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years th e only agent of these two Bible Societies tliere, sending native converts as colporteurs into four of th e Republics of Central America. He knows w hereof he speaks when he says th a t from Mexico down to South America, the Bible was not known un til th e afo re said agencies sent men to circulate the Bible there. F o r four hund red years when Rome had her way th e Bible was not known among its people. In answer to th e question, “Do they not believe in C h rist?” we would say, “Their belief is bu t an historical faith, and it can all be summed up in the words of th e Master, “This people hon- oureth me w ith th e ir lips, b u t th e ir h e a rt is far from me.” In view of the above, does not th e same word spoken th rough P aul to th e Romans over nine teen hundred years ago, apply ,to th e Roman Catholics of today: “How shall they call on Him in whom they have not heard, and how shall they h ear w ithout a preacher, and how shall they preach except th ey be se n t? ” P raise God for being one of H is sent ones, and also for th e glad response when once Jesus crucified is preached to them . Two young men on receiving a tra c t and a Gospel, imm ediately became ab sorbed in th e ir perusal. A fter explain ing th e way of salvation, we asked them if they w anted to accept Christ and be saved, and both seemed anxious and said yes, so we got down on our knees and had prayer together afte r which they openly confessed to th e men next door. One of our Mexican fam ilies was in dire need for th e necessities of life and for th ree days lived on the greens th a t a Chinese peddler threw away, a t the
None T h at U nderstand ‘‘There is none th a t u n d erstand eth .” This was a message th a t was impressed upon us one day while addressing a group of Mexicans, and it was illus tra te d by an inter- WORK AMONG view had a few days THE MEXICANS previous w ith a Mexican man who, in answer to th e question, “Are you saved?” said: “No one can be saved and know it God alone can determ ine th a t, and, fu rtherm o re, if God wills th a t one should be saved, he will be saved, and likewise, if God w ills th a t one should be lost, he will be lost, irre spective of any choice or volition on his p a rt.” Do you not see how it was forcibly b rough t out, “There is none th a t und erstan d eth ?” The statem en t of th is man is bu t representative of thousands and m il lions among these people. Many will say, “Why, are they no t Christians? Do they not have the Bible? Do they not believe in C h rist?” P erh ap s Amer ican and English Roman Catholics may have a Bible, b u t it m ust needs be a Douai version which has foot-notes according to the doctrines of th e Cath olic church; bu t they never study th e Bible, th e priests do not have Bible classes, and fu rtherm ore, th e p riest does no t even study the Bible him self while preparing for th e priesthood. But as for the Latin-American Roman Cath olics, they never saw a Bible un til th e American Bible Society, and th e B ritish and Foreign Bible Society, sent colpor te u rs into those countries to circulate th e Bible, th e w riter being th e first col po rteu r in th e Republic of Salvador, Central America, and la ter for several
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