburg, on Brazil and tho
Protestant Episcopal missions Of that
country, which has been attracting 80
much attention lately. 1t was also n
noticeable fact hal tho ladies' mado up
nearly three.lourths Of the audience,
and this shows the interest they take in
affairs.
The work OF the church in Brazil,
said the bishop, appeals to your htten.
ton because OF the great growth OF tho
past few years. That there is n general
and sustained interest in Brazil and
affairs Brazilian is patent 10 anyone,
caused partly by the drama that has
just been enacted there. Since his re-
turn he had found personally that this
interest in tho big South American
country exists. lie Intended to speak
OF tho mission work there, but would
touch briefly on tho political situation
rs it presented itself to him. lhcre is no
doubt q dissatisfaction in Brazil, which
eliminated in 1889 in the dismissal oil
tho old monarch, Dom Pedro. After
that
NOODLES REVOLUTION
the army took the country into its
hands and has governed it. The great
n OF the people OF Brazil, he said,
do not take n great interest in public
affairs, nor have they taken an interest
in the present revolution. The trouble
that has attracted the attention OF the
world lately has been simply a duel be-
tween tho army and navy. Its outcome
simply determines whether this or that
body OF men shall control affairs. The
great mass OF the people will acquiesce
in almost any form OF government.
Brazil is not, as some people imagine
who have never been there, an uncivi-
lied country, but on the contrary is q
civilized country OF 100000 people.
The people OF Brazil, however, have
been under the domination OF a church.
and have not shared in the benefits OF
the great Reformation. The Bible has
not gone hand in hand with Christian
ity in Brazil. In Rio janeiro he had
met the agent OF Il Bible society who
told him that in II OF the leading cit
les he had been unable 10 buy y Bible
for less than $50. The bishop, too, had
a similar experience, and the lowest
priced Bible he could find was one ct
Sl+. The people OF brazil do not buy
Bibles at that price. and neither would
the people OF Wheeling under similar
circumstances. Roman Catholic coun-
tries are not countries OF Bibles or OF
Bible societies. The Bible and tho pull
pit do no: 90 together in Brazil. On
this line, remarked the bishop, the
people there need TO be taught.
THE MISSION WORK.
Very few difficulties wero found in
the prosecution OF the mission work in
Brazil. The districtin which the Proies-
tant Episcopal church is working is be-
low the yellow fever line. south OF the
temperate zone. Tho civil troubles had
not greatly interfeted with the mission
work, as they did not extend 10 the
masses generally. On only ono occasion
had he come into personal contact with
tho civil troubles, and that was when
he noticed but a small attendance at
one OF his meetings. Upon inquiry he
found that the able bodied young men
OF the mission had been impressed into
the government army.
The trouble in Brazil is Indifference,
not opposition. Most OF the educated
Brazillans polish up in France, where
they come into contact with the school
OF skep,icism and become skeptical.
The motto oil one OF the philosophers OF
this school is "Order and Progress"
and it had been adopted rs the motto
on the Brazilian standard, which flies
over the government forts and from the
mast heads OF the revolutionists' war
ships. However, he had noticed neither
order or progress during his stay in the
country. These conditions arc not
there, but he was hopeful for the future
OF the country, when the light OF Christ
will shine over the land.
~ SOUTHERN BRAZIL
Tho Episcopal mission work is cor.
fined to the state OF Rio Grandc do Sui,
the extreme southern political division
OF the republic. He considered tho 10.
cation for the mission work especially
fortunate. The republic is divided into
three divisions. In the north the negro