New Victories in Spain by Frank S. Bond

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 11, 1912

New Victories in Spain

By Frank S. Bond

CARTAGENA.—“For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you. . . . And ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.” Eze. 36: 24-27.

God is gathering out a commandment-keeping people in Spain to-day. Lives here are being cleansed by his truth. Idols are being torn down, and vices given up. In John 15:3 Jesus says, “Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.” There is cleansing power in his word.

Last week I spent a few days with Brother Lope Nicolas, our Bible worker who is laboring in the city of Murcia and its vicinity.

I was much pleased with the interest manifested on the part of a goodly number of persons. One man was keeping a saloon when the truth was taken to him, but he was soon willing to give up that soul-destroying business, and began to walk in the light of God’s Word. About three years ago this man purchased a Bible from a Bible society colporteur. The installation was then made, and now the light has been turned on. What an important part the great Bible societies have taken and are still taking in preparing the way in all lands for the presentation of “this gospel of the kingdom” in this generation!

While calling at the home of one of our sisters in Murcia a few days ago, I was forcibly impressed as she related some of her experiences. She spoke of having visited at the home of a relative some time before learning this truth. While there she heard him read from a large book. Among the things he read was this passage: “And this gospel of

the kingdom shall be preached in all the world, for a witness unto all nations, and then shall the end come.”

One day our Bible worker was trying to dispose of some Gospels to some of the neighbors of this woman, and as he called their attention to the statements in Matt. 24: 14, from a distance she overheard his remarks, and her heart was filled with joy. She remembered what she had heard read from that “big Book.” Now she had the opportunity to get the Gospel for herself. And she did get it, and was soon walking in the light. I had the privilege of baptizing this sister last spring, and it is encouraging to see with what firmness she is following on to know the Lord. Murcia is considered one of the most fanatical cities of all Spain, but God’s truth is penetrating the strongholds of Romanism to-day, and is gathering out the honest in heart. Four new believers in Murcia expect to go forward in baptism soon.

We are now in the midst of the second series of meetings in the city of Cartagena. The attendance is good, but as a rule these people are very slow to accept new ideas. We are well aware that the only power which can convict them of their sins, and convince them of the importance of obeying this message, is God’s Holy Spirit. Our aim is so to live that all our efforts may be accompanied by the Holy Spirit’s power. A few new believers in Cartagena have begun to keep the Sabbath. We desire an interest in the prayers of God’s people everywhere. FRANK S. BOND.