Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-13
A POTENT PICTURE.
Miraculous Cures Effected by Painting
in Catholic Church in Baltimore.
Cbic1g0 Inter Ocean

Over the Virgin Mary's altar in st.
James Catholic Church, corner of Ais
quith and Eager streets, Baltimore, is an
Odd-lOOking picture, before which many
miracles are said to have been wrought.
The Rev. Henry Danenhower, rector of
the church, in speaking of the picture to
your correspondent, said: The picture is
- inches wide and is painted in the By
Zantine style on a groundwork of gold. 1t
betrays the hand Of an artist of the Thir-
teenth or Fourteenth century. Among
the many cures effected by this most
wonderful picture was that Of a little
girl, s years old, who had some four years
previously lost the use of her limbs. She
could scarcely move at all, and that only
with great distress. The mother resolved
to bring her afflicted child to the miracu-
lOus picture. She did so, and all at once
the child found the use Of her limbs
ALMOST ENTIRELY RESTORED,
but the complete cure was still deferred.
A second time the mother took the child
to the church and set her down before the
miraculous picture. She then and there
earnestly besOught Our Lady to have pity
on them both and complete the cure, and
in a few minutes the crippled chill
jumped up in the presence OF maDv II "a
were present, perfectly cured. WIZ
a certain woman, who b" ! o.uo,4 u
YOtiOn to the Blessed Vir~' ~ &c. Cd, ue-
nearly every DAY TO V.'Isit the shrine of the
Nv. aa a. Iou2 P'0 IRE. This woman was
c. g. - drOpsy, and the disease had
e. advanced that the physicians
800 ~ ed surgical operation necessary to
.,iOlOng her lie. She naturally dreaded
the operation, and besOught the mother of
God to come to her aid. Our Lady heard
the prayer of her yotary, and when the
time for the performance of the operation
| had come the woman was found so much
improved that the physician himself de-
clared the operation unnecessary. The
operation was avoided, but the good wO-
mans troubles were not over. Her arm
SWelled in frightful manner. She again
had recourse to Our Lady of perpetual
help, and still she was relieved, but God
in His wisdom
APPOINTED STILL OTHER sUFFERINGs
to try this faithful SOUL She was seized
with dangerous fever, became delirious,
grew worse and worse until all hopes Of
her recovery was given up. On the first
thursday IN October two physicians pro-
nounced the case hopeless and said she
could not live past midnight. In this con-
dltlon, and, as every one thought. at the
( point of death, she lay unconscious from
Thursday till Saturday evening, when she
unexpectedly came to herself, sat up in
bed, and called for food. Seeing her re-
/ stored to reason, the attendants thought
it was only that rally which frequently
/ precedes the death agony, bat it was no
/ such thing. The sick woman assured
/ them that she was now well, and further,
! that all traces of her old disease, the
! drOpsy, were gone too. On the LIST of No
/ vember she brought as thanksgiving Of
/ terlng to Our Lady's shrine handsome
/ solid silver heart and some wax candles.
among the other Miracles" said
/ Father DanenhOwer, "was that of little
/ boy who swallowed a large piece of glass.
/ A physician was summoned but could do
nothing for him, and said the boy must
+ die. The mother of the child had recourse
to the picture, and, after making a nine
! days prayer, had the satisfaction of see
ing her son get entirely well.
Another lady in Washington, while in
childbirth, was informed by her physician
that her child would be born dead This
! SO