the night in the delightful home of the Entzmingers. The next
morning, before breakfast, Dr. Entzminger showed me over the city.
Nictheroy has forty thousand inhabitants and is the capital of the
State of Rio de Janeiro. It is a beautiful city and offers a wide
field for missionary work. Its importance is apparent.

We have a church in the populous suburb of Engenho de Dentro. We
were present there at a great celebration when the church cleared
off the remainder of its debt and burned the notes. The building
was crowded to its utmost capacity. The people stood in the aisles
from the rear to the pulpit. They filled the little rooms behind
the pulpit and occupied space about the windows. There are about
seventy members of the church. A far greater progress should be
made now that the debt as well as other encumbrances have been
removed.

There are in Rio the First, Engenho de Dentro, Governors Island
and Santa Cruz churches, and twelve preaching places, four of
which are in rented halls. Missionary Maddox utilizes many members
of the churches in providing preaching at these missions. There
are only a very few paid evangelists in this mission, but a great
many church members are glad to go to these stations and tell the
gospel story.

Besides our Baptist work, the Southern Methodists are conducting a
very prosperous mission. They have several churches and a station
for settlement work. The Presbyterians and the Congregationalists
have some excellent churches and the YMCA is one of the most
flourishing in South America.