Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-03
LATTER DAY MIRACLES.
A Catholic Chapel Where WoEderfui
Cures are Wrought.
An Interesting Chat With Wheeling MeT-
chant During Which Strange
Happenings Come 10
Light

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DO lou believe IN miracles? suddenly
asked well.knoSn merchant os,.REGIsrEE
reporter yesterday afternoon, as the two sat
together in n comiUgt&blc Office not far from
Tw sllth street
The newspaper man responded tEc& aside
from the miraculous disappearance of his
salary in the few hours next following pay
day he had had little orno experience with
the supernatural or mysterious, and was
hardly qualified TO give all opinion il the
matter.
Il know there are maHr skeptics ABOUT
such things in this practical are" continued
the business man; lin fact three ont oreyery
four people You met wiz scoG at the
idea Of
DIVINE INTERFERENCE ~ MUNDANE ArFAuss,
but ], for one, am thoroughly convinced
that Providence occasionally interfsres in
our behalf, often, too when we fail to
recognize the fact, and that in many parts
OF the world, Wheeling among other places,
things occasionally occur which canno. be
explained by any other theory than that
they were brought about by Divine aid. |
will give you an Illustration of what /
mean.
The gentleman arose and unlocking his
safe, took thereirom n cylindrical paste
board box, half an inch in diameter and three
quarters of an inch high, about half full OF
a finely pulverized, grayish white powder.
After the newspaper man had cautiously
examined the substance and pronounced it
some sort OF mortar" the merchant re-
sumed:
you are right Tha. mortar, or cement,
came from the inside walls Of
the CHAPEL or THE BLESSED VIRGIN,
at Knock, county MAYO Ireland, church !.
celebrated far and wide through ireland |
and England and even on tn continent of |
Europe and in America, as the scene of
several hundred miraculous cures The
chapel was completed in the summer Of
1879, and on August 2lst, Of that year, the
day On which falls the Feast Of the Blessed
Virgin, the building was Dedicated with
great religious ceremony, TO the Blessed
Virgin On January ,, 1850, Father Cav
anaugh, the parish priest, sent me = small
package Of this mortar stating at
the same time tha. it pos
scs.cd remarkable healing powers, and
ciir~ large number Of cures many of
them almost beyond belief which had taken
place beneath the roof Of his chapel From
other sources it appears that on the day of
tie dedication OF the building the Virgin
Mary appeared on the altar in the midst of
the officiating priests and that the effect Of
her Presence had been such as TO heal aud
max" whole any believing sufferer who Wis
tied the chapel and offered up prayers for
restoration to health within its walls
n he vision naturally
CREATED THE GREATEST EXCITEMENT
among the people Of the parish and neigh
borhood and the fame OF the chapel went |
abroad through all the land. Hundreds of
sick and suffering people came from long |
distances, and in every case their iniirmI- |
ties were removed.
any co"sin who lives about fifteen miles |
from Knock, writes me that she visited the
building some time ago, and that about the
altar was pile Of crutchcs and canes two |
yards high, left there by crpnles who had .
been restored to health. She cites an in
stance of an old and very wealthy miscr
who had contracted rheumatism and was
obliged to walk with crutcheS His aids to
locomotion were heavily banded with gold .
rings of considerable value. lie visited the /
chapel, and, like many who had preceded .
him, found that he could walk without the !
crutches, and in a moment Of gratitude cast |
them upon the pile in front OF the altar. |
After going some distance on his return
home, however, he bethought himself of the
gold bands, and returned to the church to
recover them. No sooner had he stopped
to pick up the crutchcs however, than his
intrmity
CAME rrON hin AGAIN
with III its old intensity-a just punishment |
for his curidiiy-and he was forced TO
holblc back as he had come
"For some time before | received the |
rackago of cement | had been suffering
IRON a large eNcrcscence on the side of my
face. Without any great faith in the virtue
of my gift, applied small portion to the
tumOr, with the result to remove it in a
short time. This settled the matter as far
as was concerned, and became q firm
believer in the miracles alleged ohayc been
wrought in the little chapel across the sea-
81 mentioned ny experience to one or
two Of my friends, but they were lncredu-
lous, ard for time,
TO SAVE MYSELF FROM RlDICULE
| avoided'giving the matter publicity Six
months ago friend came TO my place of
business and requested a portion Of the
cement. saying bis wife had been an invalid
FOR some time and having heard of the Won
derful cures at the Knock chapel and know
ing had some fragments OF cement from
it, she had expressed desire to make a
personal test Of its virtues | fulfilled her
requests, and in few days my friend in
formed me that she had been cured.
"In like manner several other people
residents Of this city-whose names will
not mention, have been restored to health,
as believe, solely through the medium OF
this consecrated lit of earth. Thousands
of my cOunirymen in Ireland will bear wit.
ucss 10 the facts have thus briefly detailed,
and have no doubt the parish church OF
Knock will ,ival Lourdes. in Fraucc, as a
place ofpilgrimage for the faithful Of our
| church.
Fpvryp /. RorHlya and c Mcnknmiller,
| drua-l,!s guarantee positive relief for any
cough cold Group o. lang complaint by
using Achcrs English remedy or sill re-
fund he money.