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August 4, 1909. native soldiers splendidly 1 cers. Our conversation gave u our army is leading and of Philippines. I confess to 1 opinion of both than I had ashamed of being an Amei In the afternoon Dr. Roc native churches, where a 1 <lers and deacons! had bee Dr. Rodgers acted as inter their works and we both S] of the Kingdom. Then by to Manila, after a day so fnl and instructive experien able only to hint at them ai about them. On another day, we printing establishment. Bi ing and doing it cheaply a virtually a Filipino trade American superintendents, there would be only one , full of complicated machine inos operating it. It was boys, who four or five ye nothing about it. now runn all sorts r>f nrpseps mirt and Spanish and Tagalog, i ipinos are quick to learn found them occupying all 1 the trolley cars "and steaml bookkeepers in the stores, the gospel, some of them. We heard an address b) trella. He is pastor of the ' in Manila, and we had the g their big anniversary servi< the first Protestant cluircl very deeply impressed with pino Presbyterians. They a skin is brown, and even i lazy tropical race. Side by side with direct mission field, there must schools for native evangeli; of foreign missionaries on t enough to reach the great r the knowledge of the truth ization of the world rests ii theological seminaries on tl direct proportion to the larj work will the dav be haste be preached to ever}- creatt Therefore most wisely t nila established through 01 Training School and the ] Nicholson Bible School. 1 has happened? They have seminary, whose faculty is Methodist, and whose stude of these denominations. Ft effective eliminator of den the whole world. It was a great pleasure Mr. Farmer of the Methoc THE PRESBYTERL Irilled, with American offis some insight into the life the work it is doing in the [laving gained a far higher before. Again I was not ican. Igers took us to one of the lumber of the officers (eln invited to meet with us. preter, and they told us of poke to them of the things cart and train we returned full of varied and delightces that I fear I have been id not tell you a great deal visited the Government eside doing a lot of printnd well, this institution is school in addition, with But' often it happened that American in a large room ry with forty or fifty Filipi remarkable to see these ars ago knew absolutely ling linotype machines and n reading proof, in English ind correcting it. The Filand usually clever. We kinds of positions, running soats, acting as clerks and and, thank God, preaching r one of them, Signor EsTondo Presbyterian church ood fortune to be oresent at :e. The Tondo church was li on the Islands. I was the character of those Fibre fine people even if their f they are sprung from a evangelistic work in every be developed training sts and pastors. The force he field can never be large nultitudes who are without . So the ultimate evangeln a large measure with the lie foreign field. In almost geness and efficacy of their* ned when the gospel shall ire. he Presbyterians in MaLir Board the Ellinwood Methodists established the \nd what do you suppose : united in one .theological part Presbyterian and part mts are affiliated with both ireign missions is the most ominational differences in to meet the faculty, Rev. lists, and Rev. George W. AN OF THE SOUTH. Wright of our denomination, several of their classes and young Filipino theologues. ProfessoY of Systematic Tli classes in three languages, En alog. Gradually the school will Tagalog and all the instruct but at present that is not po used in some classes for yeai tically out of the running ah that many of the students fro different dialect. It is a matter of no small that the present governor gei Mr. Smith, himself a Cathol not only with the public schc ippines (which the Spanish pose), but also with the worf sionaries. Indeed there is a tween American Catholicism tholicism of the Philippines Protestantism and Catholicisi a good man and a fair man, at Protestants of the Philippine: who were so afraid of beinj that they scarcely dared to gi full due, which the present not hesitate to do. The Filipino is naturally ah sician; he readily learns to r ery; he is a good linguist; school, generally speaking; 1 take his place in almost any v ready for self-government? States in a few years retire f low these people to rule them; ber of politicians at home an question of many persons wh know in part at least. I will The army men, who are soon dangerous job of disarming t dan Moros to the south, and constant menace to the peace hesitatingly. No, never. Then the people of these islands, rotes, Negritos are as totall they lived at the ends of lh< these islands speak eight d seventy or more dialects whi< to one another. Let the pow Government be withdrawn ar in place of government a regu infinitum., with no possibility < This is the way the army m Then I had a talk with sev work. One of them, Mr. W of all .the schools of the Imus already referred. His reply he did' not say "never," lik simply said, "Not in a thouss for savine it was the result < He felt the absolute necessit) and supervision. He finds th; work if you watch and guidi push him. He is teachable a f: _ 9 and to go with them to meet a number of fine Rev. John H. Lamb is leology, conducting his iglish, Spanish and Tageliminate Spanish and ...:n tr i:?i. 1UII Win UC 111 1^11^11911, ssible. Spanish will be s, but Tagalog is prac*eady, one reason being m other islands speak a interest and importance leral of the Philippines, lie, is in hearty accord )ol system for the PhilCatholics of course op: of the Protestant misfar wider difference beand the mediaeval Cathan there is between m. Governor Smith is rid is better liked by the 3 than his predecessors, * thought anti-Catholic ve the Protestants their Catholic governor does le. He is a natural mu un complicated machinhe does good work al le seems to be able to ;alk of life. Is he. then, And should the United rom the Islands and al>elves, as a goodly nume urging? I asked this o were in a position to tell you what they said, to have the delicate and he fanatical Mohammethus remove what is a of the Island, said une is no coherence among Tagalogs, Moros, Igory dissimilar as though : earth. The people of ifferent languages and :h are incomprehensible er of the United States id as a result you have lar cat and dog fight ad Df a peaceful settlement en talk. eral men in educational orkman snn#?rint#?nft*?nt region, to which I have was more encouraging; e the army men. He ind years." His reason of his own observation. r of American guidance it the Filipino does fine e, and when necessary, nd clever, but he lacks