The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-06-27
Remarkable Faith Cures.
A dispatch dated at Pittsburg, Pa. on
the 18th. gives the following account Of
some remal kable faith cures. It saws

A dispatch dated at Pittsburg, Pa, on
the 18th. gives the following account of
some remarkable faith cures. 1t says;
Troy Hill, Allegheny City, was to day the
Mecca to which thousands of the faithful iour.
ney ed. This is the day OF st. Anthony OF Pa
dua, the patron saint of Father MoIliEger's
church, in which IRE some OF The bones IF the
saint, and II was on tins day Father Noiinger
began some If his almost miraculous cures.
From every direction this morning came the
multitude of believers, among them being
many rroteslauts. The lame. HE halt and the
blind were there; pupy, slckly children, halt
and deformed oLtn and diseased and afflicted
age. Cr1pp1es hrohled up the long flight of
steps TO the church; SEX persons slowly
climbed the hill, resting row and again, but
suffering Without a uiurmdr and Ill happy and
hopeful
By + O'Clock this morniug the church was
crowded, at The yatd was tu1 and at noon 1t
was almost Impossible 10 pass along the street
III front OF the edlnce. From carry morning
until Mass at 10 O'Clock Father Moll1nger min
isJered to the lathlul aud the results in some
cases were almost miraculous,
Among the many remarkable things wit
messed to-day ives the supposed curing of
Miss Parks, oil Philadelphia. 81 epilepsy. rather
MolInger tod her That in three Gays she VIC hid
be entirely cured. When the entered the
church this morning she was a twilch ing help
less woman, who mad to he carried in. She
walked from the church with scarcely any per-
ceptibIe evidence OF her trouele.
woman VINO has been boarding with Mrs.
Buck on Troy Hin for some time has been una-
Bile to speak a " ord for Two years. Father Mol
for Il time and She finally called him by name.
girl VINO had D, en- com PEELED 10 use cratch
es Went III. Fatht ( Molilpger after prescrib
ing for and working Win her, said Put down
your crutches and come with me-" She hesi-
tated a moment, laid down her crutches, and
with feeble steps made her way towards him.
tie said She would be entirely well in a Short
time.
While there were many distressing cases and
sights The happy lock ol supreme faith on each
face WAS inspiring aud thrilling. Mrs. Rob
1nson, OF PhiIiue1 PIMA, VINO last year was cured
OF hip disease, Was there to- day in charge of q
PrOJestatant friend afflicted IN the same way
and said she would lake her home we'll,
ouch is only lew OF the thousands OF
Instances of the faith SHOWN to-day. 1t il
safe to say that six Thousand people We're
in and AROUND the church. and q more
devout and itith- inspiring tssemblage has
rarely been seen. People kntlt on the bare
bricks or tue bare ground to receive a Dressing
and while weeping tears of pain would smile
and bless the priest IFS lie passed among them
ALI SORTS and conditions OF people were there
The richly dressed invalid knelG by the side o
the beggared cripple; the suffer1b <, distressed
victims cIasped The hand OF helping frlent
and ali The multitude was filled VITA the one
absorbing DeIief that Father Mollinger coult
and would cure ali iIiS-