The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-25
DRIVING OUT THE DEVIL.
Strange Ceremonies Performed for the Re,
lief of q Possessed BavariAn BOY.

Strange Ceremonies Performed for the Re-
lief of Possessed BavariAn BOY.
Men still profess TO cast out devils.
| One really has to stop and inquire
whet Their he is living at the close of the
nineteenth century when one reads the
official report drawn up by priest Of
Vending, in Bavaria, of the driving
out of devil from q boy. The poor
boy would not pray or go to church.
| had fits Of temper, paid no respect to
sacred things, and, among other mis-
deeds. ill-treated his parents. The lat.
ter sought the advice of doctors. and,
when they could do nothing, Father
| Aurelian. the priest of the village, pro-
nounced the benediction over the boy,
but without any good effect. Then the
boy was sent to convent, but no re-
formation followed.
When the bishop of Augsburg. year
ago, visited the place the father, as q
| last resource, brought the boy to him,
hoping he might cure him. The bishop
approached the boy with great dignity
and consciousness of power and ex-
claimed: Thou canst not deceive me,
unclean spirit" But the boy remained
as obstinate as ever, and now the con-
clusion was come to that he was pos
sessed of a devil, and the operation of
driving it out was determined upon. It
lasted two days, and was. of course, not
without great pain to the boy. The
official report says about the result of
the operation:
AFTER applying the same means as in
the morning, exhorted the devil to con-
fess the whole truth, whether he would
leave the boy. After long exorcism he
at last, with groans and signs, said in a
humble tone, yes On receiving
this answer I became more embold-
ened and adjured him by God, by the
Holy Virgin and the Holy Archangel
Michael to declare whether he would
go at once. Yes was the answer 1
adjured him a third time to tell the
whole truth, whether he would really
go. He again answered with decisive
yes When the devil the first time
consented to leave the boy l exhorted
him not to enter into any of the persons
present, nor into any other being who
might wish TO have him, but to go to
that spot which God has appointed.
after pause, 1 asked, hast thou
left me the boy?' Yes was the reply
Thy companions alsoT Yes The
third time conjure thee to declare the
whole truth. Hast thou and thy com
panions left the boyP Yes Where
art thou now? In hell Thy COM
panions also? Yes In the name of
the most holy trinity adjure thee for
the third time to give some sign there
Of Yes, we are in hell came back
the answer in fearful tones.
SAT first the devil had answered in
an impudent and spiteful tone, but the
last answer was quite melancholy.
Now the boy began to weep. 1t was
the sign that the evil spirit had really
left him, for only at the moment when
he declared for the third time that he
was in hell did the spirit go. Until
then he had lied unto me, for he is the
father of lies. I now made the boy
make the sign of the cross, contem-
plate the crucifx, repeat the holy
names of Jesus and Mary, as well as
that of the Archangel Michael. He did
so, weeping bitterly. handed him the
pieces of the cross and relics to kiss
He kissed them with many tears He
then said the Lords prayer and the Ave
Maria, signing loudly. This ended the
exorcisrn, and Thanksgiving mass was
then held. London Daily News