anila said the first mass,
the acolytes being two of the above-mentioned collegians, Don Pedro
Tello de Guzman, nephew of the president, and Don Antonio de Morga,
son of Don Antonio de Morga, auditor of the royal Audiencia. At
the conclusion of mass, two other collegians made harangues, giving
an account of what was intended in the foundation of this college;
wherewith they were well satisfied, and pleased with the work which
the Society had undertaken. The collegians at the foundation of the
institution were thirteen. That number has continued to increase until
it has reached twenty, as at present, which is not an insignificant
beginning in so new a land. Many people came to visit the college and
its apartments, admiring its good order and plan, and praising this
work, so serviceable to God our Lord, and to this commonwealth. They
attend with punctuality the devotional exercises and the divisions
of time according to the arrangements of the college, and thus derive
profit in letters and in virtue. The Indians, too, repair to Ours, as
they would to parents; and with the confidence of faithful children
they make known their doubts and give account of their affairs. For
instance: An Indian, on the day of the birth of Christ our Lord,
was in his house contentedly repairing his boat and preparing to
make a voyage the next day for matters concerning his occupation,
when a certain person chanced to pass his house, who said to him:
"How now? dost thou dare to work on Christmas day?" The other answered
him, in jest: "Oh, yes! I have permission from Jesus Christ to do
this." But his chastisement was not long delayed, for just when he
was making ready for his voyage on that very day a violent and mortal
illness attacked his family, sparing neither wife nor children, and
laying him at the door of death, so that for three months he could
not leave his house. He came to us in remorse, and acknowledging his
guilt; and after telling us these things asked for advice, made his
confession, and prepared for communion, through the efficacy of which
he recovered his health, and was able to accomplish those things which,
on account of his sins, our Lord had prevented him from doing.

While one of our brethren was sojourning in an Indian village far from
that city [of Manila], two incidents occurred whereby was seen and
manifested the supernatural virtue of the holy _Agnus Dei_, so famed
for many other great miracles. Two women were quarrelin