The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-01-12

- = ~. oe3ceev of the fountain Dy
mai;n0 the cure wrought upon MS neIore | :
videIy known as possible. lie ITnnS :
addressed some letters to the G"'S ~ rHIated
% and July %, 1917, in wnlcad choiisn0ed I
t tt nIeEo SSnions 70 n formal Investigator
- th;s md the ether miracles recetueu
IIuS"; Tssserre. The sudden oufsHnS
forth Of the spring, being one OF sSo .. sJ
which writers 10 the lpnoel PEesS - .rersai
na'h;S:t ~ inouiry; 10000 francs were 70
Sa 3sroeited on both sides as q wager anH
oosrantee OF being In earnest ana
Snnal was TO be formed by mutaal conse
Of Dersons of uDdOubted competent anu az
I'm peaehable honor who shon.a eau ,%;thont
appeal, About so illustrious names Meo
qtyeu whom NJ. Artus proposed as luussS
taken from the Institute OF EIan8 .La
from among men most ceieorate" Az a
various academies and at the oar
Protestant gentleman m WsS t and bopest
man, One only of the champions OF lnnuu od
itv-one only of the many who hao assaeJJ
| the miracles of Lourdes with invect' .t;a az
scorp-was found willing TO aceepS In,s
reasonable challenge ana oriDg ~. one
assertions into court. Bat even tn'S Snu,
when IL came to the point, recolieu ueoS
the fairness Of the conditions, and It PfoveIJ
that be had been acting under o ieigneu
| name, and was o most unfavoraoie SpesS .h;s
of party man. The failure OF LIE
scheme led d. Areus to puo.nsn H. With
rative in o book and to preface ~ " VI
severe comments on the disin genuoGsuesJso
the free-thinkipg adversaries ofthe LouEoes
miracles. No.. mt
needed now as they were In the days ., "a
Apostles-that the Church being iounoeo
and extended over the face of the GLOBE the
trutb Of Christianity is sufficiently estao-
, iiahed without wonders aud signs. But the
Church herself has never taken this view
, of the matter. She has ever encourages
her children TO believe that wS S n.oa.h;no
a and promulsstion Of the truth, even 10 tue
} end Of the World; and that, even suPposing
. they are not SO necessary as OF oio, t1ey aIo
, stiii sent to convince and convert many un-
r believers. In our day they seem 70 % e. -
+. pecislly called for, since the goal towards
y Thich modern forms of disbelief are rush
). ing with prodigious earnestness 10 absolute
: | mSterialism and blank denial OF the super
natural, The crowd Of miracles which
= cluster around the footprints OF tho neav-
J. emily Apparition ct Lourdes forms stuPe on
:. do1s protest against the iptidelity OF tne
: age. and especially against that OF France
!. There, unhappily the works OF victor
i. lingo and Ernest Renan have been receives
!. With rapturous applause, and the latter o.
n these writer's has directed all his power
l. towards proving miracle 1mpossM,o Ds. no e.
4 WING the exploded sophisms of hume, M
q main tains that 1t 10 according to experlehee
Z that men should lie, but it is not witoll
- onr -experiencc that the order or nature
- sbould be reversed. II these principles
Y we're admitted, the basis of our faith wouie
,. be overthrow, since our Lord always ~
"a peaied to the mighty works wnlcn n'
i. wrought In attestation Of His n,ission ifon
"a ON high. Bnt those who are opposed 70 TN
in Church's teaching, and especially to the re
a atraint she imposes on human passions
M have never any difficulty In deny ing an
q ridiculiug the miracles wrought in past o
M present times. 1t matters not to them o
~ tested, by what happy results they may o
oa crowned. They are prepared 10 ascrio
them ali to cre6ulity, forgetting how cred
~ lous they are themselves in trusting I'm
az plicitly to their own cloude6 reason an
If forceone conclusions. The history OF ever
10 Christian nation teens with miracles;
r.. them Germany was united to the Churc
~. under st. Boniface, England under st: AN
fo gustine, Ireland under st. Patrick, indi
~, w 1ntlef ST, FTancis- Xavier Popular trad
NV tons. feasts which have been kept for cen
T.. turtles, monuments of every description, an
am daily experience attest their reality. Ihei
al is not Catholic city without o temple
n ecarcely will you NEE. aCatholic who hi
~ not friend or relative that has been heale
~ of some incurable malady by heaven
70 hand. None are enrolled among the nun
ns her Of the Blessed aud the Saints unle
,nss miracles of undoubted authenticity q
ca. proved to have been wrought oy sae
"a means, and these miracles are subjected
- an examination 30 scrupulous that 1t ca
10 not be surpassed. London Tablet.
md THE CHR1srIAN BRorHERs.-The othci
statistics Of the Institute OF the Chrisei'
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