The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-12
MISSION WORK in CUBA.
Interesting Discourse by Rev. A. B. Carlyle
on the Subject.
CONDITIONS IN THE ISLAND DESCRIBED
Climate of Cuba Has been sIandered.
Review of Tragic. History ana
Necessity for Christian Help.

Rev. A. B. Carlyle. young missionary,
who went from Baylor university the
Baptist institution at Waco, some time
ago to work in Cuba has returned and
gives an interesting account OF his e1-
periences there.
He lectured yesterday afternoon at the
First Baptist church.
Referring to history and 1.-THE causes OF
history he opened with some general
statements, saying. among other things
that the religious beliefs Of nations were
highly responsible for their political con-
ditions. He compared the United States
and China, which he said is LIVING in the
past He said it was SO with every
church. town. and individual who lived in
the past He urged the necessity Of being
alive 10 the opportunities Of the present
He referred to the condition Of France,
when infdelity was at It's height after the
revolution. He said nhdelity had made
its record in ruined lives wherever 1t had
prevailed.
He then made a comparison Of the his
tory OF France and China with that OF the
United States and said 1t was the teachings
OF the Bible and the religion OF the Lord
Jesus Christ which had made this country
what il is
He then spoke Of Spain and the Catholic
church. Rome and Spain. what one could
not accomplish the other did" ne said
and proceeded to describe the policy OF
Spain in her American colonies going
back TO the time of Columbus He fol-
lowed the Spaniards in their quest OF gold
throughout the continent. He referred TO
the sorrowfu death of Columbus and the
happy condition OF the natives when the
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cation and slavery, he then referred to
the manner In which the Catholic religion
had been forced upon Them He spoke
OF the American revolution and the civil
war and their influence on the people OF
the continent and traced the beginning of
the Cuban revolution. Incidentally he de-
scribed some of the atrocous Cruelties of
the Spanlards toward the Cubans He
SAID that all their acts were backed mp by
Catholicism. He said, among other things
that Sabbath dissertation had gone ON until
there was no longer any such thing as a
daY OF rest in Cuba. Because OF prestly
eXtortion for marriage fees he declared
that not one-tcnth Of the people In the
island OF Cuba had been born in wedlock
He described a practice of renting graves
and digging up the bodies Of the dead and
throwing them IN a great trench when the
rent was not paid He spoke OF the filthy
condition Of Havana ana said he climate
AAA bcfu hAAuNtltt tAl ludt Win sanitary
regulations Cuba would be a paradise.
He described the shooting OF a boy by
General Weyler.
He said the sound Of the American guns
on The coast during the late war seemed
20 the people OF Cuba like the voice of
God. He was in Cuba when the American
soldiers came in, and gave a thrilling ac-
count OF the Spanish evacuation and tho
occupation Of the city by the troops OF
the United States. The Joy of the people.
he said, was unspeakable
The Cuban day OF freedom, he said was
the FIRST day of January, 1899 He present =
ed many vivid pictures OF the scenes as the
flag OF Spain came down and the stars and
stripes were saluted by the multitude He
then made an appeal for religious freedom
in the island and urged the necessity for
the Christians OF this country 10 do their
duty toward the people OF Cuba