The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-05-22

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.he oh mo Steamship fhila'
delphia, which arrived Saturday from
Venezuela, was mn apo,tnt.. nm osilsd
| IA ,uchi fr,hor , codo, ~ III,
e"'sI',, ,,G " "op'o
opah'sn nou'e' VINO ma r%enouncod the
Catholic faith ut tho risk Of HE lie.
While father supcrior OF n Capuchin
monas,orv ho x,. krov, a, rI,..ao
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! 'cSo' NOW no 10 slghor Manuel
Fernando dc Ortollak. lie has accepted
tho creed of tho NIothodist Enisconal
| cl,r,,h ,,d iii III, a.. e.. a..
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ministry.
Tho story OF %Fotrando's conversion
Was brought 10 tho notice of thu Amsr.
;c,, hon,,I ~ 80, uis,Ln. a.,
'o'ehu n''o'''"' " 10"
uaya ago ny Joseph NORWOOD, an evange.
Llst now travelling along tue south and
central american coasts IN q schooner
yachI ny. Norwood n tho kev. MIR.
iona' oil the Presbyterian church, turn
Cd forfahuo from me cnuren oil Rome
40 vs. now IN tne berachah nome, NO;
soo est otty.iou ftn street lie told
TINS narrative 10 a word reporter and
secretly studied with shat IN mind
l am oil a Castilihn iamiIy OF some
ino'hont III Manfid. II was my iathera
'oh'i tHas / ne educated lot mo par.
l leaned towards mo chufeh, however,
aha secretly studied Win that III mind;
In 1888, while my family were stu
against tnat course l became 4 Capu'
chin monk.
four years iater was CHOSEN iashor
superior oil the monastery Of san Lucar
DC baframeda, IN spain. ms position
D'ouShtm mo ouo Tor mad managed
the Affairs oil the monastery only short
IN when was called on TO petition
lnat Mother sacramento. oil the order
oil Adoratsices, be canonized. refuse,
as considered she q done nothing
INA raised her IN any way TO tue eIeVa'
lion OF q saint.
Through this | was broughtint cor.
respondence with the pope. In 1895
the church OF Spain became 30 distaste.
full to me that asked permission to
leave San Lucar do Barraneds. Tho
permission was granted, and l left for
Colombia, where | hoped TO do work
for the church among the Indians.
"A youth OF Spanish birth. Father
Sopana, accompanied me. We were as
signed to tho parish OF Rosario. near
BarranQuilla, whore tor n year We Ia.
bored. Sometime later Father Sopaua
was sent 10 the coast. the field OF Mr..
Norwood. and while working for the
church OF Rome he was brought into
discussion with the evangelist.
~ heard OF 1t. and privately sent
Father Sopana TO the Rev. Mr.. Pond 10
learn something OF the Protestant faith.
Instead OF sending the manuscripts
| desired, the evangelist came TO me a;
the parish OF Rosario. lie c%xpounded tho
doctrines OF his creed, and |, who had
been dissatisfied with certain teachings
OF the Catholic church, listened to him
with increasing interest.
Eventually he prevailed upon my.
self and Father Sopsna to cast aside the
robes OF our order and journey to Cura.
Goa. Dutch Guiana, where Mr.. Norwood
had Just arrived in his yacht. There
both he and | renounced the church OF
Rome aud. at an evangelical meeting in
4 theatre, we told why We had done so.
"ln the streets OF Curacoa, l was
stoned, jeered at. and called vile names.
Ex-President Rojas Paul, Of Venezuela.
implored tina. | assume my robes and
offered $4,000 to be used for the good
OF my order il | would return to Barrsn'
quills. l refused. aud from the attacks
OF the people took refuge in the home
OF the German ministers.
People oil my race cried that ! was
insane. They applied to the Spanish
consul to have me sent to a Spanish
mad-house. lie refused, and thon they
attempted to capture Inc. e!uded
them, but Father Sopana fell among
them. They laborod with him, and
offered him gifts il no would return to