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THE CUBA REVIEW 



RELIGIOUS WORK IN CUBA. 

 The Outlook— Views of Bishops W. A. Candler and Albion W. Knight. 



Bishop W. A. Candler in an address 

 before the British VVesleyan Conference 

 at York, England, recently said that the 

 missions in Cuba and other lands were 

 very prosperous. Cuba is the youngest 

 mission field where "we have had an 

 organized mission since 1898." He said 

 further: "I am glad to tell you that 

 we have strong and growing churches 

 in every provincial capital of the island 

 and in many towns and cities of smaller 

 size. Our Cuban members number 

 above 3,000. In the soft accents of the 

 Castilian tongue the sentiments of 

 Charles Wesley's hymns are sung with 

 the same fervor with which they are 

 poured forth in their own island home. 



The Rev. M. N. McCall in the At- 

 lanta (Ga.) Christian Index, writes that 

 "when the history of modern missions 

 shall have been completed one of its 

 brightest pages will be on Cuba." 



"In our last three Baptist Conventions 

 there the mayors of the respective 

 cities welcomed the body in the name of 

 the town, from the pulpit of our chapel. 

 Two of these towns were provincial 

 capitals, and one of them the third city 

 in the island. We are accustomed to 

 such things in the states, but a few 

 years ago it would have been unthink- 

 able in Cuba. 



There are now 

 thirteen Baptist 

 churches, thirty 

 preaching stations 

 which will later 

 be organized. The 

 Cuban - American 

 College, Havana, 

 has completed its 

 second year. 



The Home 

 Board has se - 

 cured excellent 

 lots in a number 

 of places, and on 

 some of them has 

 erected chapels. 

 The church build- 

 ing at Matanzas 

 has just been 

 completed, and is 

 a model of beauty 

 and convenience." 



In the ad- 

 dresses nf the Rt. 

 Rev. Albion W. 

 Knight, Eniscopal 

 Bishop of Cuba, 



delivered in Washington recently, much 

 interesting information regardnig the 

 work of the Episcopal Church in Cuba 

 was given. Speaking of general sanitary 

 condnions there, he said: 



' Cuba is a health resort. The con- 

 tagious diseases that once were a 

 scourge are now but little known, and I 

 think that Cuba is as healthy as any 

 locality in the United States." 



In discussing the missionary work of 

 the church he said: "The Episcopal 

 Church has built a church in Havana, 

 the construction of which was paid for 

 by donations from the people. 



"Three years ago there were but 85 

 children, 200 communicants, and 2 cler- 

 gymen connected with the church on the 

 island. This year's report shows there 

 are 700 children, 1,171 communicants, 

 and 16 clergymen." 



During the bishop's first year on the 

 island he confirmed 23 communicants; 

 last j^ear 294 were received, 230 of 

 whom were natives unable to speak the 

 English language. 



There are eight parochial schools, sus- 

 tained by the parents of the pupils. The 

 Cathedral School, in Havana, is for girls 

 and three years old. When the school 

 opened there were 20 pupils; the second 

 year 130, and this year there are 260. 



Another school was opened this year 

 for the poor children of the city of 



Baptist Model Church in Camaguey, near center of City. 



