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

248 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES

father's before, but it is a heavy and a good time keeper.
Will somebody buy it? It is the Lord's. We have also a pig
for sale for the same cause.'
"Others followed suit with rings, bracelets, etc.-all of
them family heirlooms-and the sum was raised. Those
having no money offered labor; all wanted to have a share....Nothing, I believe, has ever happened in this congregation which has drawn us closer to God and to one another,
one family in Christ Jesus.... The good pastor here has
personally solicited nearly all the funds for the alterations and
repairs, from outside friends, and is, besides, directing and
overlooking all the details of the work."
In the United Brethren territory a committee consisting of
four Filipino pastors and three American missionaries decide
upon the questions relating to support of pastors and churches.
At the present time the Mission matches every peso given by
the churches for building, upkeep, and salaries. The mission
never pays the pastor of any church directly, but pays the
money to the church, and the church settles with the pastor.
An experience from one of those delightful four-leaf folders
which are frequently put out by the Baptist Mission is instructive as well as amusing: "The Bingawan people came out
to carry the missionary in. The missionary refused to ride
in a hammock carried by the already tired men. The men
urged politely, but the missionary was firm and insisted upon
walking. He told them that God had given him legs with
which to walk, and that if he were lazy and rode in a hammock, God would be justified in taking away his legs and
power to walk. The men said: 'That is true.' They wished
a school for their children and proposed that the mission
should pay for the teacher. They wanted to build a church
with an iron roof and have the mission pay for the roof. The
missionary already saw the danger of developing 'rice' Christians, and had the sense to give them something better than
the money. He said: 'I thought you men had legs and could
walk?' and they replied, 'Indeed we have legs, and know how
to walk.' He said: 'But now you want to get in a hammock
and have the mission carry you: won't God be justified in