The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-03-29 00:00:00

THE VISIONS OF LLANTHONY ABBEY.

leentliony Abbey, as tier readers are aware. is the
••••neetery founiltel by Felber Iguaties, in iine of th..
widest and t pr• ef North Wales. In
the fall of lest pier the {ethere etre reports of apparitems
r 'Micas o' the V rain a..ry wlech were safe to have
been manitested a* the Able y. Fatter Ignatius, in his
lecture at Beene mouth on Friday. enter. d into very
deteiled ac•ount, i thin. We extract the Meowing
frons his lecture :—lte icing the daie of Monday. the 30th of
Au/fustiest, Father Ignatius il.sertleie the experieneas of
a Wroth. r (the son of an Irish Presbytereet eriny eflieet)
who In Vs morning went to his e etch in he church
hefore the High Attie awl was watchine the Tebernsele
(a 'wet of ark in whice the Holy Sacrament was kept) when
he sew a kind of mist, which eventually resolved into the
shape of the vowel inside the Tabernacle audio material-
ised that the tither saw sunlight shining on the silver
metal of the monstrance. As the halfshour went on the
vessel beceme as distinct and plain as the by thee we..
need t se• it when taken eat for the Benediction Service.
At ten o'clock the " watch" Was taken be •sister (a wheel-
tei tree.) who, without knowing what her predecessor had
e'en (for he had not mentioned • word to anyone) theme
emu, whst SOrpriso4 at the sine of her irate', anti asked
why the rev, rather had le' t the Sacrament out. She then
at .ted what she hit yr ensue I. After Vespers the children
went Into the meadow to play with the son of • labour.
log former, acid while at play the latter witnessed the
•ppreace et the 'dueling flgere of • woman clothed
in shining garments." All the boys saw the tem,. and
saw it Pa/. through a hedge, and he (the father) had
severally examinee them mu to their stetsmente, and it
could not be believed that four boys could invent such an
extraordioary thing. On the Friday the brie were also
examined by • solicitor who happened to corns to the
Abbey oa bus nem, and he said thet though he "cold net
make it out,' he yet believed the boys. He (Father
Ignatius) having promised to Coke duty for • clergyman in
Dv 'meth.% subeequently loft Llenthi ny, but gave strict
instructions that hews. tette informed of aey feed' m the
fettations. He setorwards received • full account ef an
apporeration which one of the boy. had wen on Silures',
nt,te. Ii appears that toe boys were again at to:a, when
the senior one suedenly saw the whole nf the bush in •
hl.th I. The eller brothers were fetched Iron the monas-
tery, and knelt before the hush (Which Was dateline
bright). One of the elder brethreo, who was kneeling
liefere the bosh singing hymns and sayine prayers, said
th t if what the boys saw on Monday was whet it was
to be, whet,' further menifestations would be
Made if they- now sang the Aw Marie, sal instantly Gist
del to a figure appeared at the or. of the meadow and
aevanced towards the illiiminstett bu•h. This eat either
• fa-t, a delusion, or a lie, but all be could nay was that
there were eight persons propene' to substantiate it
enlemnlyi and they were persons •Il lariding , • /elite ous
life. toying nothing 'whetever to get from .uch • tete-
tneut except • greet deal .1 peewee' ton line relieille. On
the nee .sion to weich he wee referring, when th'Y e'en+
ta the word, Slowed is the fruit of thy woluh," tee
'edit In the bath became lute*. an I the wital""" sew
tie deer or • man, unclothed.exerpt with a girth around
the Lew, and hit heeds stretched mitt as in itlassing•
Veneer ei -ions appeared on the nest Wednesday (the
Wt. ast id lb. Netivityl, and on the following Seteritey
Ohs leth el Lets/giber) he returne ft. elatitheny, taking
with hen • trolesmati and a DO s•Oap011 rep 'thee from
11.ref,r.l. wishing them rob' present in caw it might be
eke w II of Gel that tree fahonot be permitted to see
Vsols)011 similar to what had been already see., bet they
wetebiel until ten o'clock thet night and PIM nothing,
leave.s the monastery the next in 'mine. A gentlemen
from Keels Oellege. Oxfore, M. then staying with them
On the ill. of September" watching " erwagain reset d
to t the porch door, sod whi:e they were clientele, tie
feet 'iron prereatg iw, mu abel or liehtuine, the outlines
of ham .n figures. Toe theory that the effect. t i which
be hid alluded were caused toy in soc hint •rns was trt
...tenable. At the end not tilt tier I hour of eaething he
(Father [goatee.) said "Mew Wog the AN )(iris to the
bleeerel Virgin het...elf." ant directly they teeth im he and
ewe brother. and • ri.ter saw the dark h soddenly
Mewed d, bursting out with circles of hfieht dezelloe
lighl; the larger circle appeared like two rainb .we, and in
the centre circle they sae • Missing steatitic fawn, which
a. it des/waded became of the ordinary Use Toe vision
turned in the earn* direction as when the hers the It.
But thi• het not been tile last of ei's de dingy with
them ref it was only last week he received a latex
teilag hum of numbers of blersitire wrought on pleats by
the use of leaves from the bush where that wonderful
appeared. Be could give numbers of storiee, some
bi aresthine maenitude, such as the orsli..if of per-iris. In
011411 a pets.* who lied been • cripple for MI Pews.
%melee • contracted kneeeipplied a lee welch had grown
AO the hedge where the vision appeared, and directly the
leaf- a bit of dry withered rhubarb Ird-10 .cood the leg
tee of µlad eh. I sle. Ibi diselart• COOPS 1.12.1 she could
walk peefthilr well. The lady nodded in 'Brighton. The
reerledons Wale ait the myth which the Material's's of
the geteent day made out, but lie left his bean.' t judge
for theineelvee whether or not God in is RIO lefiaite mercy
hart inanifeettel Himeelf. He (Father Igtiettio) only
hoped that God wool.' put it into the heart of some one
to make • rash offering t lined a shrine to mock the spot
where God had ea thifested Himself.