We  are  in  the  realm  of  realism.  The  reason  meditates
not  on  theological  principles,  but  upon  facts  furnished
by  experience.  God  is  a  myth,  he  has  no  reality,  he  is
not  an  object  of  science.  .  .  .  Man  invented  gods  and
God  that  the  world  might  be  ruled.  These  conceptions
resulted  from  his  progressive  intelligence.  The  simple
spirit  refrains  from  all  criticism  and  accepts  the  idea  of
God  without  resistance.  The  cultured  spirit  repels  the
idea  in  virtue  of  its  inherent  contradictions/

"Galvao  is  only  one  of  many  educators  in  the  best
schools  of  Brazil  who  have  broken  with  the  church,  and,

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of  all  the  hundreds  of  students  that  annually  sit  under
these  teachings,  very  few  could  be  found  who  would
question  the  accuracy  of  this  line  of  thought  or  seek  to
justify  the  Christian  faith.
"The  great  difficulty  that  confronts  the  laborer  in  this
field  is  not  that  of  tearing  men  away  from  an  old  faith.
The  great  majority  have  already  repudiated  their  old
faith.  The  pity  of  it  is  that  they  think  they  have  repudi-
ated Christianity."1

There  is  urgent  need  of  agencies  which  will  reach
these  students  with  the  gospel.
7.  International  Cooperation.  There  is  great  need  of
educational  cooperation  among  the  Latin-American
nations,  in  the  study  of  their  common  problems,  the  pro-
vision of  text-books,  the  training  of  teachers,  and  the
achievement  of  ideals.  There  is  no  such  unity.  As  Dr.
