. Historical sketches of the foreign missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church : from the origin of each to the end of the year 1880, with a map of each mission. med a class there. Fountain E. Pitts, of Ten-nessee, was sent out in 1835, who visited Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Ayres,Montevideo, and other places, and reported on his return home. In 1836Justin Spaulding was sent to Rio de Janeiro and John Dempster toBuenos Ayres. L Rio de Janeiro. At the capital of Brazil the English-speaking population were readilyaccessible, and the opportunities for evangelistic labor in the country atlarge seemed
. Historical sketches of the foreign missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church : from the origin of each to the end of the year 1880, with a map of each mission. med a class there. Fountain E. Pitts, of Ten-nessee, was sent out in 1835, who visited Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Ayres,Montevideo, and other places, and reported on his return home. In 1836Justin Spaulding was sent to Rio de Janeiro and John Dempster toBuenos Ayres. L Rio de Janeiro. At the capital of Brazil the English-speaking population were readilyaccessible, and the opportunities for evangelistic labor in the country atlarge seemed very promising. The Constitution secured freedom to theoperations of the missionaries. Daniel P. Kidder re-enforced Mr. Spauldingin 1837, and itinerated extensively through the countr)\ Very much wasdone by aid of the Bible Societies, (British and American,) in distribut-ing the Scriptures, of which the people were destitute. Tracts and otherforms of Christian literature were also widely distributed by the efforts ofthe missionary. Mr. Kidder returned in 1840. Owing to the embarrass-ments of the treasury at that period, this branch of the Mission was dis-. *e4ff!>\ \ r\ -. ^^«:,„,P,^;T. V 4)w (ii •• ? SB ??:iM SOUTH AMERICA MISSION, II continued. Only persevering effort could in such a field bring- about theresults desired. The work has been taken up and pursued, with hopefulprospects, by the Presbyterians. II. Buenos Ayres—La Plata Valley. Missionary effort in connection with the Presbyterians had for someyears existed in Buenos Ayres, but, from the arrival of Mr. Pitts, our Churchhas been the sole representative of American Protestantism in this partof South America. For the first twenty years the work in the La Platavalley was limited by government restrictions to the immigrants—En-glish, Scotch, Irish, and American, (lately estimated at 40,000.) In 1852,Rosas, the dictator, was overthrown, and the Spanish-speaking popula-tion became accessibl
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