. Reports of the missionary and benevolent boards and committees to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America . bout sickness and call her in to see their children or any one intime of sickness. Opposition on the part of the priest still succeedsin taking some away from us, but others come and we rejoice to seethe work go on and interest increase. BUCARAMANGA STATION Mrs. C. S. Williams writes: We are needing that second family out here, but the Board musttake into consideration, that at present this station is by far thehardest to reach and the hardest to
. Reports of the missionary and benevolent boards and committees to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America . bout sickness and call her in to see their children or any one intime of sickness. Opposition on the part of the priest still succeedsin taking some away from us, but others come and we rejoice to seethe work go on and interest increase. BUCARAMANGA STATION Mrs. C. S. Williams writes: We are needing that second family out here, but the Board musttake into consideration, that at present this station is by far thehardest to reach and the hardest to live in, that it is almost im-possihle to get anything like proper service in the house, so a womanmust not only know how .to do for herself, but she must be willingto work, even in the face of its being considered a great disgracefor her to do so,—in fact that the life of a missionary family inBucaramanga at present is not a bed of roses. And if we are fortu-nate enough to have a family sent us, we hope that they will be ofthe stuff that real missionaries are made, and not become discour-aged before they have finished the journey out COLOMBIA—CEUKTE 425 Just at present, we are suffering the persecution that alwaysaccompanies any live interest shown in the Protestant doctrine. Weare not without fanatics, wlio threaten our lives, and prevent oursecuring service, but we are not afraid, althoufjh we are have some good friends among the influential families, and noreal enemies in the town. All are well disposed to the Doctor, butjxot to his doctrines. We Icnow that there is much worli to hedone, at present, here, and l)elieve that we shall be spared to do it,or if not, that fact will l)ring others to do it. The unfortunate thingabout it all is, that we find we must move again, and carry ourmessage into still another neighborhood. We must have at leasta chapel here, soon, so that if the missionary family must ever bepoised for flight to other , at le
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