The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-20

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them al the station she was 50 weak that
felt grave doubts as 70 whether she would
ever reach LOurdes. They got as far as
Paris the same day. more dead than
awe, aud after being put 70 bed she re-
NAMED there al the next day. til sat
urday afternoon, when the white train
started for Lourdes. II was arranged that
the white train should stop al POI-iers,
which IS half way. from sunday morning
I'll the following day. 10 give The pilgrims
time 70 rest She was 50 III when they
arrived at POitiers tha-she had 70 be car
RED on stretcher TO the convent OF the
Sacred Heart, where one Of her friends,
Mrs Munster. had arranged for her and
the sister 10 be LODGED When they ar
rived at the convent she was too III % be
taken up TO the bedroom which mad been
prepared for her, so tue good nuns had a
Oed put up for ner in the schOO. broom on
the ground floor. After resting all day
Sunday they we're to proceed % LOurdes
the following day On sunday morning
II was decided TO give the holy communion
oy way OF vlatlcum. for Il was considered
very doubtful whether she would ever
arrive at Lourdes alive No sooner had
she received our Lord than she. as II
were Dy inspiration, got up and knelt
down. Finding she could stand and walk.
she went and knelt al the little altar
winch mad been prepared for the blessed
sacrament. The priest. followed by all
the nuns, had by this time gone to ad-
minister the holy communion 10 another
pilgrim, who was verg i'll IN q room above.
We can imagine the establishment Of the
sisters when they returned and found the
dying pilgrim out of bed and kneeling at
the little altar some distance OF. After
making her thanksgIvings she dressed
and walked 70 the chapel, which was
some distance from the room she was in;
and there the candles were lit and TIE
DeUm sung by all the community TO
thank God for so great a favor. She
walked by herself, but felt weak. At the
same time as she regained the use Of her
limbs the bone in her spine returned to
its proper place, and she felt nc more
pain II the back. Now the malady il the
stomach seemed TO increase, and she Suf-
Tered the most acute agony on the Journey
from Poitiers to Lourdes The train ar
rived at Lourdes about 3 O'Clock on
Tuesday morning, and she was taken as
soon as possible to the grottO and put
into the Piscine. No sooner was she in
the water than all the pain in her stem-
ach disappeared and she felt quite cured.
Since she was with the pilgrims of the
white train her lodgings was al the
Hospital des Doulers
They now lost no time in letting US hear
Of the cure. Her poor mother nearly
tainted when told her that her daughter
was cured. She, who few hours before
could not eat the least thing without vom-
ltlng, now found the food given to the pa
tients at the hospital insufficient: so the
sister took her to the restaurant a. the
Hotel d'Angleterre, where she devOured
two helpings of chickens, bread and
beans, and drank four cups of tea. She
walked from there back TO the grotto,
which IS quarter of a mile, and then to
the bureau TO be examined by the doc
tors. She was inter viewed by a great
number Of doctors, who. after reading the
certificate of her malady which she had
brought from London, examined her and
pronounced her cured. She had TO leave
the certificate with the doctors, but as
far as she can remember it ran as fol-
lows:
I have known and attended Sarah AFTER for
three years, during the whole Of which time
and for some years previously. she has been
quite conhned 70 her bed with loss Of power
and wasting Of the lower limbs. Added to
this she suffers from ulcers in the stomach,
which were the cause Of great suheriI e and
are lncuraDle. ALEXANDER FOULERTJN.
l22 BrOmpton Road.
Without a certificate from a doctor
saying she was incurable, / do not think
she would have been accepted by the
committee to travel by the white ira in.
Miss AFTER returned on Monday last. got
out of the train, walked down the plat
form, and mounted unaided the steps OF
the bridge at New Ethan station. She
who ten days before was nearly dead
with fatigue of the journey from London
to Paris now returned cured and
none the worse for travelling from Paris,
which she left at IL o'clock that morning.
saw her home, where she ate a good
supper Of cold meat and pastry
and drank bottle of stout.
She mas every day gained
flesh and strength and walks
abouts, but still weak. l have
nothing more to add, except that
what have written is the simple truth
without, l hope, any exaggeration. Let
others think what they like of this cure,
/, for my part, believe it to be a miracle
Before sending this account l have been
to read it over to Miss AFTER, to be sure
that there was no mistake, and she tells
me that DR.. Sturges of New Ethan. who
has attended her since she came here.
saw her this morning and said he could
only regard it as a miracle, and that he
will give her a certificate to say that
what she was suffering from could not be