RELIGION IN THE PHILIPPINES.
[TO wan EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—In reference to your article on this subject in the Spectator of August 10th, it may interest you to know that as far back as February, 1899, I had as fellow. passengers on board a North German Lloyd steamer an American missionary and his family on their way to Maul. How many weeks they had already been at sea I an afraid to say, for they were being transferred from some out-of-the-way part of South America. I remember, hoe. ever, the wife's touch of innocent pride when she told me her husband had been the very first missionary chosen to go t the Philippines, and that she expected her little children would be the first American babies imported. Also her simple answer when I made some rather commonplace remark of sympathy in having to take such young children so far from home. " Well, of course my husband might have refused, but then, you see, we had no reason except we were so very happy and comfortable where we were." I felt when I heard her that if all American missionaries 'possessed the same spirit they
might do much.—I am, Sir, &c., ALICE SPIIrron, .Knockrobbie, Beauty, N.B.
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