Identifier: southamericannei01stun (find matches)
Title: South American neighbors..
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Stuntz, Homer C. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: N.Y.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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lishment ofan orphanage, and popular schools, and for over fortyyears he was the chief moral and spiritual humanfactor in that growing seaport. At the beginning of his work he was fought stepby step by the priests and other officers of the RomanChurch. British and German business men providedthe funds for a house of worship where all the preach-ing would be in English or German. But the lawforbade public worship; so, although they were notpermitted to give the chapel any of the appearance ofa house of worship, still the fact that it opened on apublic street made it public, and Dr. Trumbull and hisofficial members were forced to hide their chapel behinda high and unsightly wall. His whole life was devoted to Chile. Although hischief work was that of ministering to British people,he so mastered the Spanish language that his preachingand writings in the tongue of the nation commandedthe utmost respect of critical readers and hearers.His part in the continent-wide struggle for the passage
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SPIRIT OF PIONEERS 95 of laws granting civil marriage and religious libertywas a very large one. In Chile he was the centralfigure. When these laws were being debated in theCongress of that nation, he vowed that, if they wereto become the laws of the land, he would become acitizen of Chile out of gratitude and confidence in itsleaders. The reforms were won. The shackles ofreligious intolerance were broken and Dr. Trumbullkept his vow. On a beautiful stone slab which covers his gravein the foreign cemetery in Valparaiso loving andappreciative friends have set down some of his virtuesand much of their gratitude and love. Memorle Sacrum The Reverend David Trumbull, D.D. Founder and Minister of the Union Church, Valparaiso Born in Elizabeth, N. J., 1st of Nov., 1819. Died in Valparaiso, 1st of Feb., 1899. For forty-three years he gave himself to unweariedand successful effort in the cause of evangelical truth,and religious liberty in this country. As a gifted andfaithful minister and as a

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