Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-06-03
MODERN MIRACLES
WONDERFUL CURES SAID TO BE
EFFECTED In OHIO.
Efficacy of Praying Before St. Anthony's
Image.

Troy Hill, Pa, to the Indianapolis
Netcs, and describes some remarkable
scenes which took place on the 18th
inst, the day of St. Anthony of Padua.
Troy Hill is today the Mecca to which
thousands of the faithful journey.
This is the day of st. Anthony Oh
Padua, the patron saint of Father
Mollinger's church, in which are some
of the bones of the saint, and it is on
this day that Father Mollinger begins
some of his almost miraculous cures.
"Frcm every direction this morning
came the multitude OF believers, among
them being many Protestants. The
puny, sickly childhood, halt and de-
formed youth and diseased and afflicted
age. Cripples hobbled up the long
flight of steps to the church, sick per-
SONS slowly climbed the hill, resting
now and again, but suffering without
murmur, and happy and hopeful
| when the church was reached. They
came on crutches, in carriages, carried
on pillows and beds, suffering and
pitiful but hoping and faithful mtlti
tude.
'.The first mass was celebrated at
o'clock A. NJ. The church, with a
Seating capacity of about 1,200, was
crowded to its utmost capacity, while
the large church yard and the street
without were one vast sea of humanity
Other masses followed at 6, z, 7.30, 8
and 10 o'clock.
'Just beneath the pulpit and upon its
massive oaken front there is carved
l,mall image of st. Anthony, to which
miraculous powers are attributed.
/ is said that if an invalid kneeling
before this image will rub his hand
upon its forehead and then rub the
ame hand upon the afflicted portion
of his body, at the same time praying
tievoutly for st. Anthony's aid in eff
Getting a cure, he will subsequently be
completely healed. At the termination
of every mass great numbers of people
push their way to the front of the
church to avail themselves of the mir
aculous powers of the image.
"The scene carried one back in fancy
to similar one enacted at the Pool of
Bethesda more than l 800 years ago,
when the sick people of Jerusalem and
the surrounding country sought the
miraculous water with no greater faith
than that with which this throng of
nineteenth century lame, halt and blind
applied their hands and lips to the
counterfeitpresentment of st. Anthony
for many kissed it and all seemed loath
to leave it, despite the eager pressure
of the waiting throng behind.
GAS each one knelt before the image
he passed his hand over its forehead
and then over the afflicted portion of
his body, repeating the action three
times in succession, while his lips
moved in prayer.
"Some wonderful cures were said to
be effected in this way today. Annie
Ames, protestant young lady of rare
personal attractions, residing in the
country near Youngstown, Ohio, had
been totally deaf for many years past
She prayed before the image of st. An
thony and rubbed its forehead for the
first time yesterday, On rising from
her knees she found to her great joy
that she could hear the voiceAtof the
priests, and today, after offering her
second petition to the great saint, she
found that her hearing had become
perfectly normal.
"Miss Millie Corbin, beautiful girl
of this city, who was stricken with
paralysis some two years ago, and
whose lower limbs have since been COM
pletely pOwerless, was borne up through
the crowds to the image, and after
rubbing its forehead and praying in
the manner described for a few min
utes, rushed out of the church, wholly
unaided, and, like one of old, went
about shouting and leaping and prais-
ing God,
"a woman who has been boarding
with Mrs. Buck, on Troy Hill, for some
time, has been unable to speak word
for two years. Father Mollinger gave
her some medicine, talked to her for
a time, and she finally called him by
name.
ga girl who had been compelled to
use crutches went in. Father Mollinger
after prescribing for and working with
her, said to her: ''Put down your
crutches and come with me-" She
hesitated a moment, laid down her |
crutches and with feeble steps made |
her way towards him. He said she |
would be entirely well in a short time.
ga Mrs. Winston, who was last |
year cured of cancer, and with her 3
mother with her little boy, were pres
ent to receive his blessing. Last year
he had cured the boy of hip disease
which had afflicted him for years"
A marriage under most romantic
will be celebrated in the
First Methodist Episcopal Church of
Storm Lake, Iowa, on July 4, unless
present plans of contracting parties are
altered. 1t will be the crowning event
in the checkered career of one of the
successful religious revivalists of the
Northwest. Just three years ago a