The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-08-12

pOrteurs out of the country. Here
is Inc testimony of one Of the colpcr-
tours:
Inc feeling againSt the Americans
especially IN Salvador and Honduras.
ior Central American Ter
aitory IS nerce- The government Of
Salvador had tc close down one .r
W OF the native papers as they we're
really stirring up such feeling that
they even advocated the rising 10 #
the people OF Salvador and killin. eff
all the foreigners. Thousands OF hese
people believe that the Bible Society
and the missions working here are
SIMPLY preparing the way for the
American to take posses
sion. You can see how difficult this
makes 1t for us. Of course the men
in authority do not believe this, but
it is very generally believed among
others. The landing of American
troops and the presence of warships
all the time do not help this condi-
ton of things
1t seems that in Mexico and Central
America, d present conditions, ex-
perlenceS Of st. Paul in what is now,
Asia Minor, and in Rome are being
repeated. Here is the story Of two in
Honduras:
w have been arrested twice
once through the Roman priest fol
distributing Gospels OF Good Friday
and once through the ignorance Of the
local officials chasing US as unknown
travellers, although Modesto is a Hon
duranian, and we carried papers all in
order. We were made to return ovel
order. We were made to return Ove
mountain trails almost impossible
and were under arrest for three days
On account of revolution and famin,
we have suffered too. Three or fou1
Z times we lost our way. We have hat
to sleep out in the open on the noun
:. talnS, with no n near to help US
. Once we nearly lost one of our mule
!. while crossing one of the swift an,
. deep rivers. Another time my com
: panion fell into a mudhole, through
the mule falling there.
AT another place q tiger confront
: ed us in the road, and my two com
panions prayed to the Lord. and NOR
frightened perhaps than they, tn
tiger skulked off. One of our mule
> was bitten by a snake and another b
a spider, and will be lai
, up for a fortnight. In one of tn
. places we had to fight for days wi
pine branches against a fly Gale
'tabano,' as they suck the blood frol
= the animals, leaving them so wea
as to be impossible to work. AS it W.
they were covered with great DROP
a Of blood Vampires then take up tt
q. task at night, leaving large holes fro
e, which the blood streams. Twice "
IS were attacked by wild bes, who eitht
seemed to object to our presence {
% wished to take up their residence
re our hair, / don't know which,"
- After all of these things it is aston
ishing to learn from the Bible Socie
- reports, just made, a these cOlpo
:. teurs in Mexico alone sold last We;
" almost $4,000 Bibles, Testaments, al
Scripture portions, that the gener
ne trade by mail from Mexico brought 0
L ders for $500 more, and hat the tot
q, trade was more han $4,000 volume
We producing from this country, di
70 turbed as it has been, a money val
of $1,000. 1t is quite as astOnishil
ne that in Central America, the Panan
Canal Zone, and Colombia, Bible sal
IN were larger last year than ever. IT
sales were 31,472 books. Forty tho
:, sand miles were travelled by cope
tn teurs and 1900 towns visited.
It can be seen by this side light tn
President Wilson and our governme
~ have no light task. o have the Me
lean and Central American cover
ments light tasks either.
iE.