The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-05-10

our shower OaIn, IOr shower UdLllS atS an
the 90 in this country, the clerk OF the
church and some of the officers had come IN
to meet US and the lady directly notified DR..
Forde that his breakfast was ready. Of
course, we repeated breakfast. We said,
"Why. doctor, you mean dinner" He said
that we could call it what we would, but they
had coffee in the morning and breakfast
at this time. We went down to the dining
room and here we found a regular Costa
Rican breakfast. We had fruits of all de-
scriptions Cocoa coffee, eggs, bread and
many other diets which have Spanish npmes
that we cannot recall But we attempted
to do justice to the breakfast.
DR.. Forde then began to drill us around
the city, We said that we were there to
see, and therefore, would pay the hack
bills. He gave us a significant laugh and
shrug Of the shoulders and asked us if we
knew where we were. We told him that
the captain told us it was Port Limon. Rev.
Forde said that that was true and he point
ed to large church and asked if we knew
what it was. We told him it looked like a
church. He told US that it was Baptist
church, that the song books, Bible and Sun
day-school periodicals were sent regularly
from the National Baptist Publishing Board
that were used in that building, and it would
be violation of Baptists laws for the secre-
tary of that Board to come to Costa RIGA and
spend money for seeing the country; that
if we had any surplus missionary money to
just tie it up in a sack and carry it back to
that ship with us; that the bills were to be
paid by him and his. We said that the Lord
must be in that land
The Doctor asked us to tell him when we
became exhausted with heat, We said to
him that he would break down and fall
asleep before we did, that we were drunk
on curiosity and intoxicated with pleasure,
to such an extent that we could neither
sleep nor get tired. From that time until
six o'clock we scarcely sat down five minutes.
We walked to and fro and rode up and
down, but when we would get to the suburbs
we noticed that the victorias would stop.
We asked the Doctor what it meant. He
said it was the end Of the road. He then
informed US that Costa RIGA had no roads.
After leaving the city limits there were
trails where only one horse, or animal, or
one person could walk, one after the other,
in Indian style.
After dining, he carried us again to call
on certain gentlemen Of business standing.
We went to the home of Mr.. Beckett, whose
family had been considerable readers of our
papers and magazines from the States, but
who were members of the Episcopal Church.
Here they sat tea again and we had green
tea with the hostess, after which we re-
turned to the church to the Christian En-
deavor. The pastor apologized and said
that if it could have been announced we
would be there the church building would
have been filled. We had an occasion to
measure the church inside. 1t was SO feet
long and 40 feet wide. We asked Dr. Forde
if this auditorium was ever filled. He said
it was on every Sunday night and on all i'm
portant occasions he could not find standing
room for his congregation. We asked him
ii the Spanish natives attended his church.
He informed us they did not. We asked him
if the white Americans who seemed to be
so numerous there, attended church and if
there were any Baptists among them. He
said there were possibly one or two persons
who claimed they were either Baptists or
their people were Baptists in the States, but
they were never seen at church. He said
that there was not a white American or
English Baptist in the city and possibly not
in the Republic. We found that Pastor
forde had his people well drilled. We
talked to the young people as best we could
and had good service. We found them
great lovers Of music
Early Friday morning we were up, caught
the five o'clock train and saw some of the
country, the banana, cocoanut and coffee
farms. We find that the colored Baptists
have churches or mission stations in Costa
Rica, Port Limon, Philadelphia, Zent, CHR
ripo, Madre-de-Dios, Cimarrones, Matino,
Guacima Germania, Pocora, Outstation, San
Francisco Outstation, Turrialba, Changui-
nola East, Ghanguinola West and Hewetton.
These fifteen stations have irregular serv-
ices by lay-preachers. or catechizers and
Pastor Forde and Pastor A. M. Mcdonald.
These two colored pastors have the over
sight of these places, with Rev. E. C. Nat
. man of Bocas del Toro to assist them.
: Friday evening at six o'clock we climbed
the ship again and made ready to SAIL In
more proper description of the religious
a work in future we may have cause to more
> properly explain some of these points.
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