The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-06-03
MISSIONARY WORK
In South America BY q Bates
County Man and His Wife.

so write 80 you soout our work IN
Brazil for some time, but one who is
In the work has very little time TO
correspond, even wish ones home
people. With the weight of thous-
ands OF souls, wish work from morn.
ing to night for seven days In she
week the days come and go with a
swiitness shat is alarming.
Mrs. Christie and | have been In
Brazil one year and six months. ]
have become BrsIilisniEed 30 the ex
tent that csn travel day after day
In the Gun and rain, can sleep In a
mud house full Of chickens, pigs,
goats aud big hungry feas. Am
growing Fat on beans, rice and mush,
In mission work there are trials
many and severe, and also joys that
cannot be told.
The first year We worked In Rio de
Janeiro helping in the evangelissiC
work and teaching some, mostly
English, In the Rio College. We came
to Friburgo summer resort In she
mountains TO spend the hot season
and have decided TO make this our
home and work In the Campos Mis-
sion.
So far as the Baptist are concern
ed work was begun In this mission 10
the city OF Campos In she year 1890
and from that day to this the Lord
has, In the face OF many difficulties
blessed the missionaries giving them
constant and glorious victories.
The progress OF the mission has
been great and solid. We commenc
ed the year with an institute for the
workers and the evangelistic outlook
Ia bright indeed. ln 1908 there were
379.bsptisms, the churches contrib
uted $4,000 and the development,
as to doctrine and discipline has
been remarkable. We have mis-
sion about the size OF South Caro-
lima, fourteen churches with mem
bership OF 1461, some fifteen very
promising preachers and one hun
dred and ten out stations where
preaching lie maintained with regu
larity.
The greatest trial OF missionary
lie is being from home. The month
OF March l spent travelling through
a part OF the mission. Twenty-Five
days nearly oil mule back took ne
through some of the most beautiful
country that Tod has created. IL
these mountains we have some
churches that are developing very
rapidly. One church five months old
has a membership OF nearly two
hundred. On this trip met several
who had been converted before hear.
ing a preacher. One who found a
New Testament in the road, read
and was converted. Another who
lsought and found peace without
knowing how or from whence, but
when he heard the Gospel for the
first time he knew that It was Christ
that had given him the peace and
made profession ofisithimmediately
On this twenty-five days trip l trav.
eled $50 miles, more than hall OF II
on mule back, preached % times, to
about 1000 people, many Of whom
heard the Gospel for the first time
and baptized 20 into the fellowship
Of the church. The result OF the work
OF all the men was l 500 miles travel.
ed, 1875 sermons preached, 300 pas.
toral visits, 456 personal talks with
sinners, $40 tracts distributed, 4S
baptized and 25S persons interested
In their salvation.
We are planning on opening up
several new fields during the year Il
we can get the money to pay the
men. These fields are very promising
and the time is ripe for opening them
up. We expect to begin q mission
school as soon as We can find time
and the means to carry on THU
work. There is q splendid opening
here in Friburgo among the best
people for q school. They are tired
Of the Priest school and are willing
to entrust their children to us ever
II they are not willing to accept
the Gospel.
We are getting along very well
We have good health and are abb
to do some little work now. I hav,
been away from home a great dea
and will have to be away q gree