The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-03
THE MIRACLES At LoURDEs.
Father WcMnhon's Lecture Before the Cath
ollie Summer School.

Father WcMnh0u'h Lecture Htcturo tne tnth-
| ollie Summer School.
p1ATfsBURGii, Aug. 1.-The Rev. p. A. Halpin.
| g. j.. OF st. Francis Xnvier's College, New York.
continued his Lectures on Ethical Problems"
this morning. taking up the subject OF civil
Society"
The second lecture was By the Rev. J. II. Nc
Nnhon NJ New York. on the Miracles ut
Lourdes and Hypnotism." He said:
There Is at Lourdos fact unequalled In the
history Of miracles 1t Is found in the little
chalet which is labelled during the pilgrim
age as the Bureau des Consultation" where
an inquest on oil reported cures is held by
number OF reputable physicians who have
come from oil parts Of Europe. and even from
distant countries. to investigate the woAder-
ful occurrences at Lourdes. Almost every
year from that severe Jury go forth number
OF cures that cannot DO accounted for by any
human science. 1t 10 only necessary to cite
some OF the most remarkable Of the recent
cures to disprovc forever and completely the
claim of nfldcl science that the occurrences at
Lourdes are not an evidence OF the existence
OF the supernatural. but imply cures that can
be affected at any hypnotic clinic. Let mo
hurriedly cite some OF the most rem arkable OF
In 1878. in the month OF September. Mile.
whole series Of human suirerings She had
u Il The hs P OF the s Wien
rendered her right foot clu9ifooted. and an
,S sbs 90 1e s .he
arrived. on the 10th Of September. the .phrsi-
clan who had testified to the above above disease
and had found that the lesion above mentioned
had completely disappeared. a simple rcdness
hypnotic suggestions could account for this
cure. Leaving aside the question whether
cuiar contraction. certainly it could never heal
an ulcer Of sovioent nature leaving the SKIN
Hnd all the psse
ton Of both hips. After Submitting 70 al the
the poor invalid resigned herself to a life Of
suffering, Going to Lourdes, she insisted
only through complaisance that she yielded to
the solicitations OF friends and herself re-, bathed
expression OF emotion or pain. she came forth
enMsre and eyHf s "p dbns
needle iiie the fatty part Of the hand at the
tor portion Of the needle broke SiI leaving the
It sould be distinctly felt. She suffered inter.
fingers ss Of that hand we're doubled over, Alter
seven years her sufreriDEs continued. when
E p'unsed this s''S hama three times into e
the waters of The p 1sGinat r, the
Opened Almost entirey at the second tie
needle appeared in almost its entire length
under the skin Mt the root OF the thumb. aid ut
Of the thumb. whence It could be easily with
drawn. The whole occupied exactly four min
animation Into ali the details Of this miracle
and unanimously declared that it could re-
on Aus To- $780, Pierre
Delanois. for six years suffering from, loco
S0r Sx sndeh
procession of the blessed sacrament at
Lonrdes without the Intervention Of the
Lady to Bernadotte. saying: Notre Dame do
think it necessary" " when suddenly he
rose erect. with every trace, OF his awful
OF Paris. He had been sixteen times in the
Of he bad all ths
potassium to morphine and 10 deep cauteriza,
tions with red hot iron; and even the method
scured he was afflicted with shooting pains:
there was a lack of coordination in his move
" parayzcd. and utterly unable to walk with
out assistance when he arrived at lourdes on
ana srre pesnos %as
able to offlciate as one ef the most active and
Jealous OF the branchardiers in taking care OF
These are facts that have heen attested by
the most rigorous scientific examination,an
statements made b, physicians. who in their
desire to get rid OF the supernatural hesitate
the admission OF these self-sanie physicians
by any hynotic suggestion or in any natural
we have unhesitatinEly t., pronounce that they
are miracles from the direct Intervention Of
God in the natural world. No gu obling can
escape from this conclusion: no hair splitting.
no abuse no lying can get behind these indis-
putable facts There they are for any one to
investigate. These persons are still living.
The physicians who attended them made out
their certificates: and the highest science
represented by Catholic. Protestant, and in
fldel physicians-have attested their complete
and permanent cure.