The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1862-07-09
A STRIKING COINCIDENCE.

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A STRIKING COINCIDENCE.
He sliverc,h and rescueih and he worke,h signs and
wonders in heaven and in eaHh.-DAs. vi. 81.
Jacques Pineton, Huguenot minister in
the principally Of Orange, in his book emit
tied !" The Tears" in which he furnishes an
account OF the persecution his brethren en-.
dured from the French, relates the following
event, which he was an eyewitness to:
In 1878, week after the festival OF Cur
pus Christi, Jesuit preached sermon, in
which he challenged me from the pulpit 10
refute his proofs that the body OF Christ was
present in the water, and that therefore the
sacrament must be worshipped. received
precise information OF every argument he adj
vanced in this sermon; il however entered not
into my mind 10 answer his public challenge
in public manner was therefore content
with refuting his arguments in presence of
those that had reported his sermsn. But he
only challenged the oltener and holder, 50
that nv flock anxiously desired me TO relute
him publicly. This finally attempted 10
do, in Sunday afternoons sermon, IA which
ANIMATED all the arguments he had adj
vanced from time 10 time. | spike for near
stated hearers. but also 10 many strangers,
whom the report that was going To relul.
the Jesuit had drawn together. | swept
away all the cobwebs OF his suphistry; prov
ed how he had falsely quoted Scripture 10
answer his purpose, and routed hlm with the
testimony ot the same fathers. upon whom he
had relied 50 much So that ! conceiye,
had completely vanquished him. This he
was himself aware Of for on leaving our
meeting, he said 10 pilleneui, a noblcman
yet living, and strongly addicted 10 Poper,
!" Alas! now | am completely nonplussed
Good God what shall be able to advance
against all the testimonies quutedf' tie in
fact took coed care, III his next sermon, not
10 follow my course Of argument, doing moth
Ing but making a great outcry against my
having styled the alteration of the host, id.l-
airy. However, he conceived he could hes,
extricaie himself out Of his dilemma, IL in
the church he called God himself 10 witnc S.
that his doctrine was cnnsOnant 10 the truth,
and this Ne did in the following manner:
Great God :" he cried, !" how csnsl thou
suffer thy seryice.-the most glorious and
most holy service,-to be styled idolatrous
Is II true, As these preachers charge us. that
we are ldolaters. anil the priests lmpnslors,
when they say they daily oifer Tie body Of
Thy most blessed Son: Where. then, are
thy lightn,nss; where thy thunderbolts. 10
dash Us idoalers aud imp.stors 10 pieces !"
Then turning to the altar, whereon stood
the cansecrated host. he continued: Yes,
my Saviour !! turn to thee. brsreehing lhee
to give judgment 10 our case by a miracle !!
Are we guilty uf ldolatry ~ s"r,hippins Thy
holy sacrament: then lei fire tall down from
heaven upun u. as Elijah did upon the
priests Of Baall strike wIth thy thunder
sur affairs, then wilt thou By such judgment
undeceivs Us. aud fully convict Is u IJola-
Try"
IL was on June 10Th, 1878, that tie JESUIT
called upon GoL tor convincing miracle,
IN such presumptunus terms. aud ten days
alter. on "Wednesday, June 23th. about nlnr
o clock, il being the least Of Peter aud Paul.
God granted him the very slgu he had de-
sired. The sky was overcast with dense
clouds; on all sides it ligntensd aud thun.
dered awiully, when presently a terrific
struck the church right beside
the high altar. and Just while the canot
coulet was IN The act Of Offering lie sacrifice
Of the mass. The lightning threw the priest
on his back, and tore number 81 stones out
VI the ceiling. II moreover ran into the al.
joining chapel. to the left Of the ehuir, burn.
ing the drapery AZ the altar to cinders for
here, too. they were just engaged IN reading
the mass. Lady de Ia Pisa. who was kneel.
ing near the spot, was very much scathed,
aud quite covered with dust; and other per.
sons Jared in similar manner. The fpruer,
being carried home IL an iosensible state,
had 10 be bled. The lightning had also pass.
ed through one Of the church windows, aud
in the steeple Of the church, men we're till
evening busiIy engaged in ertinguishing the
ere.
Pineton concludes this narrative BY stat.
ing that this occurrence became known all
over the principality Of Orange, and that Il
ought to lead all reasonable Roman Catholics
20 serious reflection.