Church at Home and Abroad, The (Jan- June 1896) . CHILPANCINGO GENERAL VIEW. We called on the governor, who receivedus very cordially and conversed in a friendlyand unpretentious manner of the social prog-ress of his people. He seemed gratifiedthat we took a broad interest in Mexico aswell as in the religious propagandism. Nearhis office stands the old church where inde-pendence from Spanish government was pro-nounced in 1813. It is situated on theslope of the mountain, on the edge of abroad, fertile valley. The high mountainto the south cut off completely the view ofthe Pacific Ocean sixty mi
Church at Home and Abroad, The (Jan- June 1896) . CHILPANCINGO GENERAL VIEW. We called on the governor, who receivedus very cordially and conversed in a friendlyand unpretentious manner of the social prog-ress of his people. He seemed gratifiedthat we took a broad interest in Mexico aswell as in the religious propagandism. Nearhis office stands the old church where inde-pendence from Spanish government was pro-nounced in 1813. It is situated on theslope of the mountain, on the edge of abroad, fertile valley. The high mountainto the south cut off completely the view ofthe Pacific Ocean sixty miles distant. The little congregations are scattered overa wide territory and can only be visited by port. Such work is educational, and edu-cation demands time. Guerrero is but oneof the nine fields into which our Mexicomission is divided. Just imagine a missionwith a territory 300,000 square miles inextent, one-tenth the size of the UnitedStates, and only nine men—two hundredmiles between their stations! Then imaginethese nine men, in additio
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