four years. Then he was elected to the Senate and served nine
years. He is a skilled physician and is married to a Swiss lady of
fine family. His family connections occupy one quarter of the
State of Piauhy. He is, at the present time, Treasurer of the
National Printing Concern, which does not occupy all of his time.
The remainder of his time he devotes to the practice of his
profession and to the preaching of the gospel. He is a deacon in
the First church in Rio. He is not an ordained minister--he is
simply an humble man of God. He is an ardent patriot who believes
that the salvation of Brazil can be realized only through the
gospel of Christ, to which he gives his life and all.

Now I, for one, believe that the theory of Dr. Nogueira is the one
that will finally lead Brazil into the fullness of life and power
it is capable of attaining. It is well to have written in the
constitution the guarantee of religious and political liberty. It
is well to have Presidents who courageously carry into effect the
provisions of this constitution, but the highest good is not
attained until behind all documentary guarantees is a personal
righteousness in the people. Dr. Nogueira's insistent advocacy of
Christ for Brazil is the one thing that gives assurance of a
genuine righteousness that will exalt the nation.

He is the President of a remarkable body. It was our privilege to
attend the Brazilian Baptist Convention which met in Sao Paulo,
June, 1910. It was composed of sixty delegates, about one third of
whom were missionaries. The remainder were natives. They came from
all parts of Brazil. One man from the Madeira Valley traveled
three weeks on his journey to Sao Paulo. They represented 109
churches, which had a total membership of 7,000. These churches