minister of the gospel, took charge of him and drove off the mob.
They led the colporter to their home, which was the best in the
town, and showed him generous hospitality. They invited the people
in to hear him preach, and thus through their kindness the man and
his message received a favorable hearing. It should be remembered,
too, that these young men belonged to a very devout Roman Catholic
family.

What was the secret of their actions? They had rescued,
entertained and enabled to preach a man who was endeavoring to
propagate a faith that was very much opposed to their own. The
explanation is that they had attended Granberry College, that
great Methodist school at Juiz de Fora. They had not accepted
Protestant Christianity, but the school had given them such a
vision and appreciation of the gospel that they could never again
be the intolerant bigots their fellow townsmen were. The college
had made them friends and that was a tremendous service. First we
must have friends, then followers. Nothing more surely and more
extensively makes friends for our cause than the schools, and it
must be said also that they are wonderfully effective in the work
of direct evangelization.

The First Baptist Church commissioned Deacon Theodore Teixeira and
Dr. Shepard to pilot us over the city. The church provided us with
an automobile and our splendid guides magnified their office. It
is a MAGNIFICENT city, indeed. The strip of land between the
mountains and the seashore is not wide. In some places, in fact,
the mountains come quite down to the water. The city, in the most
beautiful and picturesque way, avails itself of all possible
space, even in many places climbing high on the mountain sides and