New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-09-27
ASTING OUT D E les.
ssTiMoNY THAT ExoRclsM HAS
REASONS FOR EXISTENCE. lsSs.5

REASONS FOR EXISTENCE.
ms Through Which One who Ii Pos
'essed IL Recognized-The Conjnration
md Other Strange Formulas Employed
" the Good Monks. i4
The possessed woman Of Gift is cured
W not by the doctors, who were I'M
lie to do anything for her, but BY; the
Biological science Of the cure Of the.
IRISH and the frmness of Mgr. Goux,
shop of Versailles, which shows that
orcism has its reasons for existence
that possession is as real as hys-
ia. AS a matter of fact, the church
never laid down her arms in the
esence of the devils.
There are four principal signs through
lich the possessed one is recognized:
No known remedy relieves him. Q.
speaks of incidents and facts beyond
,natural reach and which nobody has
-7ealed to him. 8. He foretells events
d speaks several languages unknown
him before his affection. 4. In the
esence Of a priest and, at sacred cere-
,nies he trembles, suffers pain, writhes
d blasphemes. .1-.
The Catholic priests, and especially
Dominicans, have from away back
-acticed exorcism. According to the
mons, the exorcist belongs to one Of the
nor orders which precede the priest
cd. He must be humble of heart in
) ministry, and if he operates with
~ thought of display he risks for him
If the contagion of the evil spirits that
i'll remain to be cast out.
Ordinarily the ceremony takes place
the church in the presence of the
;ithful assembled at prayer, particular
at the feasts of the Nativity, of the
esurrection, of the Ascension, of Pen
cost, of the Virgin Mary and Of the
postles. After the morning mass, to
hich the possessed one assists, the ex-
:cist puts on the surplice and assists
lie priest who puts on the violet colored
,pe, the symbol of the pains of purga-
Try. The patient who has confessed
len approaches. A stole is passed
found his neck to tie the devils that
ave become the masters of his body.
hen the sign of the cross is made upon
INF and he is sprinkled with holy wa
r. In Latin the devil is commended
I, tell his name, to say whether or not
3 ID alone and why he is there. Finally
ID ordered to depart. The coniura-
onsin any other language and espe-
ally in Hebrew is useless. Hebrew is
eserved for satan himself.
The Flagellum d@monum contains
ae most complete formula Of exorcism,
onsisting Of well known prayers min
ledswith the most ancient and strangest
ppellations of God, such as ''Oh, Ado
al Tetragrammaton" and others, which
ONE in part from Chaldea, from Phoe-
ecia and from Greece. The words are
imposed to possess in themselves GER
ain power of evocation Of celestial viz
ues which terrify the Internal legions.
certain words of Christ, according to
It. Matthew, are used to drive out evil
;pirits. ~[t ,4~ .r. VI
If the demon does not retire imme-
lately, the exorcist takes painted i'm
ge representing him and throws it, into
he consecrated fire along with incense,
ue and sulphur, with strong mystic
doors, intending to prove by this act
hat he will send the evil spirit back. into
lis natural element-hell. This done,
le places upon the head of the possessed
me the book, the relics, the crucifix and
ometimes even the host-the last and
nvincible remedy. According to the
Of certain demonographs, the
ievil then comes out through the nose
# the patient. 4
In the ancient monasteries they made
he exorcist carry upon his person GER
ain amulets containing protective
'ormulas. Sometimes these formulas,
written upon pieces of parchment, were
,wallowed. In the process of digestion
he exorcism was accomplished without
atigue. ...- r.
In our days exorcism has taken ref
1ge in La Trappe. The clergy are
omewhat averse to it, while at the
anne time they do not refuse to admit
{. The man who breaks the spells is
cry old. But the devils cast out by
he good monks are reduced to the tor
renting Of animals. Pigs are their
avorites. Then the old spell smasher
Whips them with beads and sprinkles
hem with holy water, and the pigs re-
over and become happy, because the
levils go away. +,
Mr.. J. K. Huysmans has been able to
peak de visu of the power of demons
md the efficacity Of exorcisms. More
'ver, the eminent writer was well ac-
Luainted with one of the most learned
Lemonographers of his time, the Able
soullan, who ran through hell in his
ARE feet, holding the host in his hands.
Either at the church of Sanetot or the
hurch of Senneville, received this cue
ious document from M. Gilbert Angus
in Thierry, the author of 'Une Anne en-
'eine." The cure Of Petites- Dalles in cur
ng the possessed says a special mass
allied the .'red mass or ''"smass Of the
martyrs" Red flowers are placed upon
he altar, and the priest wears red
tole. The church is draped in purple.
But, stranger still, q few years ago the.
wife of the editor Of a leading Catholic
ournal in Paris, being troubled by evil