The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-30


toit apoor woman suffering from cancer Her
dress mounted up to her throat and she was ioath,
for modesty's sake, to undo ir; but she did so at
last and have never seen sore 80 hideous 1t
was nearly rs large as a dinner plate and horribly
fouL The woman did not look as II she had
months life In her, so feeble she was aud so pale.
saw her take little OF the miraculous water in
her hand, and she sprinkled her hideous sore with
It. Then she dropped on her knees with q loud
cry, and prayed with passionate devotion. She had
been healed IN an instaatn - -' co.
-~s-S WHAT DON DIEGO RIBAs SAW.
~ was standing" said the Don, q highly educated
gentleman, who informed me that being on his
travels during the troubles Of his country, he had
come on pilgrimage to Lourdes rather from curl
osity than devotion; ~ was standing before the
holy fountain on the day Of my arrival here, with
the red cross upon my breast and the insignia of
the Sacred Heart beneath 1t. could have wished
that 1 had been more impressed by the scene
around me, but my heart remained cold to 1t, and
said within myself Lord believe; help Thou
mine unbeief.' As continued to muse rather than
to pray saw, borne upon chair by his friends and
Kindred an old man, who was paralytfc. They car
red him to the fountain and assisted him out OF his
chair on TO his crutches. He offered up silent
prayer upon his knees while his friends supported
him on either side, and then they plunged his legs
in the miraculous water. Three minutes after
wards, by my watch, which is an English watch,
he began to Jump and dance and to bless God. He
called out again and again that he was cured, and
he walked with firm steps and head erect to the
chapel, wherein deposited his clutches beside the
clutches OF other pilgrims. who had once been
cripples and who were healed of their indrmity.
81 saw this myself, but had never seen the
paraytic man before. OF course his cure may have
been a trick l do not think 1t was. The man be.
longed to the peasant class There were q large
number of peasants rounu the grotto. They all
wore the red cross, which showed that they were
pilgrims, and they seemed to be netghbOrs and &C
quaintances OF the paralytic man, who had made
the pilgrimage with him. They were hard-featured,
weather-beaten country people, who did not look
at all capable OF getting up theatrical representa-
ton. They rejoiced at the old mans cure, but they
showed no signs OF astonishment at 1t. They ap-
peared to have expected 1t, and were not disap-
pointed. Either miraculous cures occur daily at
Lourdes, or all the men and women there are liars.
Perhaps they are, perhaps they are not. only tell
you what saw with my own eyes. make no
comment on it,"
SO far, Don Diego; and as he spoke remembered
having somewhere read the story OF an impotent
man, who asked aims at the beautiful gate of the
Temple, and who having been also healed in an in
stant "went leaping and praising God"
WHAT THE Able FoURN0N SAID.
III am one Of the priests OF the grotto of Our
Lady of Lourdes. II you ask me to confirm the
story OF the impotent man under my hand and seal
must decline to do so. The Church never &C
knowledges that q miracle has been wrought
without inquiry What we do is this: I'VE insti-
tute investigation with judicial formalites con-
Quoted by persons competent to the task We hear
the evidence on both sides. and when 1t hasbeen
;,,Jv
ance with the testimony before 1t. Therefore
when you ask me positively to confirm any recent
fact which has passed under my own observation
1 am bound to answer you that the case has not
yet been tried and that decline to publish my
opinion upon 1t.
ssThere Is q list Of miraculous cures, however, 4
which have been sufficiently established upon evil
dence:-
81 NJ P. Hermann, celebrated pianist, relates
that he was cured of disease Of ophthalmia by the
waters OF Lourdes, after the 0custs had failed to
do him any good.
80. Maurice Lagorse, of Tourtoiac, Dordogne, was
cured Of Deafness
ss. One of the children Of Nine. Marie Labareille,
of Aressy, was cured Of tnmor which had formed
upon one of his eyeids.
"a. M. Pierre Joseph Hauquet, aged forty-nine,
residing at No. II Rue Cheravoie at Liege, Bel
GUM, was instantaneOusly cured OF paralysis and
disease of the spinal marrow. His cure is certified
by Dr. Davreux, celebrated physician OF Liege,
who resides at IL Rue Andre Dumont in that city.
s.5 Mile. Irene Rebourseaux was miraculously
cured of pulmonary disease.
49, Francois Macary, aged sixty, blacksmith, re-
siding at Lavaur, was suddenly cured Of malignant
ulcers after the famous DR.. Vguerie, OF Toulouse,
had informed him that his disease was incurable.'
His is attested by the Able Coux, Vicar Of St.
Aain, at Lavaur.-
81. Guillaume Jaffard, a pointsman employed at
the station of Lespouey- Lasades, on the Southern
Railway (Cnemtn de Fer du Midn, was cured Of
chronic rheumatism which had proven ted him
from walking without crutches.
49, The Able Frances, cure OF Bepech in the
diocese Of Carcasonne was cured OF malignant
fever after he had been given over by DR.. Galtier,
OF Castenaudary; DR.. Maury, OF Belpech, and
consultation OF physicians.
80. Mile. Constance Leger, residing in the Rue de
la Gazette, Faubourg des Chaprais at Besancon,
was cured OF painful infrmity which had afflicted
her for thirty years, and which the doctors OF
Besancon had declared to be incurabe.
$40. Mile. H. Breton, residing at $50 Boulevard
Magenta, Paris was cured of neuralgia, attended
by commissions, after all the usual remedies had
been tried in vain. She had been sf1icted for
eighteen years, and was bedrdden az the time Of
her cure.n
WHAT THE Able pEYRErTE SAID.
81 am Roman Catholic clergyman and have
been in the performance Of my duties at Lourdes
for about eight months. l have never seen mi
raculous cure wrought ut the grotto. have been
there moment before and moment alter such
events are said to have occurred, and have seen
people who have told me they had been miracu-
lousy cured, but had never seen them befor and
knew nothing of them have not been sufl-
cienty favored by Heaven to be allowed to witness
miracle" tThere is evidently no intention on the
part OF the parochal clergy Of Lourdes to endorse
the miracles wrought there without ocular demon
stration OF them.) "No," continues the Able
Peyrette al am unable to dine with you. Your hotel
is within the prescribed limits, and am forbidden
to accept invitations so near home. Neither can I
take charge OF any money for charitable purposes
as am not authorized to do So"
WHAT THE HOTEL KEEPERS SISTER SAID.
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