The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-02-01
A POTENT PICTURE.
Miraculous Cures Effected by Paint
ing in a Catholic Church In
Baltimore.

at. James Cath0ic cnurc0, coIueI
of Aisquith and Eager streets, Bal
timore, lie an odd>looking pictul e,
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 panied in
the Byzantine style On a
Groundwork Of gold. 1t betrays
the hand of an artist Of the 18th or
18th century. Among the many
cnrps affected by this most wonder
mi picture is that Of little girl, s
years old, who had some four years
previously lost the use OF her limbs
she,c3uld scarcely move at all, and
that only with great distress. The
mother resolved to bring her af~
ficted child to the miraculous pic
ture. 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 few
minutes the crippled child jumped
up in the presence of many who
were present, perfectly cured.
GA certain woman, who had great
devotion to the Blessed Virgin, used
to come nearly every day to visit the
shrine of the miraculous picture.
This woman was afflicted with
dropsy, and the disease had 80 far
advanced that the physicians
deemed a surgical operation neces-
sary to prolong her life. She natu-
rally dreaded the operation, and
besought the mother of God to come
to her aid. Our Lady heard the
prayer of her Votary, and when the
time for the performance OF the
operation had come the woman was
found so much improved that the
physician himself declared the
operation uni ecessary. The Oper-
alton WAS avoided, bit the good
WOmau's troubles were not over.
Her arm swelled in a frigh5ful man.
ner. She again had recourse 10
Our Lady OF perpetual help, and
still she was relieved, bu God in
His wisdom appointed still other
sufferings to try this faithful sonI.
She was se'zad with dangerou
fever. became deliriOus, grew worse
and worse, until all hope OF her re-
c0very was given up. On the tlTet
Thursday in October two physicians
pronounced the case hopeless and
said she could not live past mid
night. In this condition, and, as
every one thought, at the point of
death, she lay unconscious from
Thursday till Saturday evening,
when she Unexpectedly came to
herselI, 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,
but 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 1st of Nov
ember she brought as a thankegiv-
ing Offering to Our Lady's shrine a
handsome solid silver heart and
some wax candles.
Among the other miracles" said
Rather Eisenhower, "was that of a
little boy who swallowed a large
piece Of glass. a physician was
summoned, but could do nothing
IOr him and said the boy must die.
Inc mother of the child had re-
course to the picture, and after max
ing q nire days PRAYER, had the
satisfaction of seeing her SON get
entirely well.
Another lady in Washington,
while IN childbirth, was informed
oy her physician that her child
would be born dead. This so terri.
led the mother that her life for a
tlme was despaired of. Her mother,
having heard Of the miraculous
painting, came over to the city to
ask prayer for the safe delivery of
her daughters child. She further
stated that her daughter would be
perfectly satisfied If the CHILD could
only i've to be baptized. l gave her
small paper copy OF the picture,
winch the mother swallowed;,and
several days afterwards was safely
oenVered of the child. The little
oIe died one hour after it had re
eeiVed baptism.
ABOUT three years ago q woman
ma9Se right arm was paralyzed
bisue novena. On the tenth day
ueI arm was cured and she brought
Sne OF the priests, her confessor, 8
basket OF oranges, saying to him:
fstner, this is the first time [ have
Used Used my right arm since it was
sralyzed. ten years ago..
"There have been numerous other
miracles wrought" Continued the
rather, (which are OF minor imnort.
ance, but which are, nevertheless.
very significant"
The church is visited dsilv nv
hundreds, and the announcements of
sae miracles wrought has Created s
S7nSstlan.-Chicago Inter Ocean.