The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30
Miracles at st. Anne de Beaupre.

Miracles at 81. AHhc uC DOauPie'
The age of miracles is not yet past,
and the supernatural still courts dls-
cussion. and that in our very midst,
and under our very eyes. The Tree
thinkers and other philosophers OF I'M
belief, are brought face to face with
miraculous events which are notori-
Gus. which claim universal attention,
and are submitted to their senses,
These unbelieverS may seek 70 fld
themselves of these facts which SO
stubbognly attest the Divine inter
vention of GoQ, by putting In resolute
denials Of their existence; but de-
NAL. no matter how forcible. cannot
do away with fact that afe PatpaDly
manifest, and impossible to galnsaY.
Some twelve hundred men and Wo--
men left Ottawa at the beginning OF
the week. on q pilgrimage to the Ia
NOUS shrine of st. Anne de Beaupre,
where incredulity is frequently dis
concerted and overwhelmed, If not
convinced. by unmistakable invasions
of the supernatural. Those twelve
hundred people, who are as lntelll.
gent and in as full an enjoyment OF
their senses As any body or Tree
thinkers. have had the opportunity
of witnessing and Of bearing .tes-
timomy to several manifes-
tations of the Divine in
Prevention in favor of these fellow
pilgrims who went to st. Anne de
Beaupre helpless and incurable, and
who returned cured and whole. The
principal case is that of a young
woman. who had not worked for three
wears and four months. She is a ma
tive Of Aylmer, near Ottawa, ana Is
tWenty-one years of age. Some years
ago an injury happed to her knee,
which deprived her of the use OF the
leg and Obliged her to go on crutches.
She had the services of the Hon. Dr.
Church and Drs. Woods and Provost,
but all their medical SCIENCE was OF
no avail. The evil became W0fsa. ana
during the past three years the Young
woman mad to be carried on litter.
Finally. as Il last resource. she re-
solved on paying visit to tao sacred
shrine of st. Anne, and made pref6fa-
lions to accompany the OTTAWA. Pill
grimage, which was under the direct
of His Lordship Mgr. Du-
hamei and several prominent members
of the clergy. We will allow the la
vored pilgrim to tsll the story OF her
cure in her own simple
words, the truth of which is y9pched
for by the most reliable authorities,
and especially by the multitude OF Pill
grims. and which aIe recorded IN the
columns OF our contemporary the
Daily Witness, a journal whose con-
tempt for and ridicule OF miracles
generally will place it beyond snspl-
zion of ivipr tOO favorable an ac-
count of the case:
well. YOU see,', said the cured girl,
81 was borne on the train at Alymer
by four men with litter. My leg was
completely useless, and would swing
helpisssly from side to side or twist
around. When we got to the Church
of st. Anne de Beaupre those OF the
party worst afflicted were first brought
to the altar ratings to receive the |
blessed sacrament. ! was carried IN !
and placed fourth railing from the |
end. / had scarcely knelt moment |
when strange feeling came over me. |
1t was as if great weight had been |
taken suddenly off my heart. re.
ceived the sacrament and remained !
directing my prayers to st. |
Anne for nearly an hour, when all at |
once l rose up and walked away. L |
got up as instinctiyely as If | never
had anything the matter, in fact. |
when rose from the railing forget /
that my leg had been bad, and was |
not full cogniZant till / found myself |
The second and third miraculous |
cures took place on board the Richie
lieu steamer on the return trip from |
st. Anne to Montreal, yesterday morn |
ing. One was little Miss Burns, aged |
six. of Ottawa. This child WIS a |
cripple and never had been able to /
walk, and was only able to move her |
legs with difficulty. The Rev. Father |
Labelle. who accompanied the pill |
grims. thus relates the miraculous |
event: "As we were coming into |
port we all joined in singing the, lie |
Deum in thankfulness for our success
IL pilgrimage. The little girl, who |
had evinced a wonderful faith all |
the pilgrimage, was leaning |
on her crutches, when suddenly she |
walked away leaving them behind. |
They are now on the boat. She walked |
up to the depot to take the
tr in for Ottawa, and she is
now thoroughly cured" The third |
QCu1OuD ONilO w 90 ohetO VI ~ AAooAS |
boy OF about the same age as Miss
Burns. HE had never had" says the
Witness. "the proper use of his legs;
he was in fact paralyzed." On reach
ing Montreal Father Labelle told him
to offer another and final prayer to
st. Ann. "Talk to her." said he, Gas
if you were talking to your own
mother" The clergyman left him
alone to his devotions for some mo-
ments, when the child came to him1
walking and perfectly cured. He,
too, left his crutches on the boat.
These facts which attest in the
most palpable fashion the divine in
tervention of God, and we hand them
over to our local freethinkers and un-
believers for ampler digestion and
further investigation, if they desire
it.-Montreal Post, August l.
According to the "Annualre de la
Vile de Paris" for 1881, just published, |