The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-05

I the war IN the Philippines Is but barely over.
the society shows that II has already trans
lated portions OF the Bible into TagRlog.
Visayan- Pampagna and uocano. the most
widely spoken native languages, OF which
moo copies have been distributed.
Besides the copies OF the gospel printed
IN the native dialects IAN thousand Bibles
printed in the Spanish language have been
distributed throughout the Philippines. But
as the Superintendent OF Education in the
irlsnds has reported that % per cent OF the
Inhabitants cannot read the Spanish Ian
Euage. the work of translating the books OF
the Bible into the native dialects - being
pushed as rapidly as possible. Before the
close OF the year II is expected that the en-
tire New Testament Will be translated into
TaEalOg. Pampansa and llocano. The MINI
colporteurs Il the society IN the Philippines
Travelled during the last year ass miles and
visited 16I towns These men travelso
alone IN the most deSolato country. across
mountains and down rushing. deep flowing
rivers. and underwent great hardships ara
dangers. almost all OF them having nu-
nsrous uarrcw eScapes from death
UARD WORK IN PHILIPPINES
The experiences OF . coi7orteur OF tho
Efbi. ecciety IN the Philsppt=es Is shown
by the recital OF two o. .hese agentS, Bear
and Turner. who IN their report say:
While canvassing ST. Thomas on Mon
day We heard OF 4 fiesta that was to be
held al Rcsario. We inquired about trains
psrtation and found that the only way was
by OK cart. the distSnce SONS seventeen
miles over the mountains. We had cam
vassed al day and were weary. but
thought We would be able to sleep on the
cart as Il ratified sipnE. So we started.
but had not made three miles befors the
OK began to show EiEns Of being tired. ana
tie driver Insisted that II We wished 70
reach our Destination we must walk AFTER
a few h0grs tramp We halted at q group
Of slscEs en- tho mountain Stda ana
changed the tired animal for = fresh one.
Tie road heEan to ne rousA and steep, and
W. nsec a sure footed and steady BEAST
ard found We had Just the opposite. A.
We void start down a hii into a Bu'eh the
OK would 20 his own gait and give u =
most uncomfortable tolting Finally We
reached a high ridge VIZ a steep decline
on the other eide. with a bridge over ths
stream at the bottom. As usual. We veEf
down With a rush. and q sharp tuin ONE
tks LridSe was too much fer the cart, snd
over II went. scattering our boxes down
the sulch side. II was dark. and we were
Obliged TO make q Right and gather what
We could OF our books together. II there
had been water IN the stream IL would have
been A total loss. We were delayed about
two hours and started on with a broken
axle. This We had tied UP with strips 81
cane. and It held until we were within two
miles of Rosario. Then the driver went On
20 borrow another cart while We threw our
selves on the ground and slept. We mad9
good sales In Rosario the first day. on
the second day the padre came and we scId
less. When We came 10 the presidente fot
transportation to the next town he sent
runners cut into the bills and theySrought
In some ICoTrotes wild Mn menu. who cars
ried our boxes while we uudgCd on After
travelling some nine miles we succeeded. n
finding a cart and sent the Isorrotes back.T