The Republican journal., 1903-01-15

bs !" w. snopdence of The Journal.]
.'p'" -. nf BoGoTA, Dec. 3rd, 1902.
ssN! profestantism is tolerated in
lt''p- and even in a measure pro-
90a +,e Liberal government in
sf' oftaau other forms of religion,
aaa'1 r1.d with horror by the peo-
81 -s, Who consider souls that
de aver to such heretical doc
Sc last beyond redemption. a
idp' " Gin colombia tells me how a
piss ''s an -gme to him one day, weep
ea .l+o.rnly but obeying her hus-
ss bnnglng baby in her
a50 .oe offered to sell to him,
5a' service Of the devil" for the
3' w .. p,,os Y media-two dollars
1D Size firmly believed, as do
at' r. In colombia, that the
y'9 .-. are employed by the devil
:" souls TO his lower kingdom.
maternal instinct is as
a s.oped in these South
uau as in mothers OF
'y' as world over, but the
N. .i... .uedence to the husband
lumay be a lazy, drunken,
.b5Isting entirely upon
4mngs of his "better
ug her every day: but
'- ord and master, by law
-.. nd his orders may not
Fygu among the lowest
.1, Seeu many beautiful
.u .Ur mother-love that will
um-- ior the helpless little
~ t- more degraded of the
ge. lave so many children,
s.5. sanity and are so hungry
HAT it is no wonder hu-
-s.-..-, die out of them. | am
-...s. . -nmsduds of cases infants
.5 tor themselves as soon
..5.,a. eo. To walk, to live or die,
.f... ...rp. as God wills, as
ss rnus would piously remark if
...-.n4d u he subject. And thus
i. o.5s aa Of beggars that swarm
.ssr-t. }ogota is perennially re-
r4.a
..,., american Consul tells a
.,r aaa admirably illustrates the
..-s-s .hese people. He was rid
...o. .,e u the suburbs of a Colon
,9r aOfu his horse accidentally
..r ... ,,d Killed a child that was
oo5 ssr the road, its naked and
rovn l, completely hidden in the
az tIt curse he was stricken with
1roT a,. iem0rSe, and hunting up the
mI4. .vr aer all the money he hap
a,. q. H+ iDOut him, amounting to
b.ttatr dollars to assuage her grief.
-at..a- o III. riding along the same
a. N mother baby asleep in the
mq F., same place where the pre-
......a- >l]Ied; and a little farther
rt.... .Q another. Dismounting
,-.... .r-. he found the road lined
-- r..- at-hldden in the sand
lm- some tied securely in fiat
4a.r .Ey they could not scramble
--.. t. .,y of All approaching horse.
u- that there were many
0.-- .Uu scre more than willing to
ut .Cr offspring for a liberal
All ~panish-America the
.+. ...f.I seems to be a matter of
....- 4er than of sorrow-the
a- ut the little one, not hav-
t-u-. al Years of discretion, must
-t5. without sin, and in no
"-r .. Wrgatory; whereas, had it
ed led to live longer, quien
.- .t Lat have been its eternal
u. small corpse is always
Ds. otra angelita (''another
1 and its funeral is a feast,
.Rl music and sometimes
...a.e rorestant place of worship
Ht- rs the Scotch Presbyterian
.l Tse. which occupies what
81" a printing office. Rickety
aHr-. 4n both sides and at the
III #, H. ale two windows, set very
& We way above the raised plat
N W- tolds reading desk and a
lveF .4monium. The services are
oa.1 "H3ucted in Spanish, for the
ladiu! 'Jusiderable number of ma
I'VE converts. odd enough it sounds
.e1. ,Ae same old home-tunes, en-
'ie by ST. many associations Rock
Ages Jesus, Lover of my Soul,"
Ut" i4nd}el,' etc.,-7epdered with
'!S '. foreign tongue: and odder
'' 'at Lom8 Prayer, repeated in con-
'7 'y ile aggregation: "Dar nos este
ID auestn pan" and all the rest of it.
'F1aE'ag If churches, perhaps the
'e. .or"ls in Bogota is that which
5 .4's Nlr Lady of the Cliff" Like
t-i la'"nsely Catholic communities,
Ills las ts miraculous Virgin, which
'''toad6 TO the Mexican Guada-
''F7 .le French Lady of Lourdes, the
t''asH Virgin de los Remedies, or
''5is ut the numerous forms in which
F A''hel Of Christ is said to have re-
'''.N hrlseit TO man. This Lady of