The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-10-04
EN- ROUTE TO BRAZIL

The following letter written by Rev. |
G. b. Dawsey, who preached on one |
occasion recently at Dials church, will |
be read with interest by many of those |
who heard him besides others who
know Of him as a missionary to Brazil
supported by the Spartanburg District
Of the Upper South Carolina Metho-
dist Conferences
Steamship Southern Cross"
Lat. O., Long. Al.
am sending to my friends O little
message from the border line of the
equator. We shall cross it within the
next few moments, or may be we have
already done so. QIoweyer I have
felt no special bump Of the ship.) You
would think Of it as being unbearabIy
hot here, yet it is quite comfortable on
board. There has been no noticeable
change on the ship since we left New
York as far as the heat is concerned.
We are SO far out on the ocean--threo
or four hundreds miles from the coast
that it is not easy to detect changes
in climate.
Thus far the Lord has been with
and has led us. We left New York on
the 22nd Of July. Our steamer the
Southern Cross" sailed out of the
harbor about six o'clock in the after
noon. The putting out to sea, for
| those going to foreign country, is
an experience not easily forgotten. The
| giving up of native land and the many
friends dwelling there is no easy
task. Our leaving this time was made
easier by the presence Of nephew
| and his wife, who came down to the
pier to tell us last bood bye We
shall never forget the inspiration Of
their faces as they stood on the shore
and waved their handkerchefs as the
| Southern Cross" made her way out
of the harbor and started on her long
Journey to the land Of the Southern
Cross" Thank God for those who
stand on the shore line of the home
land and pray for us who try to carry
the message Of love to our friends In
Brazil.
A large number of recruits are 60
ing out with us-25 in our party, I be-
lieve. OF this number three mission
aries and their families are returning.
They are the Kennedys, Borchers and
Dawseys. Three new families are go
ing out for the first time. They are
the Carrs, the 'Taylors and the Man
chesters. OF the Womans Council
Misses Epps and Brown are returning:
Then there are Misses Brown, Caudill,
Clark and Hardy that are going out as
new recruits for our school work. All
of the new ones impressed us as be-
ing workers Of whom our church
should be proud, and doubt not but
that they are going to make successful
missionaries. You will be interested
to know that two Of these new workers
are originally from South Carolina.
Mr.. Manchester lived for some time in
Spartanburg, his father being musical
director for a number OF years Of Con-
verse College. Miss Brown is from
Sumter and lived there until about
two years ago when her mother moved
to Atlanta. South Carolina Method
ism has made a large contribution to
our missionary enterprise in Brazil.
| have been kept busy on board try
ing to help Mrs. Dawsey see after the
! children, but even so | have found
time to read a number of good books.
Among others, "The Case Against
Spiritualism." by Stoddard, and "a
Handful Of Stars" by Boreham. I am
interested in sDiritualism because it
is one Of the great problems that we
are now having to face in Brazil.
Greater In many respects than the
problem of Romanism. Few Of the
leaders Of South America woull Try
to defend Rome today yet there are
quite n number who do Jafend Spirit
ualism. The last book mentioned "a
Handful OF Stars" is one Of the most
inspirational that have read IN many
day. Mr.. Boreham Is ono of the
great inspiratiOnal writers OF today
This is a fast American steamer on
which we are sailing. It belongs 20
the, Munson Line of steamers. We
ought, therefore, to reach Rio de Ia
nelro by Thursday, August tho 3rd.
Amsglad that very soon am to take
upsSagain my work IN the great state
ofs8Sao Paulo. ] believe that there