The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-07-21

could do was 10 csrry on the achoolA
We found that the people wanted To
learn English. and the Rev. William
Taylor opened A chain Of schools all
along the west coast. from Guasa-
quiz. IN Ecuador. 10 Conception. In
chile. At one time we had sixteen
schools and all of these were sup
ported by the buttons received OF
late the governments have lsen more
interested in education and the schools
have been cut down to ten
In Bolivia the intercs Of the gov
eminent In the educational work OF
the Methodist Church Is SO great that
1T has recently made N annual grant
or $4,000 for supportiI tao Of our
boarding and day schools and IL ex-
poets 10 add something toward tho
support Of a girls school on similar
lines We have IN a Fax the Ameri-
can Institute. with three Of four hun
dred students This tx the largest
school OF its kind IN tn. republic.
The new girls school will be At
Coohabamba. a town of 50. 900 people.
on the eastern slope OF the Andes
about l4o miles from la Pax"
| asked Bishop Stuntz about tho
mission work in Peru He replied
Inc outlook Is encouraging. Tho
Peruvian congress has Just passed a
law by a vote OF &c to 4 granting lab
erty OF worship throughout the re-
pubic This the people have not
had until now. although missions have
been established in certain localities.
Now the missionaries can go wher-
ever they please. and there will be
plenty OF opportunity to do work
among the indians. A We'll as among
the other classes of the people. hi
Is regarded as a great step toward
freedom OF worship Ecuador Sc
cured religious liberty six years ago.
L hn A ~ -
nearly thirty years ago and Uru-
quay still earlier. Brazil has not only
granted religious liberty. bat il has
no established union of church and
l. State"
But has all this been he work Of
the missionariesr"
What do you think OF South
America along ethical lines? Is there
not an intellectual and moral awak-
ening in progress"
Yes. to a large extent. DR.. Thorn
as *. Wood. Cond by DIR. Trum-
bull Of Valparaiso. has worked for
the liberalizing movement in all Of
the countries and it is largely due Ia
his efforts that religious liberty has
been secured. 1t must be remember
ed, however. that many OF the South
American men do not believe in any
religion. They put themselves down
: in the census as atheists or agnostics.
Indeed. 1t is safe to say that there are
? at least Is. 900, 900 Of the South Amer
? lean people n are without any re-
ligious faith at all.
n Are Protestant missionaries vel
come in South America
e Not by the people as d whole. al
though they are welcomed by some 81
s the governments. Still this is chang
n ing. Last winter the Protestant Sun
o day school society of BuenoS Aire:
held a demonstration. There wer,
e 1.400 Sunday school scholars an(
teachers present and among the guest
e were the leading members OF the AT
n gentine congresses. the editors Of tn
y daily newspapers and the members o
h the diplomatic corps. The wonderfI
work this branch is DIN for tn
moral welfare of the Argentine peopl
came as a revelation to many OF tn
q citizens.
e Yes. You car see evidences OF
in the interest of all the government
a in education. They are a%ppropriat
. ing more for the schools. and thei
plans for the next five years includ
increases Of more than 100 per cent
IS Another proof is the greater numbe
OF young men who are going :
n Europe and the United States f.
higher education. We have now owe
q 100 students from Latin America j
Cornell University alone. and Their
l. are others in many other college
Most Of these young men are Studyin
a engineering of one kind or other"
N FRANK G. CARPENTER.