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provisions at the stores where they were known, and had to
go to where they were strangers in order to get anything to
eat. Living a Christian life under such conditions is what
makes men saints-or cynics. It has made saints of the
Jansens.
In I908 Dr. James A. Graham, who was temporarily occupying Cebu while the Jansens took a much-needed furlough,
said: "Religious liberty is a myth in Cebu, and apparently
the government is not able to bring it about. Lepers are
collected by the municipal authorities to spit into the faces of
the Protestants and paw them with their mutilated hands
while services are being held. Our evangelist in Badian was
struck in the face, while preaching, by the presidente of the
town, and, together with two other members of the church,
he was thrown into prison with brutal blows. Another
evangelist, by order of the priest, on the charge that the man's
brother owed him for having married him, was also cast into
prison. His imprisonment was, of course, illegal, yet he lay
in prison for twenty-four days without trial, often being
offered his liberty if he would kiss the crucifix and renounce
Protestantism. He remained firm through it all. When a
procession passed his cell, he was thrown down and held
there by two policemen until it had passed. At length he
was released and came to us. Nothing was done beyond
the dismissal of the magistrate. Since that time the same
man has had his land virtually stolen from him, because he
is true to his conscience and to his God." 8
Balbino Lozado was the martyr of Santander. He had
been warned repeatedly that he would be killed if he became
a Protestant. When he was examined in preparation for
baptism he told this and was asked if he was not afraid.
"Yes," he replied, "I am afraid. But I must follow the
call of God even if it means my death." Those words should
be engraven on a monument in his honor.
Evangelist Ricardo Alonzo, with a company of Christians
from Oslob church, went to Santander to dedicate a little
chapel which the forty-five believers had built. Before going
Presbyterian Report I908, p. 388.