she also wished to become a Christian.  She answered affirmatively, saying that she had heard in the church that only the good Christians went to heaven, and that those who were not Christians must burn in hell; and that for the sake of retaining her husband’s affection she was not willing to die an infidel, and come to so bad an end.  Finally, when it seemed that the sick man was well prepared, and his sickness was becoming dangerous, he was baptized, and then our Lord was pleased to give him health—­whereat the good woman was more than ever anxious to receive baptism for herself.  After they were both 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 Otaco 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 the things of our Lord is ever increasing, as well as the pleasure of the people in them; and our fathers are steadily gaining their love and gratitude.  A father once told them that for a certain feast it was their share to adorn the church; immediately they set themselves to the task, and the one who began it was a pagan, who did his share of the work.  Our method of preaching to these people is not so much by means of arguments and consecutive discourses, which make but little impression on them, as by a sort of spiritual conference, in which the father briefly presents to them one or two points, repeating these and asking questions concerning them.  Thus his hearers become proficient, and the result is plainly seen; more than seven hundred have been baptized this year—­most