The people of the Philippines, their religious progress and preparation for spiritual leadership in the Far East,

PREFACE

This book was undertaken because the writer had many
questions of vital importance to which nobody could give
him satisfactory answers. Neither one book nor all the books
together answered the question, "What is the trend of Philippine religion?" nor the equally important question, "What is
the unmet want in the Filipino heart?", nor the greatest question of all, "What may the Filipino people become if they
give God a perfect chance?"
The study has revealed many facts which were wholly unexpected. The greatest of these facts becomes the theme of
the book: The preparation of the Filipino people for the
spiritual leadership of the Far East and perhaps of the whole
world.
The aim is to discover the footprints of God across the
history of the Philippines. These islands, America, and
the entire world will be different if they see and believe the
vision. The rising curve which we get by a historical survey
points upward to a greater day ahead. The confirmation of
this is seen in the present generation, which averages higher
than any which have preceded it. There never were so many
really noble souls in the Philippines as there are today. Not
many of these fine Christian gentlemen and ladies are in the
limelight, nor do they desire to be. For them, success lies,
not in the plaudits of their fellows, but in the progress of
their nation and their world toward the Kingdom of God.
Just because they are utterly heedless of themselves one must
frequently search for them in the far dark corners, where
they have gone, not because these places are pleasant nor
because they are fashionable, but because they are in need of
help. The fruitage of their labors is beyond all computation.
Out of those far dark corers are coming young men and
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