The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-08
REMARKABLE FAITH CURE.
Efficacy Of Prayer Combined with
Water of the LOudres.
Cincinnati quirer.I


cinnsti Enquirer, writing from La
fayette, Ind, says /:
This has been day of great rejoic-
ing among the members of the Ger
man Catholic Church, of this city. 1t
has one of the largest congregations in
the city, and Il number OF the best
citizens are members. Their joy and
congratulation are due to the miracu-
louS cure of Miss Agnes Batter, who
resides at No. 81 Spencer street, this
city. The Enquirer reporter has in
terviewed DIR. Yount, her physician,
besides calling tonight at her home
and having the physicians statements
verified, not only by the young lady,
but by her family and the dozen or
more frien1s who were present during
the interview. 1t is, indeed, marvel
lous and, even admitting that the
prayers for her cure were Intellectual
even though there may have been no
Divine diSpensation-her case will go
upon the record as one of the most
remarkable ever known.
The lady is now twenty-four years
old, and has been constantly i'll for
eight years. AT sixteen she went to
the convent at Ogdenst 'lrg, Ind, to
become a sister. The asst twenty
miles were made by stage, and so
rough was the road that she was well
nigh shaken to death. Not only wor-
ried, but greatly excited by the trip,
she was in a few days Frustrated by
an attack of cerebro-spinal meningi-
| tbs, and in few weeks her lower
limbs became paralyZed. At length
she was brought to her home in this
city, and all these long years she has
laid upon her bed and suffered untold
agony.
She had nearly every physician in
| the city, but they did her no good. All
pronounced her case hopeless. DR.
Yount, who has been her physician
for the past three years, has called the
attention of other physicians to her
case. Drs. William A. Harmon and
Geo. NJ. Beard, of New York. have
expressed their opinions, the former
pronouncing it incurable, and the lat
ter having but little hopes of recov-
cry. She would have commissions
lasting constantly as long as two
weeks or more Her body and limbs
would be drawn up so that only her
head and heels would touch the bed
1t was most horrible sight. She
would not taste food or drink for
days, and at one time had not grain
or drop of nourishment for nearly
| three weeks. Even in her quieteSt
moods, she was in constant tremoI
and shook the bedding. She had be-
| fore her sickness been plump and
hearty and weighed $50 pounds. She
never knew a days sickness until she
was Frustrated at Ogdensburg, eight
years ago. DR.. Yount called on Thurs
| day and found her condition alarm.
ing. She had cough, was extremely
nervous and could not control her
hands. For more than month she
had been almost totally blind. There
were occasional flashes of light before
her, but she could not distinguish OBJ
jects.
Recently, Miss Josie Kinsman, OF
this city, who had been in Europe
returned and brought Agnes a guam
tity OF sacred water from the foun=
tain of the Lady of Loudres. 1t was
arranged that there should be sea-
son of nine days in constant prayer
for her recovery, and she and mem
berS of the congregation of the Ger
man Catholic Church have been offer
ing up their invocations constantly
during that time. The prayers ter
minated this morning. She was taken
from her bed and removed, in closed
hack, to the church, where she was to
receive, communion. She swooned
away and was unconscious for fifteen
minutes. She tainted several times,
and when at the altar, while kneeling
down with the assistance of her
mother and cousin, they feared she
would fall to the floor.
"Twice 1 tried to walk" said she,
fand the last time my limbs were I'M
der my control, and not only walked
butt saw"
"To what do you attribute your
wonderful cure?"
"To prayer and the use of sacred
water"
She then got up, and, in the pres
eHce of DR.. Yount, the reporter and a
dozen or more friends, she walked
across the room and returned to her
chair. She states that the cure came
suddenly. 1t was done in an instant.
Now she is not nervous only little
weak. For eight years she had laid
upon bed of distressing and eXcru-
ciating pain. There can be no decep-
ton in her case. 1t was one that baf-
fled the skill of our best physicians.
She had not walked for eight years,
and she had been blind for several
weeks. Now she can walk and see.
Truly, we are in the midst of an age
of wonders if not of mystery.