The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1884-10-03
FAITH CURE GEORGIA,
TEXG EVG HESfrGIIs Restoration
of 81 Catholic Sister of Char
Spa cal II t e CourIer-Journal.

ATLANTA, GA, Sept. .2S.-GeorSil
is !, st winning fame - = ceIItrr for
faith cures, but recently Mrs. Win
prey s cme from al illness of twenty
years duration mistifyng the State.
Tt case OF Mother Angela, IN Ma
con, was more graphic i'll its details,
but :all are CclIpsed by that of Sister
Part lara, which has Just taken place
in II lis city. In the Acadamy of Im-
mac ulatc Conception there was one
S'iste Barbara, whose face of striking
spirituality once seen was never for
gotten. in the ardent pursuit of her
calling she contracted cold, which
I finally resulted in consumption. She
was sent to her mothers house in Sa-
vannah, where it was supposed the
] the climate WOuld be more favorable
{ to one in her condition Daily her
Cough grewsWOr5a, and her farme ,was-
l ted away til she looked more like q
skeleton than one alive. She was con-
+ fined 10 her bed, and for six months
1 fingered Between life and death.
! Through her suilerings We're eXcrucia~
ting, never fuS moment did She MUIR
mer, but at all hines declared herself to
/ be in the haI2ds OF God. Several
months ago she expressed n longing
\ to return to Atlanta and look upon
the old scenes before her death. She
was carefully wrap ped up; placed ups
on the train. and accompanied by two
Sisters, arrived in Atlanta, where she
was placed upon the bed from which
/ it was believed by all that she would
be taken dead. She declared her per-
feet resignation to the will of God.
She would live if he had work for her
to do; if not, she sought solace of
death. Then it was that it was deci- |
ded that a noyena should be offered |
for her. The converts i'll Atlanta, Au- |
gusta and Savannah all joined in the |
holy office, and q number OF priests |
hearing.Ofit joined their prayers to |
those of the piOu5 ladies. Sister Bar
bara grew worse she would eat moth
ing and death seemed absolutely GER
tain. The cot upon which she lay |
was wheeled into the chapel, and |
there with clasped hands the dying
Sister LAY. The children attending
the convent school were admOnished
was dying. AS her breath grew
weaker the Sisters filed in and stood
on either side OF tie cot; the priest
with viaticum was there, the school
children were dismissed and ran home
with the story that Sister Barbara was
dead. The news created genuine sor-
row, for the good sister had endeared
herself to all with whom she came in
contact.
The next day there was no funeral
announcement. The day later Sister
Barbara was seen in church at her
prayers. 1t was 2 mystery to all.
The Sisters were approached on the
question, but refused to talk, only
saying that Sister Barbara was better
Notwithstanding the extreme reti- 3
cence of the Sisters to tell their secret !
it has been ascertained that when the /
priest proceeded to administer tie l
last sacrament, and when Sister Bar~ i
Oara seemed lost i'll meditation, she t
suddenly Gwoke TO consciousness, and v
'efused to he auointed. She told tie
priest that her prayers had l
1cen answered, she was not going TO !,
lie, sac had work yet 10 do, and God q
lad given her new life in which to do u
t. Her strength seemed returning, |
Ter eyes grew brighter, and the dying !.
woman became cOnvalescent. She I
as been going on visitations, made n
eYeral trips to Ponce DE Leon, and tt
oCks any thing but the invalid for e
yhom prayers had been offered a o
Ouple of weeks ago. ~