The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-04-20
Correspondence Of N. z. Freeman's Journsl)
Oar Lady Of Lourdes.
PARKERsBuaG, WEST Va, April 1, 1873.

| Oar Lady Of Lcurdes.
PARKERsBuaG, WEST VA, April 1, 1873.
Dear Freemaa--I have to-day to invite yoa to
Abingdon, Virginia, one Of tho remotest Mis-
sions In the diocese Of Wheeling; for there
! also has Notre Dame do Lourdes been scatter-
The cure in this case is that OF spinal AZ
lection Of long standing, and tho subject of 1t
"a Misc QuIgey, twenty-seven years old
daughter Of George Quigley, Esq, we'll
Known and highly respected citizen OF Pitts
burg, Pennsylvania.
Miss Quigiey will be remembered by her nu-
merous friends in Pttsburs, as . chronic suf-
ferer during ten years and upwards, from the
r. AZ am Informed in The matter,s (and, my
authorities arc direct), the nalady. during the
whole timesof its prevalence, was character
| lied by dolorous, and often intense, pains In
the spine and head; which rarely knew aBate-
ment.
At one epoch, determined effort on the
pain, superinduced irritation of the brain,
which had we'll nigh proved fatal Miss Quig-
Icy was treated tor this attack by Dr.. Daniel
MoMeal of Pittsburg. From this tims-it
malady of the back and head became moro and
more distressing. Two years later, in the July
of 1870, the Nuns Of the Order of the Vista
ct
of Associate Sister, in view of her otherwise
sterling character and many virtues.
For time Sister Mary de Sales Miss Quigley's
name in religion) fell into line with her fellow
Sisters in the discharge of the general commu-
nifty work, till her health coon and visibly
sinking, the Superioress had to relieve her of
nearly all her duties, and call in Messrs. Green
way & Keiskell, two of the most .eminens ply
sicians of Abingdon. Unhappily for art. in
this instance as In all previous attempts, the
remedies applied only added to the pain of the
at this epooh-which runs through two years
that rarely could she cit mp over an hour ut
o time, nor was the relief derived from rest
more than temporary.
Mary de Sales Quigley, up to the hour of her
sudden and permanent cure in the August Of
1s72-the only remedies used being confiding
and well-sustained prayers, and applications
let Us allow tho fortunate Sister to speak for
"sinoe entered this Convent, in July, 1870,
my i'll health had been . great obstacle. Yet
our dear Sisters admitted me go the religious
profession. in the rank of Associate Sisters;
and their kind hearts prompted them to make
Novena (nine days prayer) for me. Several
my back and head grew worse and worse Iex-
cept during Corpus Christi week, ut the end of
tts second Novena), when, contrary to custom,
was entirely free from pain. But ithe next
day after this, Octave, my pains returned with
moro violence than ever.
cat this juncture-July, 1s72-the third No
vons was decided upon, but this time to Our
Novena, some of the miraculous waters of
LourdessSand promised to procure q large
statue or the immaculate Conception fer our
Novitiate. .-.
FINALLY, the statue arrived, .but not the
cure, ofywhich twas to DO the ercoto. 1 had
ordered it in the full confidence that would
welcome it in perfect health.
But the time was not yet cou1e. We took
the new statue, and placing it id posseion in
our oratory, began our second Novena to Oar
Lady of Lourdcs. %
them as before to the parts afectea, and so,c,
thank God, l enjoy perfect health am entirely
free from pain, aud up ut 5 A. ". each day, and
can perform all my dates with ease end pleas
The first night of the cure i could
scarcely realize i'll thought it was all imngi-
nation" H..
The cure above related, dear Freesaan, oe-
CURED in August, 1872.
Letters fresh to hand from the Superioress
at Abingdon affirm its permanency and COM
pleteness up to the hour write. She says:
"As to the cure of our Sister, Mary de Sales
Quigley, it is evidently manifest that she has
been cured through the intercession of our
Lady of Lourdes, as she lie still enjoying the
blessings of excellent health, and fulSIIs ull
her duties with ease, though this 10 now tho
seventh month since its occurrence"
In the reading ofEthe above account, the
reader will notice, first, the exceptional ex-
emption FROM all Paiu of the patient during
the Octave which enSued at the end of the
second Novena-an exemption merited, it
would seem, by these first incipient efforts ;
secondly, that the two last EovenRs, which
brought the cure, were conducted under the
special patronage of the Immaculate Concep-
tion."
For what else does the appellation, Our Lady
of Lourdes mean, sham IEm the Immaculate
Conception"
Since the memorable 25th of March, 1858,
when this most admirable name was declared
at Lourdes. in the midst of signs and wonders
believing Catholics have had new motives Of
Church. decisions to descry ins the event, itae
opening of an era of renewed faith aud eX-
ceptional mercies. .~'H -
The new name now only in the august
form defined by tho Church, what cleo is it but
the Last word of Heaven, affirming under its
broad seal, In one and the Same person, all tho
grand truths thas give Christianity basis
aud slninl. VIAToR.
Joseph Arch, the originator oE. &he Agricul-
tural Laborers' Union, aud leader of that
greatest of all the labor agitatiOps of modern
times. wields more power to-day, probably,
than any other man insEngland. He has pon-
Quoted himself with signal ability, frmness
aud discretion, keeEing his movement out of
the hands of political demagagues, and max.
ing l. irresistible on the points upon which he
concentrated its force He is about forty years
of GOa Mr. MCCarthv daacri3ea him AZ n