. History of the Methodist Episcopal church in Mexico [electronic resource]; personal reminiscences, present conditions and future outlook . Prez, the directdescendant of the last Zapotec king, and still ac-knowledged by the people as their leader. He enteredheartily into the Christian service and brought allhis family, including several brothers. He declaredthat one of the happiest days of his life was whenthe Methodist Church bought a site in the center ofthe town and the congregation agreed to build achapel. At that time Prince Prez was over seventy,but walked erect and was alert to everyth
. History of the Methodist Episcopal church in Mexico [electronic resource]; personal reminiscences, present conditions and future outlook . Prez, the directdescendant of the last Zapotec king, and still ac-knowledged by the people as their leader. He enteredheartily into the Christian service and brought allhis family, including several brothers. He declaredthat one of the happiest days of his life was whenthe Methodist Church bought a site in the center ofthe town and the congregation agreed to build achapel. At that time Prince Prez was over seventy,but walked erect and was alert to everything affect-ing the welfare of his people. On my first visit to Zaachila I found the venerableman seated, as was his custom, on one side of thechapel near the pulpit, where he could face bothpreacher and the people. His responses were fre-quent and hearty—Asi sea—So let it be—heused instead of the short Amen. After the servicehe told Bishop Joyce the story of his relations tothe second empire. As soon as Maximilian was in-stalled in the capital he attempted to win the friend-ship of the chiefs of the tribes all over the land, 132. Peince Pbez, Descendant of the Aztec Empebobs OAXACA among these Prince Prez. Maximilian sent an auto-graph letter inviting him to come to the nationalcapital to accept an important post in which hecould aid in solidifying the empire. To many thismight have been a temptation. His fathers had losttheir throne, and though of royal blood Prince Prezwas now a common citizen owning a little farm. Butto this tempting offer to bring his family back tothe circle of royalty the Indian prince replied:When I go to Mexico City to see an emperor, itwill be an emperor with Mexican blood in his veins!This was in 1866, but later we see him in activeChristian work, and when chosen a member of theLay Electoral Conference he made the long journeyto Puebla, though advanced in years. None whosaw how the Conference was moved by his speech willever forget the scene. He
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