baptized, they received the nuptial benediction, as do all the other
married people who are baptized, renewing their marriage according
to Christian usage. I will also mention the death of a child, which
was no less remarkable than the recovery of the other. The father
was passing through a village late in the day, on his way to another
settlement. He was hastening his steps, for the sun was setting and
there still remained a considerable strip of road before he could reach
his destination. But at the very entrance of the village a Christian
came out and called to him, entreating him to go and baptize a child,
the son of infidel parents, who was very sick. The father went to the
house and baptized the child; and, having offered a prayer for it,
went away. No sooner had he gone, than our Lord called the child to
Himself; and it seemed as if the little one was only waiting baptism
in order to enter heaven immediately.




The method of preaching which our Fathers employed in Tinagon, and
the results thereby obtained. Chapter L.


What was accomplished at that time in Tinagon is well related by
Father Francisco de Otaço in the following special account which he
gave of his labors there: "It is wonderful to see how these people
have all at once and generally abandoned their sins. For the greater
glory of the Lord, there has not been known, nor have I heard of,
throughout this year, a single act of idolatry, and these formerly
were so common. Concubinage has been rare, and their drinking feasts
so moderate that they do not deserve such a name. The knowledge of