The Irish standard., 1894-10-06
LOURDES MIRACLE
Wonderful Cure of a Young Wo.
man of Eltham and a Moth
er's Joy.
JOURNEY OF GREAT TORTURE
Incurable and Nearly
Expired While Travelling to
the Shrine.

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Expired While Travelling to
the Shrine.
The London Tablet publishes the fol-
lowing account OF miraculous cure at
Lourdes. The statements are from the
pen of Rev. e. Martin, and they concern
a young woman living in the neighbor-
hood Of Ethan, who went to the wonder
ful shrine with the French national pill
grim8ge.
The young woman and her mother,
writes Rev. j. Martin, came to live at
Eltham last April. Before that they
lived in South Kensington. Since they
settled here have been d constant visitor
at their house, and what shall state I
have either seen or have learned directly
from themselves. will en1eavor to tell
the facts without, I hope, any exaggera-
tion. Indeed the truth is 50 wonderful
that it does not need any addition Of
mine.
Sara, Arter, aged As, has been suffer-
ing more or less since she was Ii with
some disease of the stomach. For the
last five years she has been bedridden.
As to the preclse nature of the disease
the doctors did not seem to agree. Some
said it was cancer in the stomach, others
tumor, others ulcers. She had been an
inmate of several hospitals, among others
St. Georges five times and the Cancer
Hospital once. At the latter they said
it was cancer in the stomach, and treated
her for it. The symptoms seemed to
favor that opinion, She was habitually
in great pain, and for years had taken no
food without vomiting directly after
ward. She could not even keep down q
cup OF teh and bread and butter. At
times, she would vomit blood, which had
tetid odorr.s Besides this disease of the
stomach, she was quite paral, zed from
the hi, s downward. This parals sis came
on by degrees. Ten years ago she began
to lose the use of her legs, but walked
with two crutches till five years next No.
vember, when she lost the use of her legs
entirely, and has been bedridden ever
since One leg then became contracted.
They measured her at the Cancer Hopi-
tai and said that one leg was two inches
shorter than the other. She also had
the last bone Of her spine projecting and
this cost her additional Suffering. The
doctors at the hospital told her that they
could do nothing more for her and they
seemed to have tried almost everything.
Three years ago DR.. Foulerton put tube
| down her throat into the stomach to
wash it out, and for three weeks admin
istered food my means Of injections.
Having been told by the doctors that she
| was incur able, she sought for help from
Him who can give it if He will. She at
length decided to 60 to Lourdes and ask
| the intercession OF our Blessed Lady,
that if it were Gods will she might be
cured. At the same time she was quite
resigned to suffer and die if God willed it.
When she told DR.. Foulerton, who is a
Protestant, that she was going to Lour-
des he laughed at the idea, because he
| naturally did not believe in the mir.
acles Of Lourdes. He used to say to her
in joke: "We]l, Sarah, if you are cured
at Lourdes I shall believe in the Catho-
lie Church" But what an undertaking
this journey was for her. She was an
invalid who could pot even stand, poor.
and her mother, who looked after her, 70
years of age. She used to employ her
time while in bed in doing needlework
and sold the work to make up an in
come. Out Of her earnings she tried to
save up enough to take herself and her
mother to Lourdes and determined to 60
this next September. Fortunately, how
ever, she had some kind friends, and they
arranged for her. to 60 with the French
national pilgrimage, which leaves Paris
every year about August 18. They also
paid her fare to Paris and sent Sister
Julienne, of the "Bon Secours," Haver-
stock Hill, with her to wait on her. Since
this Sister was French and could speak
English perfectly, she was we'll suited in
every way for the task. Miss Arter was
accepted by the committee of the nation
al pilgrimage and was told to be at Paris
by August Is to travel IN the white
train. The white train is one which takes
all the great invaids. 1t, is well de-
scribed by M. Zola in his recent novel,
"Lourdes"
She now began to prepare for her jour
ney; since Sister Julienne was going to
take her, we all thought that there was
no need for her mother or any one else
to go with her. All we could do was to
lhelp her with our prayers. She made q