President Madero Receives a Bible
A representative committee of various Protestant denominations met with President Madero, of Mexico, together with the agent of the American Bible Society for Mexico, and a beautifully bound copy of the Spanish Scriptures, especially prepared at the Bible House in New York City, was presented to the president, bearing this inscription: "To the Señor President of the Mexican Republic, Francisco I. Madero, the American Bible Society and the evangelical pastors of this capital respectfully dedicate this Holy Bible. Mexico, the 8th of January of 1912." Among other things, the president said: "I am exceedingly grateful for this gift you make me. You may rest assured that I appreciate it to its utmost worth. I hold the same belief as you concerning the value of its principles for the elevation of the people, inasmuch as I am sure that only through Christian morality are the nations uplifted." He congratulated them on the good work that Protestantism had been doing, stated that the Mexicans have noble sentiments, but need enlightenment, and that he would work for this, and the Protestants thus working would coöperate with him in uplifting the masses of the Mexican people.