Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-01-24

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sp ssnia Fe De Boso'a' Jan . -'''
protestantIsm is tolerated III
, coo~bIa, and even in measu ,,en ~ IN
coony. ,be Liberal government IN
is''eo y ,.,tn all other forms OF rell-
conpv' e regarded with horror by 'ne
T0p :, large, who consider SOUS
peOp's 80 % Given over to such here'ieal
.na. ..' 4, as lost beyond redemption a
S %..lonary in colombia tells me ;. now ,SNSn
l Il'. woman came to him one dayweep-
900, w., hrokenIy but obeylng her nus
ps n order bringing baby in her
pau ,.hlob she offered to sell to him.
al'"' ,Ss service Of the devil" for the
~ ',' aos pesos y medla,-two dollars
s Sa,r a i haIfl She firmly believed as 40
aua ! o,hors in Colombia, that the mis-
ms" .A.s are employed by the deVil
'''' nahe, IN souls to his lower King
49,, probably the maternal instinct
y S as strongly developed in these South
,no,,con women, as in mothers OF olh-
q races the world over; but the hapi'
~ blind obedience to the husband Is
s,,oncer He may be lazy, drunken
s,rsl esloot, subsisting entirely upon
\. meaeer earnings OF his better
vl le,r ond heating her every day; but
s sa i, The literal lord and master, by
m.s Nv custom, and his orders may
noi be galnsaid, Even among the
iorst classes, have seen many beau
TAX eyamules Of the mother-love that
,rn S' snfter all things for the helpless
,WtIs ones, but the more degraded OF
,se Moor creatures have so many chill
N,or labor so insessantly and are SO
Snngrv and hopeless that II Is no Won
Ssr human instincts die out OF them.
lam tolA mat IN thousands Of cases In
nnts are left to shift for themselves az
COON as they are able to walk, TO nye
or Ale--assl Dlos Quere cas- God wllls),
ss their parents would piously remark
n onestIoned on the subject. And thus
Inc noble army Of beggars that swarm
tbe streets OF Bogota is perennially re-
rfulted.
4 former American consul tells q
story which admirably illustrates the
character Of these people, He was rid
Inc one day In the suburbs OF a Co
lonban city. when his horse accident
INV ran over and killed a child that
was lying asleep In the road, its naked
and brown body completely hidden in
Inc sand. OF course he was stricken
with horror and remorse, and hunting
up the mother, gave her all the money
ne happened to have about him,
amounting to about forty dollars, 70
assuage her grief, A few days later,
riding along the same road, he saw an
other baby asleep In the sand In the
same place where the previous one was
killed and a little farther on another,
and another DismOunting TO investi-
rate, he found the road lined with ba-
hes half hidden in the Sandstone
asleep, some tied securely in flat bas-
kets so that they could not scramble
cut OF tho way Of an approaching
horse. Il was clear that there were
many mothers who We're more than
willing 10 part with their offspring for
liberal compensation,
Throughout all SpanIsh-Amerlca the
death Of a child seems to be matter
Of rejoicing rather than OF sorrow-the
idea being that The little one not hay-
Ing arrived at years Of discretion, must
therefore De without sin, ana In no dam
ger Of purgatoryi whereas, had ii been
permitted to live longer Quien sabe
what might have been its eternal fut-
ure small corpse Is always spoken
Of as oira angellt0 Canother little an
eel), and lts funeral Is a feast, with |
cheerful music and sometimes dane
iHg.
The only Protestant place OF worship |
IN Bogota Is the Scotch Presbyterian |
mlsIonhouse which occupies what used |
TO be printing office, Rickety CALLER |
les adon both sides and at the farther |
end afe two windows. set very high up, !
away above the raised platform which /
holds a reading desk and a wheezy |
harmonum. The services are mostly |
conducted Ia Spanish, for the benefit |
OF considerable number Of native con- |
yerls Odd enough It sounds 10 hear
lhe same old home-tunes, endeared by |
80 many associations Rock OF Ages"
Jesus Lover Of My Soul" "Old Hun
lred' etc, rendered with words OF a |
,oItign tongue and odder yet the
Lorl $ Prayer repeated In concert BY |
tne congregation; Oar nos este dla |
hgss'To PAN and all the rest OF II.
Speaking Of churches. perhaps the
llosl curious in Bogota Is that which |
sanellers Our Lady Of the Cliff" Like
o .a,r intensely Catholic communities,
o ulls mas It's miraculous virgin. which |
corresponds to the Mexican Guadalupe, |
", ue french Lady Of Lourdes. the Span.
~. ~ IGN de los Remedies. or Others OF
wv, we numerous forms in which the mo-
t ,.sr Of Christ IS said to have revealed
Hyisel " TO man, This lady OF the Cliff
", mas discovered By an Indian carved
vi 'he lace OF an almost inaccessible