The daily record., 1952-03-05
ERWIN EPISCOPAL GROUP
HEARS ADDRESS ON BRAZIL

Lovely spring mowers including
a beautiful basket of red gladioli,
and fern added a touch of spring to
the atmosphere for the occasion.
The meeting opened with very
impressive devotional by Mrs. Henry
C. Lee. This was followed by the
Apostles Greed and the auxiliary
prayers.
Mrs w. E. Adair introduced Mrs.
P. B. Smith and Miss Irene Pierson
of Raleigh. Mrs. Smith who IS
chairman of the district Of Wake
told the group that the district
meeting would be held at st. Phil
lips church in Durham on May the
Sth. This will be Joint meeting
with two other districts. The OUT
standing speaker at this meeting
will be Mrs. Taliaferro, who at one
time was president of the Diocese
of Massachusetts, but Is now re-
tired and living in Virginia.
Miss Pierson, who is Secretary OF
Christian Education in the district
urged the ladies to come to the
Womans auxiliary conference at
Wade Mecune June 8-l3.
Mrs. Adair then turned the meet
ing over to Mrs. ]. L. Wade, who
in turn turned it over TO Mrs. w.
H. Twyford Sr !
Mrs. rwyford introduced Mrs.
z. v. Snipes OF Rocky Mount VINO
was guest speaker for the evening.
Mrs. Snipes spoke very interest
ingly to the group using as her
subject Brazilian Destiny"
Mrs. Snipes began her talk by
giving history of Brazil from the
days of the early settlements. which
! she stated were stimulated by the.
sugar industry, and by the INDIAN
slaves pushing into the Andes and
discovering gold. The people OF.
Brazil speak Portuguese while the
people of thu ,ther south Ameri-
can Countrie: speak Spanish.
She went O. to say that the
constitution which is similar to-
that of the United States was a.
dopted in n.e early eighteen hun
dred, and that to-day, Brazil
stands siG!, by side with other
democratic .orms of government.
Color in Brazil" the speaker
pointed o-s is no handicap to a
/ socially weA-Chy person. They are
people of great culture. but still
there is a tremendous number of
illiterates .ound in some sections
of the country, chiefly among the
sharecropp~rs.
Mrs. Snlpes told the group that
the "good' neighbor" policy started
! by the Lave Franklin Delano Roose-
velt and endorsed by Cordell Hull
and Sum--ier Wells. serves as re-
minder Of our responsibility to the
people Of Brazil.
| She went on to say that Brazil
is overwhelmingly Roman Catholic,
1 but that the Protestant religion
has male rapid gains in the past
century.
In 1858 the Rev. Cooper of Penn
sylvan.A started out for Brazil but
never reached it. and in 1859 the
Rev. holden reached Brazil and
and 1862 founded the first Epis-
copal Sunday School there.
In 1869 two men by the names
of Morris and Cansolvin from the
Virginia, Theological Seminary
founned the first Episcopal Church
in brazil, and on January 9Th 1889
in Saint Bartholomew Church in
New York Cansolvin was ordained
as tbs first Bishop of Brazil, which
he re .nained for 40 years.
To.aay Brazil is divided into three
distri.ss, with a Bishop for each
distri.t One of these Is American
and the. other two are Brazilians.
Mr.. Snipes closed her talk by
reading a poem called "The Christ
of Elp de Janerio.
Following her talk Mrs. Adair
presided over short business ses-
sion after which the hostess as
isisted by Mrs. Harry EarnshaW
and Mrs. Frank Hodges served in
dividual cake squares, sailed nuts
and coffee to: Mrs. Snipes, Mrs.
Pierson and Mrs. Smith guests.
Mrs. w. E. Adair. Mrs Jim Adams,
Mrs. H. o. Beard, Mrs. e. H. Bost,
Mrs George Earnshaw Sr., Mrs. A.
Fl. Harper, Mrs. Frank Ralph, Mrs.
E. L. Sewell. Mrs. Byron Stevens,
Mrs. Fred Thomas, Mrs. E. NJ.
Brandon. Mrs. Taylor Stephens.
Mrs. w. H. Twyford ST., Mrs. W..
H. Twyford, Jr.. Mrs. H. M. Tyler,
Mrs. J. L. Wade and Mrs. Henry
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