Storia do Mogor 331.3

331.3

For this reason it was evident that it was very useful, necessary, and glorious for Christianity that he should remain at Madras. He could there defend our holy Faith against different heretics who land there from all parts of the world. Furthermore, it is certain that Father Ephraim was of the greatest use to the Christians of Madras in particular, for he taught in his school the mysteries of our holy religion with a zeal and a fervour that were most noticeable. He also taught the children to read not only in Portuguese, but in Latin, which they pronounced as if they knew those languages perfectly. He had also trained his scholars to sing the Mass after the mode of the Capuchins. They sang it every Sunday and on the principal festivals, the father standing at the altar and they in the choir. The whole was done with exemplary modesty.