The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-25

attention 10 II WIS DuSF WI ting. It was
then Sis in the evening. Wien all the
other boys came running after aim and told
me the same story, was very much aston
ished. The second eldest boy, who was Is
years old, said ne was certain that what
they had seen was the Blessed Virgin Mary.
He said that first of all, as he was waiting
for his turn to run in the game, he was look
ing toward an old ruined hut where there
had been a farm house, and he saw a bright
light ever the hedge and the figure OF
woman advancing toward him with hands
uDraised, as If in bliSsing, with
veil over her face. The figure came
almost at right angles to hi m, and then she
passed close enough for hira TO see the ma
terial Of the garments she wore. The figure
passed off at right angles and stood in q
bright light in a bush about fifty feet from
the boy. The bush was all illuminated with
phosphorescent light. The figure passed
through the bush, and the light was there
for some little time afuar the form had dis
appeared. The rest oe the boys saw and
described the same poearance. They had
run out through the gate, so that they
might go down the roild to see more of this
wonderful figure, but had seen nothing.
"After hearing this STORY had all of the
boys in the church, VIII ere | spoke solemuly
to them separately, s.nd heard whas they
had to say. / told theI what an unlikely
story it was, and that no one would believe
Them; and | asked them what could
have put it into their heads to think
tanned that what they had said was true.
Later asked a lawyer friend of ours, who
was STAYING in the neighborhood, to inter-
rogate them. He did SO thoroughly, and
reported to me: OF course, 1 cannot say
what they have seen, but l am certain that
the boys quite believe that they are telling
the truth
GtOr tho ,oxA fo,r ave-. oir-., 80 ~-,.A.Lol
without result. On Thu sday, Sept. 2, I
went away leaving stric orders that the
brothers and the boys should watch every
night at the same time. On Saturday even
ing, Sept. 4, the vision apI feared again One
of the boys called out, Il he bush is all on
fire again After a little waiting the bows
and some of the brothers began to sing the
Ave Maria That instant the figure,
which had disappeared. flashed again in a
cloud of light in the'sam place where the
first boy had seen it on Monday.
''As they sang the figure in the light sent
out rays of lights sometimes appearing
behind and sometimes in ront of the hedge,
and sometimes coming straight toward the
illuminated bush. When they said the
words, Blessed is ths trust of thy womb,
Jesus they saw a second Fl yure as a man,
with only a 9th around his loins, appear
ing in the light with his hands stretched
out. The boy who first saw the vision
declared that he saw a cross behiud the
hands, and saw the face dis tinctly, whereas
the brothers said there wall mist over the
face and they could not discern the features.
The face of the female figure was yelled, as
the boys had seen it on NJ bnday. After this
they watched, and on several occasions saw
this same figure. The senior boy saw the
figure on eiYht separate occasions.
ION Tuesday, Sept. IA, was again back
to the monastery. The next night was very
Close There was heavy Scotch mist de-
scending, and the mountains were looking
dull and The sky leaden. 1t was so damp
that we did not go into the meadow, but
tue school mistress, an associate sister, who
was not allowed to come 20 the monastery
door where we were standing, went
into the meadow. We were in the
monastery porch. Two farmers were behind
in the back of the porch, and q visitor, an
undergraduate of Keble College, Oxford,
now in holy orders, was little behind me,
to the right. l suggested that we should
sing three Hail Marys, III honor of each
person Of the Blessed Trinity. Between the
Hail Marys' we all expressed our amaze
ment at some very curious fiashings of light
which we saw in all directions in the
meadow, like the outlines OF figures. l
then said. Let us sing a Hail Mary" in
honor of the Blessed Virgin herself
and we began to chant the fourth Hail
Mary
Immediately l saw great circle OF
light flash out over the whole heavens,
taking in the mountains, the trees, the
ruined house, the enclosure, the monastery,
the gates, and everything. The light flashed
upon our feet, upon the steps, and upon the
bulldogs. and from that one great circle of
light small circles bulged out, and, in the
ce ter of the circles, stood a gigantic figure
Of a human being with hands uplifted. In
the distance this figure appeared to
be about sixty feet in hight, but as it des
scended it took the ordinary size of human
being. At the moment it struck me that a
dark appearance over the head of the figure
was hair, not vail; but I am convinced
from comparing notes with the others. aud
also from other reasons, that it was vail
which saw over the head. l saw distinctly
the outlines of the features and the exact
form of the drapery.
MAR velous and glorious as the vision had
been, staggered aud astonished as l was, l
who am naturally so impulsive, excitable
and demonstrative, | determined to say
nothing but to ascertain what those about
me had seen. The brother on my left told
me exactly what he had seen. and his testi-
monS was precisely confrmatory of what
myself had witnessed. The brother in front
of me also declared that he saw the same
things. The sister associate afterward came
up to the gate aud told her experience,
Wnlcn Co1nClGoO Wibl our own.
IF had seen this vision by myself only
I s. ouId have felt that God had granted it
for some merciful purpose of his own. But
as three other people, at the same time, saw
precisely the same thing, l felt convinced
that our Lord had given to US these appari-
tions for several reasons, aud, among them,
l believed that he had given them for the
good of the Church Of England and for the
comfort of those in the outer world.
Knowing well what the consequence would
be, determined to givea public testimony
to these apparations. As l expected, a tor
rent of abuse and ridicue poured upon u.s.
Many of our friends deserted, and charities
was concerned, which totally depended
upon voluntary offerings, we lost great
deal.
IN the midst of all this storm we had a
letter from a man, not mauy miles off, a
cripple. who said he believ d he might be
hailed through this vision, and he asked if
l would send him some leaves from the bush
where the apparition had so nanny times
appeared. wrote to him and said: Ger
tainly not until God has given me token
that he meant miracles to be worked in that
way Some days afterward I sent to each
of our nuns at Slapton, in Devonshire. as
memorials of Gods wonders among US
pieces Of a wild rhubarb leaf which had
stood up dark against the dazzling garments
of the apparition as it appeared in the
hush