, 1907-05-10

the United States, giving a brief his.
tory Of the church for the past three
hundred years. The speaker told of
the planting of the church at James.
town and its gradual spread to Penn
sylvania, the Jerseys, and finally to
New England, where it suffered hard
ships during the Revolutionary war.
the ministers %clinging to the English
crown through those trying times and
greatly depicting the church and hin.
dering its work.
Brazilian Missionary Present.
/ But tile principal event Of the even
ing was the splendid address by DR..
Brown, the Brazilian missionary, who
told of the work being done in that re-
public, whose area is slightly larger
than that of the whole of the United
States. DR.. Brown had been at the
Boise n vention of the past week and
is now on his way east. He referred
to the conditions of the church in the
west n said that he had a great love
for the field here, wishing sometimes
that he might settle here and take mp
with the work. Brazil, he said, has a
promising field and he and three otn.
ers are working with success, spread
ing the word and building churches,
until now the Episcopal church has a
firm and lasting foothold.
Something Of Brazil.
Not the least interesting feature of
DIR. Browns address was that relating
to the country itself. He told some
thing of the history of Brazil, from its
discovery in the year following the
discovery of the northern continent by
Columbus, and Of the political history
under the empire and later under the
republic, beginning with 1889, when
the emperor was overthrow and a
constitution very similar to hat of
the United States was set up. Brazil,
the doctor said, with all due loyalty to
his native land, was one of the
greatest countries on the globe, with
every possibility known to man. 1t has
all sorts of climate, a vast area of well
watered and immensely fertile land,
it a produce the worlds supply of
cotton and does produce nine-tenths Of
the worlds supply of rubber.
Greatest River on Earth.
The Amazon river the speaker said,
was the most remarkable stream
known to a With it's huge tribu-
taries it furnishes navigable way for
twenty-eight thousand miles and its
fresh waters extend for 100 miles into
the ocean. The valley of the Amazon
is a great country for settlement, and
DR.. Brown predicted that when the tide
of emigration, as it must in time,
reaches the limit westward, it will set
in toward the Land of the Holy Cross,
and the eighteen millions Of Brazillians
will be swelled to many more millions.
There is no arid belt in the republic,
and the development along the lines
of civilization is proceeding, with ulti-
mate hope Of becoming, as he before
remarked, n Of the greatest repub-
lies in the worlds history.
Church's Work There.
OF the work of the mission Of his
church in Brazil DR.. Brown grew elo-
l orrant rSpintin0 D,f thot tho fnha hitonfc
are accepting the faith and perform
ing with their whole hearts and hands
the work Of the Master in hat broad
vineyard. He told of the building of
churches and the extension of the
work of the Sunday school, the help
Of the natives with their purses, the
communicates of the church in the re-
public contributing $13 PEI capita last
year. The Sunday schools. the Broth
erhood of st. Andrew and the other or
CARNATIONS Of the church are coming
to be a great source Of help, sustaining
the missionaries and adding to the
number by educating Their own youth
n Sendlng them out as TO
build new churches.
Would Like to Hear More.
When DR.. Brown closed he was ask
ed a number of questions. TO which he
replied with grace and dignity, point.
ing out things his questioners would
like to hear more about and enlarging
upon the work being done. The eli
mate, he said, was ideal in places and
one could find in the vast area Of the
republic any sort of weather he want
ed. The public schools are not III to
the high standard of Argentina, but
they were improving. The people are
Portuguese by descent and are pro.
gressive and en%terprising, and are rap
idly learning the ways Of the world
and getting into commercial contact
with other people. They will evolve
a better school system in time.