THE American Bible Society has received recent letters from Peru which state that four of the men who have been most prominent in obstructing the circulation of Bibles and evangelical work in that country have died within twelve months.
PORT OF ALEXANDRETTE, SYRIA.
They are the Bishop of Arequipa, who in 1889 observed Mr. Penzotti selling a New Testament in the street, and ordered a gendarme to arrest him and his colporters; La Jana, who stopped the entry of Bibles at the custom-house in Callao, on the ground that he needed to consult the government respecting the legality of clearing such publications; Quinones, who ordered the mission schools to be closed; and the padre Veza, the parish priest of Santa Rosa, who had been conspicuous in throwing obstructions in the way of evangelical work —Christian Advocate.
