MR. OLDS, of Parral, reports a remarkable change of feeling in the town of Dolores, to which Señor Balderas has now gone to act as pastor:—
"He went to Dolores rather unwillingly, but once there, began earnest work, which resulted in stirring the town to its foundations. All opposition to the Protestants seemed to be overcome. The fanatics, almost without exception, began coming to the meetings. The leading men came to Balderas and asked him to open a boys' school, promising to pay him at least thirty dollars a month, besides his house. A former president of the town, who had used his authority to harass the Protestants in various ways, as, for example, by sending for the leading men among them to act as special police on Sunday, calling them out of their morning service for the purpose, subscribed, with others, a sum of money to help pay Balderas's expenses in moving over there. Another young man, who had several times threatened the Protestants with violence, and one Sunday, armed with a heavy whip, had gone to Don Placido's house, determined to find and horsewhip the preacher, and who was only kept from carrying out13his purpose with the greatest of difficulty,—this young man was so much moved by the Gospel, and so remorseful for what he had done in the past, that he offered himself to Don Isabel as his mozo for the trip to Parral, and came with him the six days' journey, serving him faithfully, and doing everything in his power to make the trip easy. The principal merchant of the place gave five dollars toward his expenses, and so on. Other cases might be mentioned, showing what a change has come over the community.
Fijian Man.
"The opportunity seemed so good, tho entirely unexpected, that we did not hesitate in approving of Balderas's going. The party left here last week, and will probably get through by the close of this week. He will open the boys' school, which they wish, and will have forty or fifty boys; quite a contrast to the school of half a dozen pupils which Balderas had there two years ago, when the majority of the people would have nothing to do with the school or the teacher.—Missionary Herald.
