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282 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES
"One evening while our heads were bowed in prayer a large
stone came through the unfinished side wall-and fell at my
feet." Boycotting the stores of men who became Protestants,
or who even permitted Protestant services in front of their
tiendas, has often been recorded. Complaints had been made
that hired lawyers haul Protestants before the judge on imaginary charges, and that the accused have to spend more than
they possess in order to save themselves." 6 The result is that
many Protestants leave Leyte in order that they may worship
without molestation.
It is trials like the following told by Rev. E. H. Housley
that tie the hearts of missionaries and evangelists together.
"Pastor Marcelo Cabingting was put in jail in Manalin on a
planned charge of the councilmen. I learned of it at seven
P. M. and proceeded to get a letter from the Governor and
started on my ten mile ride. My horse fell on me and got
away. I was compelled to walk half the way. We convened
the court from Ii P. M. to 3 A. M. and the boy was freed.
I would have stayed with him in the jail had they not let
him go."
The town of Dinalupihan became Protestant and had its
own Protestant church. The Archbishop brought suit in I906
for the whole town on the ground that it was situated on
an hacienda belonging to the Roman Catholic Church. He
was able to present a deed and was awarded ownership by
the Court of First Instance. It was necessary to build another
church.
"The officials of our church leased a plot of ground on
which to build a chapel and secured the permit of the mayor.
Men had gone into the mountains and brought the necessary
heavy timbers. Some two hundred pesos were collected and
all hands worked with a will and took pride in the construction
of the best chapel we have in the province.
"Just before the chapel was completed a man who had
formerly lived on the lot brought a suit for possession before
the justice of the peace on the ground that he was the true
owner. Although he had before him the decision of the
Presbyterian Report I909, p. 43.