Missionary journals state that Spain has unwittingly done an important service in preparing the way for the introduction of pure Christianity into the Philippines. Some time previous to the insurrection in the islands a Filipino, Don Pascual Pubiete, who had large influence with his countrymen, was suspected of inciting rebellion, carried a prisoner to Spain, and banished to a fort in Africa, where he suffered much from ill treatment. He succeeded in establishing his innocence. Being permitted to go to Madrid, he found his way into a Protestant service; became interested, was converted, and has lately been received into membership in the Church of the Saviour, in that city. He now intends to return to his own country as an evangelist. He has already translated the first three Gospels and the book of Acts into the Tagal language, under the direction of an agent of the British and Foreign Bible Society.
Photo by Dr. E. G. Wood, Hospital Corps, Manila. Statue of Fernando de Magellan, Manila.
