AMERICAN CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY. 
 
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 Xh^ yWission iri Bir&zil. 
 
 ADVENT, 1901. 
 
 Church Missions House, 281 Fourth Avenue, New York City, 
 
THE BRAZIL MISSION. 
 
 The story of the Brazil Mission is a brave story of strong, devoted men 
 and of remarkable accomplishment A little more than a decade ago this 
 Missionary enterprise had its conception in the Theological Seminary of 
 Virginia, where alvvays there has been evinced so much sy^mpathy and 
 enthusiasm in the construction of the real purpose of the Church, and the 
 acceptance of our Lord’s commission. But many difficulties had to be 
 overcome before any beginning could be had in the undertaking; and 
 so great were these difficulties that at times it appeared as if the project 
 might have to be abandoned. But God was with those who had it at 
 heart. 
 
 On May 15, 1889, the American Church Missionary Society, after long 
 deliberation, determined to foster this work, and directly accepted the Rev. 
 James W. Morris and the Rev. Lucien Lee Kinsolving as candidates for 
 Missionary work to be inaugurated in Brazil. The end of the greatest 
 difficulties had been reached. On September i, 1H89, these two )’oung 
 clergymen, denying themselves many flattering offers, turning aside from 
 personal preferences, and sacrificing many things, sailed from Norfolk, Va., 
 for the Far South. Much interest and enthusiasm had been excited in a 
 large meeting in St. Paul’s, Richmond, Va., some time before their depart- 
 ure, and many kind wishes and blessings were showered upon them in 
 other places, especially in Philadelphia, another spot wherein Missionary 
 zeal and generosity characterize the people of God’s holy Church, and 
 where similar meetings had occurred. 
 
 They first went to Sao Paulo, where they remained awhile, in order to 
 acquire the Portuguese language and that experience necessary to a fair 
 beginning of tlieir intended work. Subsequently, they inaugurated the 
 Missionary work of this Church in Brazil, in Porto Alegre, the capital of 
 the State of Rio Grande do Sul, and in June, 1890, opened a chapel The 
 work prospered, tlie people responded to their Christian teachings, oppor- 
 tunity developed, and the tidings sent back to the home land created a new 
 spiritual zeal and Missionary enthusiasm. A new field had keen opened, a 
 a new call was heard, and this Church looked into a larger future full of 
 promise. 
 
 In 1891, the Rev. VVm. Cabell Brown and the Rev. John G. Meem, and 
 Miss Mary Packard, with others, offered their lives and service for the Bra- 
 zil Mission. The three were accepted, and over many difficulties, again 
 occurring — the interference of evil will thrust itself — it was made possible 
 for them to go. The story of their struggles— it was largely their own 
 struggles — to overcome these new difficulties was an expression of their 
 determination, strong and pathetic, and in it may be seen the sign of that 
 devotion and that purpose which could not help but succeed in God’s 
 work. One instance in particular is recalled. In the early part of 1891 a 
 meeting was held in Holy Trinity Church, Philadelphia, and an appeal 
 
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 made for necessary funds. It is said that as the prospect failed to become 
 as bright as was hoped for, the Rev. Mr Brown became absorbed in the 
 seriousness of the threat against their purpose, and his face showed the 
 trial he was undergoing. A gentleman noticed the expression, and cor- 
 rectly construing it, approached him and said, “ Do not be worried, you 
 will be sent.” It was Mr. Alexander Brown, and a special check for |i,ooo 
 was subsequently found in the offering. It was Mr. Brown’s, and for the 
 sending of this Missionary. Would that it could be that now in this time 
 of urgent need incident upon success, when we are compelled to say to 
 those at work in that distant field, even as God’s opportunity asks satisfac- 
 tion, “ Stop, we have no means for the development of the work,” some one 
 like this generous man might find himself called and able to follow this 
 example, and further the Lord’s own purpose in Brazil. 
 
 On September 12, 1891, these three Missionaries sailed for Brazil from 
 Newport News, Va , arriving in due time in Rio Grande do Sul, and the 
 Brazil Mission was established. The Convocation was organized, its 
 officers appointed, and with fresh organic life the Mission began its pro- 
 mising work. From then on its story has been full of action, encourage- 
 ment, and successful accomplishment The Society urged the generosity 
 of its friends toward this w'ork, and they met the appeal ; the men and 
 women in the field pushed the work, and won men and rvomen to Christ, 
 and fixed their work in the esteem of the people. They are doing this still ; 
 can our constituency here be kept as true and as generous, a splendid end 
 is before the Church in Brazil. 
 
 Our Missionaries found Brazil with a picturesque life, and a civilization 
 not without its fascinations, but with its ideals crushed, and its inspira- 
 tion stifled in the long domination of neglect and shame under the Roman 
 Church. The civilization had suffered much, and the reaction had been 
 terrible, but it was ready for a new inspiration, and for those ideals which 
 Christ’s truth was bound to lift before them. 
 
 The work spread and grew. In Rio Grande as in Porto Alegre, in 
 Pelotas, in Contiacto, in Viamao, Sao Jose do Norte, Jaguaraoand in other 
 places chapels were established or services begun and continued, and 
 congregations won. Rapid development followed, and confirmations w^ere 
 had. The Bishop of West Virginia, in charge of the Mission, visited Brazil 
 in 1893, and confirmed 142 candidates. Catechists were admitted, and 
 presently became candidates for Holy Orders, and at this same time Bishop 
 Peterkin ordered from among them four Deacons. Of these the_ Rev. 
 Messrs. Amerigo V. Cabral, Vicente Brande and Antonio M. de Fraga are 
 still faithfully and successfully at work. Lay Readers were also appointed, 
 and to-day Messrs. Alfredo C. Dias, Jose L. Ferreira, Julio A. Coelho and 
 Alberto D. Jarrys are notably doing their Master’s service. 
 
 In 1893, there were 151 communicants in the Missions ; in 1897, the 
 Bishop of the Falkland Islands confirmed 159 persons, and there were 319 
 communicants ; and in 1898 there were 336 communicants, and a number 
 
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 awaiting confirmation. A.t this time the Mission contributed $3,000 toward 
 its own support. 
 
 The time had now arrived when there was urgent demand for the com- 
 pletion of the organic life so well begun, and at the General Convention 
 of 1898, held in the city of Washington, the House of Bishops was peti- 
 tioned to elect a Bishop for the Mission. They assented, and the Rev. 
 Lucien Lee Kinsolving, the choice of his brother Missionaries, was elected. 
 In St. Bartholomew'’s Church, New York City, on the Feast of the Epiphany, 
 1899, he was consecrated by the Bishops of Kentucky, Albany and West 
 Virginia, assisted by the Bishop of Texas, who preached the sermon, and 
 the Bishops of New York, Massachusetts, and the Bishop-Coadjutor of 
 Rhode Island. So was completed the organic Missionar}' structure in 
 Brazil. 
 
 After a short time of appeal in the United States, Bishop Kinsolving 
 returned to his field of labor, and with him the Society sent the Rev. G. W. 
 Kibble, ' eacon, and Miss Maria R. Pitts, Deaconess. New life by this 
 notable event was thrown into the Mission, and appeals from other places 
 in this portion of Brazil have come. As one Mission develops, another 
 town asks the establishment of Church work in its midst. 
 
 Before October ist, though compelled, through the long illness of the 
 Rer. Mr. Morris, to do the local work in Porto Alegre, the Bishop confirmed 
 123 persons. 
 
 Two years ago in response to pathetic appeals, a certain need and the 
 evident strategic importance of the point the Bishop felt himself compelled 
 to establish a new .Mission at Santa Maria da Bocca do Monte, and taking 
 charge of the station in Porto Alegre himself, he sent the Rev. Mr. Morris 
 to this new work. The wisdom of the step was soon seen, and the result 
 has been more than was expected. For some time it was doubtful if this 
 new Mission could be maintained, but a communicant of the Diocese of 
 Virginia has pledged himself to the amount of $500 a year in its support, 
 and with that it goes on toward a good future. Would that others of like 
 generosity could be won to the assistance of this noble work of the Church. 
 Successful from the very start, the Rev. Mr. Morris, now assisted by Mr. 
 Julio de A. Coelho, a candidate for Holy Orders, has widened his field, and 
 begun work in two other places, Colonia and Villa Rica, the latter the 
 county seat of a well-to-do section, and both so situated as to reach a sturdy 
 and substantial clement of the population. 
 
 Four Churches have been built in Brazil, and toward their construction 
 the Brazilians have contributed no little. The last to be consecrated, the 
 Church of Our Saviour, at Rio Grande do Sul, is the pride of the city, and 
 an exponent of the dignity and worth of this Communion and its intention 
 which gives us like pride. Toward the building of this Church the Brazil- 
 ians contributed $6,000 themselves. 
 
 The Rev. G. Wallace Ribble has been ordained Priest, making the number 
 ot Priests in the Mission now seven, of whom three are native Brazilians. 
 
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 x\ Theological Seminary has been established at the city of Rio Grande 
 do Sul, with the Rev. Wm. Cabell Brown, D. D., as Dean, which now has 
 three candidates for Holy Orders. In addition to these there are two 
 postulants. It is notable that these gentlemen together with many of the 
 devoted supporters of the work in the various stations of the Missions 
 are citizens who represent the best social element of their place of resid- 
 ence, And the good work of the Missionaries has not only given God’s 
 blessing of truth to the poor, but won to the Church many of those who 
 stand for the integrity and refinement of society. 
 
 Little notice has been made of the lay work in this field, but from the 
 verv start the Missionaries enlisted both men and women in their \york, 
 and from that time on these gentlemen and ladies have been potent factors 
 in the splendid accomplishment of the Church in Brazil. Conspicuous 
 among these lay-workers have been the devoted wives of the clergy. 
 
 The Bible is now distributed, and read of the people in their own lan- 
 guage, the Prayer Book has been translated into Portuguese, stamped with 
 the certificate of the Custodian of the Standard Book of Common Prayer, 
 and given to the people, and used in their worship, and a Woman’s Aux- 
 iliary has been long since organized, sending its offering regularly to the 
 United Offering of the institution. Last year the Mission contributed $5,000 
 toward its own support. 
 
 Really a little more than ten years has given us a Church in Brazil, small, 
 it is true, and as yet largely dependent upon the generosity of the home 
 land, but it is the Church, and its work stands for much, and promises 
 much more. (See appended statistics.) 
 
 This is the very brief story of the Brazil Mission, but in it there is only a 
 hint of that enthusiasm, sacrifice and devotion which fills it with Christian 
 pathos, and would touch, could it be told, the sympathy and generosity of 
 those who in the comforts and indulgence of a home among kin and friends 
 might read it. 
 
 The future lies before it as bright as God’s day, and its opportunities 
 have opened wide the gates. At the post of duty one finds no fault, no delay, 
 no lethargy. There all is well. But here, at the center of resources and 
 supply, it is not so fair. The freshness of the enterprise has worn off, men 
 and women have been enthused along other lines as well, and the time of 
 neglect or forgetfulness is seen. But surely with a new remembrance of 
 the work and the workers, Christ’s manifest will, and the success which has 
 already come through obedience to it, will again stir up the hearts of faith- 
 ful people, and the interest here shall again be made brave and strong, and 
 as generous as it is way yonder in the South, where our brethren labor in 
 God’s cause. Twenty thousand dollars should be had this year (1901-1902) 
 or there shall be serious threat, it may be loss. God forefend that. God 
 persuade some of His people to rise to the issue and bless. And the 
 laborer shall have earned his peace. 
 
TABLE OF STATISTICS OF THE BRAZILIAN EPISCOPAL CHURCH, FOR YEAR ENDING MAY 3l8t, 1«01 
 
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 Note.— 14,138,090 milreis was worth on May 31st, 1901, §3,366.19 U. S. Gold. 
 
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 Clergy. 
 
 Rt. Rev. Lucien Lee 
 Kinsolving, S.T.D., 
 Bishop, Porto Alegre. 
 
 Rev. Americo Vespucio 
 Cabral. 
 
 The Bishop. 
 
 Rev. A. V. Cabral. 
 
 Rev. Antonio Machado 
 de Fraga. 
 
 Rev. AVilliam Cabell 
 Brown, D.D. 
 
 Rev. George Wallace Ribble. 
 
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 Rev. John Gaw Meem. 
 
 Rev. Vicente Brande. 
 
 Rev. James Watson Morris. 
 
 1 Bishop. 
 
 7 Priests. 
 
 Other Work 
 in Connection 
 Therewith. 
 
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 Congregation. 
 
 
 
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 Congregation andi 
 
 Chapel of the 
 Resurrection, in 
 S. Jose. 
 
 Chapel of the 
 Holy Spirit, 
 in Areal. 
 
 
 
 
 Name of Church, 
 or Chapel, with Locality. 
 
 Holy Trinity Chapel, 
 in Porto Alegre, 
 the Capital. 
 
 Grace Church, 
 Viamao. 
 
 Calvary Church, 
 Santa Rito do Rio 
 dos Sinos. 
 
 Chapel of the Saviour, 
 Rio Grande. 
 
 Chapel of the Redeemer, 
 Pelotas. 
 
 Chapel of the Redemp- 
 tion, Jaguarao. 
 
 Chapel of the Mediator, 
 Santa Maria. 
 
 John G. Meem, 
 
 Statistician of Mission. 
 
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 BRAZIL MISSIONARIES. 
 
 THE BRAZILIAN EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 
 
 The Rt. Rev. Lucien Lee Kinsolving, S.T.D., Bishop. (Address, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do 
 Sul, Brazil.) 
 
 Standing Committee — Clerical: the Rev. James W. Morris. President; Revs. John G. Meem 
 and Americo V. Cabral. Lay : Srs. Virgilio Reis Boeira, Gervasio Moraes Sarmento, 
 Vicente Duarte. 
 
 Secretary of the Council — Rev. John G. Meem. 
 
 Treasurer of the Council — Rev. James W. Morris. 
 
 Historiographer of the Council — Rev. John G. Meem. 
 
 Bishop’s Examining Chaplains — the Rev. James W. Morris, the Rev. William Cabell 
 Brown, D.D. 
 
 CHCBCH INSTITUTIONS. 
 
 Theological School, Rio Grande — Dean, the Rev. William Cabell Brown, D.D. 
 
 The Brazilian Church Missionary Society, of which the Bishop is member, ex-oificio, of the 
 Executive Committee — President, Dr. Joao Rasmussen : Secretary, Sr. Menandro 
 Cabral ; Treasurer, Sr. Alfredo Fehn. 
 
 The Woman's Auxiliary. With branches in four parishes. 
 
 Church Paper, The Christian Standard — Editor, Rev. A. V. Cabral. 
 
 STATISTICS, 1901. 
 
 Clergy 8 
 
 Ordinations to Priesthood 1 
 
 Candidates for Holy Orders 3 
 
 Postulants 2 
 
 Deaconesses 2 
 
 Baptisms 158 
 
 Confirmed 97 
 
 Communicants 488 
 
 Communions 89 
 
 Weddings 27 
 
 Burials 71 
 
 Divine Services 935 
 
 Sunday School Teachers 34 
 
 Sunday School Scholars 465 
 
 Parish School Teachers 3 
 
 Parish School Scholars 50 
 
 Consecration of Churches 1 
 
 Church Edifices 2 
 
 Church Edifices (in construction) 2 
 
 Contributions $3,366 19 in U. S. Gold 
 
 The Third Annual Council will meet in the Chapel of the Redeemer, Pelotas, August 2. 
 1901. 
 
 THH CLERGY. 
 
 The Bishop, Porto Alegre. 
 
 Parishes and Missions. 
 
 Churches and 
 
 Communicants. 
 
 
 Redemption . 
 
 24 
 
 Pelotas 
 
 Redeemer 
 
 105 
 
 Porto Alegre 
 
 Holy Trinity 
 
 108 
 
 Rio Grande 
 
 Saviour 
 
 108 
 
 Sao Jose 
 
 Resurrection . 
 
 
 Santa Maria 
 
 Mediator .... 
 
 15 
 
 Santa Rita 
 
 Calvary 
 
 102 
 
 Viamao 
 
 Grace 
 
 26 
 
 Clergy. 
 
 Rev. John Gaw Meem. 
 
 Rev. Vincente Brande. 
 
 ReC. John Gaw Meem. 
 
 Rev. Americo Vespucio Cabral. 
 Rev. William Cabell Brown, D.D. 
 Rev. George Wallace Ribble. 
 
 Rev. James Watson Morris. 
 
 Rev. Antonio Machado de Fraga. 
 Rev. Americo Vespucio Cabral. 
 
Trinity Church, Porto Alegre,