ld, which was born
alive. I baptized it, but it died; and the mother regained her health.

"On Holy Saturday a young man came to me in alarm, saying that
a demon was trying to choke his sister. I went to her house and
found her suffering from an oppression in her breast and throat, and
distressed by fear. I asked for the image, and when it was brought,
I heard the sick woman's confession; she was at once relieved from
the oppression and anxiety. For her greater consolation I left the
image in order that she might have good company.

"On the following day, the Lord accorded us a most joyful Easter
Sunday. In the morning there came to me a man, but recently arrived
from Indan, who said that his wife was in a very exhausted condition
from the pains of childbirth. I sent him with a boy to take the
image of our blessed father and carry it to his home. He departed at
once, and when the image was carried into the house his wife brought
forth her child. It seems that the Lord has chosen to confirm this
newly-converted people in their recent coming to Him, and in their
faith. A few days ago, a Bilango came to us in haste to ask for the
image in behalf of a woman who was in childbirth; and as soon as
it was brought to her, she gave birth to a child. In Santiago also
the fiscal, remembering what he had heard about our blessed father,
entreated his aid, as his wife was in a like critical condition, and
her life in great danger. Immediately her infant was born alive, and,
while receiving the water of holy baptism, passed on to the bliss of
eternal light." Thus far I have cited the letter of Father Gregorio
Lopez; he could easily have related therein many other unusual events
and marvelous incidents which occurred among those new believers. He
omitted them probably for the sake of brevity, and because many of
them are quite similar--for which reason I too omit them. But I must
not fail to mention one incident which occurred during the absence of
Father Gregorio Lopez, at which time his companion, Father Pedro de
Segura, remained in Silan. Two Indians came to this father one night,
seeking relief for a woman who was the wife of one and a relative
of the other. She was suffering violent pangs in childbirth, and
was in a most critical state, being unable to expel the child. The
two Indians earnestly entreated the father, in their simplicity,
for some blessed beads. He gave them his own reliquary, and as they
were carrying it away he b