Through five republics on horseback : being an account of many wanderings in South America . Jesus. As the Lengua language contains no wordfor God, the Indians have adopted our Englishword, and both that name and Jesus came out instriking distinctness during the service, and inthe fervent prayer of the old ex-witch-doctorwhich followed. With the familiar hymn, There is a green hill far away, the meetingconcluded. The women with nervous air silentlyretired, but the men saluted me, and some evenwent so far as to shake hands—with the lefthand. Would that similar stations were estab-lished all ove
Through five republics on horseback : being an account of many wanderings in South America . Jesus. As the Lengua language contains no wordfor God, the Indians have adopted our Englishword, and both that name and Jesus came out instriking distinctness during the service, and inthe fervent prayer of the old ex-witch-doctorwhich followed. With the familiar hymn, There is a green hill far away, the meetingconcluded. The women with nervous air silentlyretired, but the men saluted me, and some evenwent so far as to shake hands—with the lefthand. Would that similar stations were estab-lished all over this neglected land! Whilechurches and mission buildings crowd each otherin the home lands, the Chaco, with an estimatedpopulation of three millions, must be contentwith this one ray of light in the dense night. On that far-off green hill we shall meetsome even from the Lengua tribe. Christ said: I am the door; by Me if any man enter in, heshall be saved. But oh, Painted Face, youspoke truth; the white thing is selfish, andkeeps this wondrous knowledge to himself. 232 PART IV. BRAZIL. There can be no more fascinating field of labor thanBrazil, notwithstanding the difficulty of the soil and theimmense tracts of country which have to be traversed. Itcovers half a continent, and is three times the size ofBritish India. Far away in the interior there exist numer-ous Indian tribes with, as yet, no written language, andconsequently no Bible. Thrust back by the white manfrom their original homes, these children of the forest andthe river are, perhaps, the most needy of the tribes of theearth. For all that these millions know, the Gospel isnon-existent and Jesus Christ has never visited andredeemed the world.* •The Neglected Continent. 233 BRAZIL The Republic of Brazil has an area of 3,350,000square miles. From north to south the countrymeasures 2,600 miles, and from east to west2,500 miles. While the Republic of Bolivia hasno s^ coast, Brazil has 3,700 miles washed byocean waves
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