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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 21, 1906

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 83, No. 25.

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Spain

By Walter Bond; Leola Bond

GRACIA, BARCELONA.—Our supply of Spanish literature is very limited. We shall be glad when it is increased.
At present we are holding several meetings each week, with considerable interest. On Sunday night, however, only a very few came. We felt disappointed. The study was a simple one—the importance of obedience. God blessed the reading of his Word, and when the meeting had closed, two souls had decided to obey his commandments. One is a bright boy, seventeen years old, and the other is a man of thirty. We thank God for what he has done and is doing. One of these has already lost his position, and the other expects to lose his next Friday, on account of the decision he has made. They are planning to enter the tract work.
Don Alfonso, a business man whom we met two weeks ago for the first time, has for several years lived up very strictly to the Catholic faith. He had drunk holy water at all times, carrying a bottle of it with him; had gone to mass regularly; and the walls of his house were lined with the images of saints. On New-year's eve he went to mass at midnight, taking with him twelve raisin seeds, which had been blessed by the priest. As the clock struck the midnight hour, he swallowed a raisin seed at each stroke, at the same time offering a prayer to Saint John, for success during the coming twelve months. Yet his confession was, “I have never had peace nor rest of mind.”
After one hour's study of God's Word, the images were all taken down, the use of holy water was discontinued, and Don Alfonso, instead of praying to saints long ago dead, began praying to the living God. We have had two studies with him since the first. Yesterday he said, “I have determined to follow Jesus, and keep his Sabbath, God helping me.” He also said that he had found that peace for which he had been looking. Is not this a brand plucked from the burning?
Of course these have much to learn yet; they are just beginners. But he that hath begun the good work is able to finish it. Pray for these dear souls that are just starting, that they may grow up to the full stature of men in Christ Jesus. And pray for this whole needy field, with its millions in the darkness of Roman idolatry.
WALTER AND LEOLA BOND.