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

viii PREFACE
women of ambition and strength who are increasingly making
their impress upon the character of the whole country.
The Reformation which occurred in Europe four centuries
ago began in the Philippines a quarter of a century ago and
has been swifter and more thoroughgoing than in the days
of Martin Luther. Perhaps it has not yet found its Luther.
Perhaps there will be many Luthers. This reformation is of
far greater importance for the destiny of the Philippines than
the noisy political disputes which fill the newspapers. Though
quiet and unostentatious, it is in reality the most important
fact of the last twenty-five years. It is being brought to pass
through two principal agencies, the public school system and
the evangelical churches. The public schools are furnishing
the intellectual reformation and the churches the spiritual.
Several good books have dealt with the marvelous progress
of education. None of recent years has told the story of
Evangelical Christianity. It is with this tale that the greater
part of the book is concerned.
The author is deeply grateful to Mr. Agapito Raagas for
the many months of labor which he gave to the copying and
recopying of the text, to Mr. Cirilo del Carmen for having
prepared the index, to Rev. A. L. Ryan, Bishop Charles E.
Locke, Mr. Isaac Barza, Rev. G. B. Cameron, Professors
Austin Craig and Otley Boyer, Dr. T. H. Pardo de Tavera,
Rev. Clyde Heflin, Mr. Clarence A. Neff and Miss Evelyn
Fox for reading the text and offering valuable suggestions;
to the Missionary Research Library of New York City, where
a large part of the material was collected; to Professor Daniel
Johnson Fleming of Union Theological Seminary to whose
inspiration the inception of the book was due, and to Mrs. Florence A. Gilbert for reading the proof and Arthur Y. Meeker
for arranging for publication.
Grateful acknowledgment is also made for permission to
use material to Mr. Claude R. Moss, Dr. P. H. J. Lerrigo,
Dr. David P. Barrows, Dr. Fay Cooper Cole, Bishop H. C.
Stuntz, Mr. H. P. Willis, Dr. James R. Robertson, Dr. N. M.
Saleeby, Mr. Austin Craig, Dr. T. H. Pardo de Tavera, Mr.
Dean C. Worcester, Professor Otley Beyer, Rev. C. W. Briggs,