Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-02-20
. PRESBYTERIAN MISSIONARY

The following article taken from the
Missionary is about Miss Reed a mis-
siunary from the Presbyterian church,
at Pleasant Hill. She is a daughter
Of the late Preston b. Reed, who was
formerly a resident Of Audrain coun-
ty, having improved the d. X. Crock
EFT farm, 7 miles southwest Of this
city and who practiced law here with
Mortimore Mcllhaney. He was one of
the founders OF Westminster College
at Fulton and his wife was a Miss Tate,
related to the Tates Of Galloway. While
in the State Senate Mr.. Reed was
most active in securing for Mexico the
old North Missouri, now the Wa
bash Railroad. Thearticle will doubt
less interest the cider Presbyterians
Of Audrain and Galloway:
From Parahyba Mr.. Henderllte and
L went together to Natal, where Miss
Eliza Reed, in the absence Of Mr.. and
Mrs Porter, is now holding the fort
alone. There | had from the native
church a "bishop's reception'-except
the embroidered canopy, the brass
band and the genuflections and the
hand kissing. The gentlemen of the
congregation, with the American con-
sui, met us at the wharf and escorted
us to Mr.. Porter's house, where Miss
Reed and a number OF ladies were
waiting for us at the front gate. 10
order to comply with the national
ideas Of propriety, and In order that
Miss Reed might entertain us, n of
the lady members, Dona Antonio
Varella de Caryalho, came 10 stay
during our visit. Six years ago Dona
Antonio was a deyout RomanIst. Now
she is a Protestant saint and mother
in Israel. No wonder she loves Miss
Reed, because OF what she has done
for her daughter.
There are four native teachers In
the school, whom Miss Reed has train
ed In our best methods, until now they
can conduct the school and do fine
work, with her oversight and direc'
tlon. In a short while they will b.
prepared for independent work. The
one who has been longest In training
is bona Antonia's daughter, Sedronia
/, She is simply a lovely Christian girl
refined, intelligent, we'll hammered
; and in every way attractive. do no
, think / have seen a finer missiOnar.
work in Brazil than the training o
! these young women. The school ha
t about seventy tive pupils, among then
! the daughters Of the Governor anG
Z the federal Senator of the State 0
r Natal, sent with the full understand
: ing that the school was part Of tn
Protestant propaganda and every pu
e pill must study the Bible and thI
Shorter Catechism. While there W
[ made some plan for enlargement
r which | earnestly hope will not b
frustrated by wantof funds.
I'll IL is not a small thing for a lad
d missionary TO remain there a Who'll
year alone, while Mr.. and Mrs. Porte
are in the United States. But Mis-
Reed saws the people are 50 kind an
considerate and attentive, and til
work so interesting, that she finds n
very great hardship in it. There
there, also. the somewhat rare pbC
nomenou Of two English families VIII
are interested in the mission worl
and one Of the ladies assists Miss Rec
in the school.
There were good congregations a
n the church on Sunday morning an
ie evening, among them some Of tn
4 most substantial citizens OF the con
n munity. At the evening service
delivered our greeting through MI
Henderlite as interpreter, and at tn
clOse Of the service the congregatio
It sang the Portuguese version Of go
s be with you till we meet again. GU
y American consul playing the accom-
% paniment on the organ.
n On Monday, bringing Miss Rec
with us, we came back TO Parahybs
finding Messrs. Thompson and Won
Z eldOrf also on the steamer. The n
D. mainder Of the week was occuple
with the North Brazil mission NEE
e ing. The report OF the work in a
the coast cities Is encouraging, but
the interior, in many places, th
y fanatical opposition Of priests an
d people is such that the gospel can onl
be preached at the peril OF life. |
some places the priests employ pr
T fessional ~assasslns 70 do their work, iii
d the one that murdered Dr. Butler
Is native assistant at Garanhuns SON
S years ago.
vi While / write, Mr.. Henderllte
d reading a letter from sr. Machado,
!. young native preacher, who is now q
d a trip % the interior, telling Of u
stOning and the threats By which
,e was driven from the town OF Souza,
the State Of Parahyba, about twell
days horseback journey from her
as Such things reveal the fearful need
the work our missionaries are dUiT
here. Itisa hard problem that CO
fronts them, but | have not yet four
the one Of them that is discouraged
g Il. S. II. CHESTER.