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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jul 3, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 26.

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Catholic Brazil.

A CORRESPONDENT of an English paper writes from Brazil: "The population of Rio de Janeiro is about half a million. There are only seven Protestant ministers in the whole city—two Brazilian, four American, and one English. There are only four Protestant churches. I grieve for the English people here, who are like sheep without a shepherd. England sends missionaries to all parts of the world except Brazil; I think Mr. Vanorden, of Rio Grande du Sul, is the only one from England. There are none in Rio, unless you count the English Episcopalian minister one. Nearly all the shops are open here on Sunday, and it is the great day for horse-races and bull-fights, regatta, cricket-matches, and athletic sports. Sunday is the day for all grand exhibitions or important business; Sunday work is quite common among the English clerks and merchants."