Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-26

peace comes, what shall we do? Would that my church, which has greater evangelistic spirit than others should say, let us strengthen the foundations we have laid in Mexico.
 The European people discounted the opening of the Panama canal. They said the railroad corporations. had America by the throat The only thing which is as funny as hearing Amer jeans discuss Europe is hearing Euro peanS discuss America-but in the ele- gant language of Dooiey: Glory bel It don't" although we have not as yet sensed it's effect
 Great South America.
 Our business is to get acquainted with the words South America When we meet foreigners we are apt to say You've g. nice little country here" But when you go to South America don't try any of those tricks, for the boot is on the other leg You can put the whole of the United States into Brazil and leave two TexaSes over, and acre for acre it is better watered and better for agriculture. There is room there to find new roomers yet, but there is never room enough to lose an ex-president.
 Then Argentina exports more corn and more beef than the United States: the climate is ideal, the soil rich, the river basins numerous, to say nothing of It's minerals. Then there's Chile, 2,70O miles of coast line, fine lands, mineral riches-why. in one spot they have a mountain of iron ore, take ft up with a scoop shovel It is posst- lively beyond the imagination to see the future of Chile.
 Peru the land of the Incas, Bolivia. Columbia one of the great beauty lands of the earth, and compeIlingfy attractive to the man looking for good soil.
 IITiterate and iIIesitin1ate.
 Yet in Brazil, with its wonderful op- portunities, S5 per cent. are illiterate, over 50 per cent. ilegitmate, In Ar gentina 50 per cent illiterate and more illegitimate In Colombia it is hard to tell In the great university at Buenos Ayres it is difficult to find a single pro lessor who doesn't openly sheer at re- vealed religion. Agnosticisn1 Is deep ening into inf1delity everywhere
 Must Furnish MoraIizine Influences.
 The Monroe doctrine is practically a 'rbig brother attitude. When we keep the German flag out of Brazil, however, we keep out also the mora1iZing infu- ences that accompany 1t The two most luminous spots in South Anretca are British and Dutch Guiana from c religious and civilized standpoint The thing the big brother should do is to take into his councils some of the rest
 
 am coming to. What I am coming to is this: We owe it to South American republics to furnish them with the moralizing influences without which they will not be able to take the place 1 they should.
 Our forces in South America sre bs- ing splendidIy led. The Panama a. nal forces rethinking over the South American situation. And when South America becomes evangelized and joins with us we'll be facing Africa on one side and Asia on the other, and the mighty Apostle of God will have been born on this great Pan American con- tinent."
 Around the Mediterranean. pr. Oldham then reviewed conditions around the Mediterranean, saying that greater strides had been made in the last ten years than at any time since Paul, and stating that the Mohamnae- dan religion, the only religion which h not non-ChriStian, but anti-Chr1Scan. is now ready to sit down and talk te over. The speaker told briefly but feel ingiy of conditions in India and China. and concluded his address with the re- mark that the greatest day of God that ever was born is just at the hori- zon, and it is about in the morning Presently the dawn will come, and there will be light which vii bathe both the hemispheres. That day can be hastened or retarded by the fidelity or lack of fidelity of Gods people," Programme for Thursday. Today's programme includes a con- ference session at S.50 a. m.. another at ? in the afternoon on Church Meth ods an address at by Bishop Hender- son a seminary banquet at 5-S0, and an evening session at 7.5o. The open air meeting at ' p. nl- will be continued throughout the conference.