A Baptist in the Philippines
A Baptist in the Philippines.—The Record of Christian Work says that the American Baptist Missionary Union has had in its service at the Philippines a very successful worker who came thither from Spain. This gentleman, Rev. E. Lund, has been sought out by Bishop Aglipay, the head of that large body of seceders from the Roman Catholic Church which calls itself, “the National Philippine Catholic Church.” The bishop sought the friendship of Mr. Lund, and their first interview was closed with prayer, the bishop repeating word by word, like a little child, the words of the Baptist preacher. Aglipay has opened his churches to Mr. Lund, and encouraged his followers to hear his preaching. He has even taken the largest theaters in different islands, bearing the expenses, and thousands have pressed into them to hear Mr. Lund preaching the true Gospel, denouncing sin, whether of life or worship, in the plainest language, and in language equally plain announcing salvation through Jesus Christ. Such was the power of the preaching that sometimes the people burst into applause.