The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-04-26
Panama and Costa Rica


u.s. After breakfast we were again OIL 10
look at the work Of the Zone, Of which we
will speak later.
Wednesday night We had called spe-
cial meeting Of the Panama church for We'd
nesday night, The services were livelys
the members had gotten used to us and at
this meeting they began to be responsive
and occasionally we could hear an "amen"
among the members. We began to feel like
we were at home We then informed the
members that Thursday morning we would
go to Colon and would sail at three o'clock
for New Orleans. We shook hands atfec-
tionately with the members and officers, and
assured them that either we or represen-
tative of our Board would possibly visit the
Zone annually, or at least every two years.
We assured them of the interest of the
Board in their work, and that we hope to
increase our forces upon the Zone.
We again found our way to the bedroom
and about twelve o'clock we had fallen
asleep. At five o'clock Thursday morning
we were up and had our coffee and were on
the train. Mr.. and Mrs. Thourbourne were
with us. We had taken through passage
for Colon, and after many scenes reached
Colon at eight o'clock. Here we found
Lawyer Darlington and many others wait
to his Office first and then to his home where
we had Colon breakfast which was await
ing us. 1t was very acceptable, for we had
been used to eating just a little earlier. So
we made up time and tried to put in both
breakfast and dinner. Carriages were or
dered and we began hurriedly to see the
city and the surrounding country, spending
the day proftably to our work until three
o'clock, at which time the ship was to sail.
In the meantime we had learned that the
steamship Mexican of the Leland Line had
arrived in port from Liverpool en- route to
New Orleans; that it would sail Saturday
at twelve o'clock and would call at the port
of Costa RIGA and would reach Port Limon
at eight o'clock Sunday morning. This gave
us great pleasure and we changed our plans
of sailing by way of the United Fruit Com
pany's route to that of the Leland Line, ac-
cepting passage on the steamship Mexican,
and thereby had another day in Colon. Buy
ing our ticket and arranging our baggage,
we then had the time before us.
Returning to Lawyer Carrington's home,
we found six o'clock dinner waiting for us.
After dinner we accepted an invitation to
visit the Club. Here we met gentlemen too
numerous to mention. Not one of them,
however, was a church member. All had
been members of the church, but confessed
that they had lost all confidence and inter-
est in the church, and informed us that in
case colored ministers would take hold of
colored congregations they could and would
renew their interest.
From the Club we were invited to go over
to the closing exercises of Prof Curr's
school. This is an independent school once
supposed to have been under the auspices
of the Home Mission Board OF the Southern
Baptist Convention. We found the school
exercises being conducted in the Episcopal
hall, which was crowded to i+s utmost ca
pacity. We learned from others that Prof.
Curr was very popular as teacher and
lnat he had a large subscription school
though Independent from either government
or the church. We had never met Prof.
Curr, but someone reported our presence
and one of the managers introduced us to
him and he insisted on us making short
talk. One can readily imagine how embar-
raised we were. We could have nothing to
say more than to inform the teachers and
scholars that we were publishers of Sunday
school literature for children; that we were
deeply interested in educational work and
public welfare; that we were there to see and
not to be seen; that we were there to hear
and not to be heard; that we could not fully
express our mission, but hoped to be pre-
pared to talk some day in the future.
We returned to the home of Lawyer Car
rington and it was time to pass around the
beds. We arose Friday morning and again
Mrs. Darlington, that princess of house
wives and American ladies, had our coffee
waiting for us. After coffee we wanted to
take advantage of the cool of the day and
see more of Colon. Here we found what
seemed to us to be the same pony we had
left in Panama City, so we began to iabber
with the man, but finally had to cali Rev.
Thourbourrne and Mr.. Darlington to talk
for us. Arrangements were made and we
had an opportunity to see Eastern Colon be-
fore breakfast. Returning again to the
. home, we had ten o'clock breakfast and
Lawyer Darlington left for the courts in
Empire.
Rev. Thourbourne and the writer eot
themselves in order and arranged for trir
: through Cristobia. We went first to the
: ruins of the Baptist church and then to