{"product_id":"2940012946614","title":"THE FRIARS IN THE PHILIPPINES","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   Chapter                                                     Page\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     I. The Work of the Religious Orders in the Philippines       7\u003cbr\u003e    II. The Charges made against Them considered                 37\u003cbr\u003e   III. The Rebellion Largely the Work of a Secret Organization  60\u003cbr\u003e    IV. The Rebels and Their Grievances                          86\u003cbr\u003e     V. The Sectarian Missionary Movement                        99\u003cbr\u003e        Postscript                                              116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        APPENDIX.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     I. A Short Account of Missions in China, conducted by the\u003cbr\u003e        Dominican Friars of the Philippines                     122\u003cbr\u003e    II. Extracts relating to the Friars, from the Official\u003cbr\u003e        Correspondence of Generals Weyler and Moriones          124\u003cbr\u003e   III. The Work of Freemasonry in South and Central America    129\u003cbr\u003e    IV. Interview with Augustinian Friars                       138\u003cbr\u003e     V. Letter from a Friar in the Power of the Rebels, to a\u003cbr\u003e        Friend in Manila                                        145\u003cbr\u003e    VI. The Rev. Mr. Hykes on Burial Fees, and the Paco\u003cbr\u003e        Cemetery outside Manila                                 149\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE FRIARS IN THE PHILIPPINES.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE WORK OF THE RELIGIOUS ORDERS IN THE PHILIPPINES.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA recent traveller designates the Philippines as the birthplace\u003cbr\u003eof typhoons, the home of earthquakes,--epithets undoubtedly strong\u003cbr\u003eyet well deserved; and typhoons at certain seasons of the year, with\u003cbr\u003eearthquakes at uncertain periods, when taken together with the torrid\u003cbr\u003eheat, trying at all seasons, and the malaria fruitful of fevers,\u003cbr\u003emake these islands of the Eastern seas, which otherwise would be a\u003cbr\u003everitable Paradise upon earth, an undesirable place of abode to the\u003cbr\u003eaverage European, unless, indeed, he is attracted thither by the\u003cbr\u003egreed of gain or by the nobler desire of missionary enterprise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor Nature, bountiful there almost to prodigality, revelling in\u003cbr\u003eall the luxuriance of tropical vegetation, has always at hand, as\u003cbr\u003ea set-off to her gifts, terrible manifestations of her power. The\u003cbr\u003eseventeenth-century navigator, William Dampier, in his own quaint\u003cbr\u003eand amusing way, describes how the natives and the Spanish colonists\u003cbr\u003eof Manila strove to guard against the double danger of earthquakes\u003cbr\u003eand typhoons, and how they both failed ignominiously. The Spaniards\u003cbr\u003ebuilt strong stone houses, but the earthquake made light of them, and\u003cbr\u003eshook them so violently that the terrified inmates would rush out of\u003cbr\u003edoors to save their lives; while the natives from their frail bamboo\u003cbr\u003edwellings, which were perched on high poles, placidly contemplated\u003cbr\u003etheir discomfiture. All that the earthquake meant to them was a\u003cbr\u003egentle swaying from side to side. But the Spaniards had their turn\u003cbr\u003ewhen the fierce typhoon blew, against which their thick walls were\u003cbr\u003eproof. Then, from the security of their houses, could they view, with\u003cbr\u003ea certain grim satisfaction, the huts of the natives swaying every\u003cbr\u003eminute more violently in the wind, till, one by one, they toppled\u003cbr\u003eover--each an indescribable heap of poles, mats, household utensils,\u003cbr\u003eand human beings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy way of general description it may be said that the Philippine\u003cbr\u003eArchipelago consists of between one and two thousand islands; two of\u003cbr\u003ewhich, Luzon and Mindanao, are much larger than Ireland, while the\u003cbr\u003erest vary in size down to mere islets, rocks, and reefs. Altogether\u003cbr\u003ethe islands stretch from north to south a distance as great as from\u003cbr\u003ethe north of England to the south of Italy. The soil is extremely rich,\u003cbr\u003eand easily cultivated; vast forests abound, containing valuable timber;\u003cbr\u003eand the mineral resources, up to the present undeveloped, are apt to\u003cbr\u003eprove a sure source of income under modern methods of working.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut what concerns us most in this inquiry is the character of the\u003cbr\u003einhabitants. The population, which is variously estimated at from\u003cbr\u003eeight to ten millions, is made up of more than eighty distinct tribes,\u003cbr\u003ewhich nearly all belong to the Malay race. There are still to be\u003cbr\u003efound in some of the islands, and principally in the mountainous\u003cbr\u003edistricts, the remnants of the aboriginal inhabitants, usually called\u003cbr\u003eNegritos. These are of a distinctively inferior type, are rapidly\u003cbr\u003ediminishing in numbers, and seem to many observers incapable of\u003cbr\u003ecivilization. Our only concern therefore is with the Malays, who form\u003cbr\u003ethe vast bulk of the population, and have in the course of time been\u003cbr\u003enearly all converted to Christianity. Nearly seven million Christians\u003cbr\u003eare counted among them; while the unconverted pagans, together with\u003cbr\u003ethe Moros, or Malay Mohammedans, of Mindanao and the Sulu islands,\u003cbr\u003eare not a million in number.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069639377136,"sku":"2940012946614","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012946614_p0.jpg?v=1763574431","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012946614","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}