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May 18, 1910.
MR. BRYAN'S ^
By Samue
An amusing cartoon \va
the Review of Reviews a
visit to the southern hall
The brilliant and genial
Miss South America are
each other, while Miss De
through her field glass, an
which is written "My bon
derneath we read the tit
makes the heart grow fon
Bryan's visit may or may
cal parties, at home or abi
concern; but with the in
will have, indirectly, on
rt *1 1
^urisxianiiy, ana conseqt
work, he is very deeply cc
Mr. Bryan's visit was, i
have been in Brazil for iw
de not remember during t
attentions having been p;
M r. Bryan came, not as th
American Government, bi
live of the American Gc
people: as such he was rec
"\ isit to Brazil was an oval
official representative.
He spent several days i
ient of constant and not;
prominent men in politica
was the guest of Dr. Jose
of the largest and most
O Jornal do Commercia.
coaches were placed at hi:
the carriages and automol
and Ministers of State w:
eloquent and well-known
Peace" was translated?a
was?and was published i:
cio. His addresses, and be
religious or semi-religious
crowds of the intellectual.
classes. His address at tl
livered to a large audien
sided over by the mayor
the Monroe Palace, which
the St. Louis Fair, and ;
spoke on "The signs of t
Branco, Brazil's "Grand (
ister of Foreign Affairs, p
tertained by Rio Branco, a
tion in his mansion at P
the Minister of Foreign
picnics given in his honor
take him abroad, say go
viagem. And notwithstai
is the leader of the opposii
Brazil, Mr. Irving Dudley
lican Administration, was
fasts, lunches, dinners am
in all of the honors heape<
All this was a lesson to
Dudley's taking part so v
THE PRESBYTER
/ISIT TO BRAZIL.
1 R. Gammon.
s copied in a recent number of
propos to Mr. Bryan's recent
t of our American Continent,
leader of the Democrats and
bowing their compliments to
mocracy looks across the seas
d holds in her hand a card on
nie lies over the ocean." Un:le
of the cartoon?"Absence
der." With the influence Mr.
not have on politics or politiroad,
the missionary has little
fluence it may and probably
the attitude of men toward
lently on the missionary's
mcerned.
n some particulars, unique. I
iore than twenty years; and I
hat time of such distinguished
aid to any private individual,
le official representative of the
it as the unofficial representatvernment
and the American
:eived with open arms, and his
lion to him as the nation's unn
S. Paulo, and was the recipable
attention from the most
1 and social circles. In Rio he
: Carlos Rodrigues, the editor
influential paper of Brazil,
Special trains and private
5 service bv the railroads and
liles of Governors, Presidents,
aited on him constantly. His
address on "The Prince of
piece of fine literary work it
n full in O Jornal do Commerit
reemmbered they were all of
character, were heard by large
, literary, and most influential
le Y. M. C. A. in Rio was dece,
and the meeting was preof
the city; at the meeting in
is the Brazil Building seen at
at which meeting Mr. Bryan
he Times," the Baron of Rio
)ld Man," and her great Minresided.
He was formally enind
by the President of the naetropolis,
and the mayor and
Affairs attended lunches, and
, and met him at the wharf to
od-bye, and wish him a boa
iding the fact that Mr. Bryan
tion party, our Ambassador to
, representative of the Repubpresent
at all of these break1
picnics and took hearty part
i upon his fellow countryman.
Brazil. In the first place, Mr.
rarmly in the honors paid the
IAN OF THE SOUTH.
leader of the opposition pai
a much needed lesson on
O Malho, which is our Bra;
al very happily in a cartoc
feated candidate in the lat<
Mr. Bryan, who wants hirr
fill competitor. "But, sir,
i>razii. indeed we do not.
All this is very interestii
sionarv, the most interesti
visit was the brave way in
best in positive and aggre;
thing he did in S. Paulo, a
the evening, was to go to tl
liver an address and hold ai
he made an address at the
E. Church where there is
gation of worshippers, vis
the sailors and for the poo:
of the great city, and mad
first of all a Christian man
tions. I dare say Mr. Bry
lady who, after a residence
been unable to find any r
work in the city. He had
work before he had been t
in this, as in many other
look for.
A missionary colleague
told me he noticed a decid<
of the leading writers in 1
made to religious subjects
some years ago. He was a
tian, a man, too, of world-v
toward religion made men
must Mr. Bryan's visit ha^
was a man, known everywl
of brilliant intellect, a ma
him at th#? frnnt nf aiip
his nation, a man whose p
a man who speaks with air
phical and scientific subjec
digested what skepticism
bringing his trained mental
jects, speaks out boldly, ai
be known that he stands f
Nazareth as the Saviour of
tent themselves with a srn
religion, and who boast th
materialism, agnosticism c
scientificism, and who pity
superstitions of religious fc
ken notice, rubbed their e)
mulpr til/* clnnr cironnr /?r*n
an. They might well have
have heard strange things t
Such statements, made
quence, by a man so widely
sode in the life of Brazil's
not, the influence of Mr. E
felt. If a preacher comes,
wise, be he never so eloqu<
ence is less. Pie speaks as
sion, or his business to say
613
ty was a lesson to Brazilians,
a most important art of life,
zilian Puck, pointed this mor>n
in which it makes the de2
Presidential election say to
1 to congratulate his success
wc uu not uo it tnat way in
rig, in a way, but to the mising
thing about Mr. Bryan's
which he stood for all that is
ssive Christianity. The first
fter gettng his dinner late in
he Y. M. C. A. rooms and dei
informal reception. Tn Rio,
Y. M. C. A., spoke at the M.
an English-speaking congreited
the Central Mission for
rer classes in a destitute part
le it clear to all that he was
, a servant of the God of naan
would not agree with the
of many months in Rio, had
esults of Protestant Mission
[ found large results of such
;here twenty-four hours; but
things, men find what they
who is a very close observer
;d change of tone on the part
^io, when any reference was
, soon after Mr. Root's visit
l man well known as a Chrisride
reputation. His attitude
pause and think. Much more
re had had this effect. Here
icre as a man of parts, a man
in whose talents had placed
the great political parties of
rivate life is without a stain,
thority on historical, philoso:ts,
a man who has read and
has to say, ajid who, after
powers to bear on these subid
does not hesitate to let it
or personal faith in Jesus of
men. Surely those who conug,
conceited indifference to
emselves of their positivism,
>r some other philosophic or
one who follows the ignorant
lith must have sat up and tares
and pricked up their ears
/J 4- ft-A f f A T Tf ?
nukiii. siaitiuciiin. ui 1*11. iji ysaid,
as they withdrew, "We
oday."
with so great force and elokpown,
formed a unique epi- ,
capital city; and if I mistake
irvan's visit will be seen and
be he never so learned and
ent and convincing, his influ
, a professional, it is his misthcse
things. He was trained