Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-08-14
ALL CURED BY FAITH
MARVELLOUS CURES WROUGHT IN 4
SMALL cIuRCh ~ NEW YORK.
Wondered Kecovsries of Apparently Iisps-
less Cases Extraordinary scenes In ~.
jean Bsptiste Church, Where tho blind,
the Lame and the Halt Are Made Well.

jean Ijaptiste Church, Where tho blind,
the Lame and the Halt Are Made Well.
Miracles as wonderful M any ever re-
corded In tho Bible have been worked right
In New York aud tho record az not yet
ended. Att ilttlo French up town church
the lame have been made To walk, tho
blind To SEQ, tho deaf to hear, the dumb to
speak and tho palsicd have ceased TO trem-
bio. Thousands upon thousands have Wis
tied the little shrine, as many as 30, 900 In
u day, and scenes have been enacted be-
foro the altar IA remarkable as any ever
written Of In romantic fiction
These astonishing cures havo been in
vestigated both by pcrsonal visits 10 the
church and by interviews with tho men,
women and children who have been cured,
and further by talks with their ncighbors.
There can be no doubt that in most of
those cases the spiritual faith has dono
what medicine and an army OF doctors
have been powerless to do. The evidence
Of this multiplics at every step Of the In
vestigation.
1t is tho custom at the little French Ca
madam church Of St. Jean Baptiste on
Soyenty-sixth street, near Third avenue,
TO hold each year noyenp, or nine days
OF special prayer, eliminating on July 26,
the day set aside In the Roman church
calendar rs sacred To st. Anne, the mother
Of the Virgin.
During this novena many thousands of
people flock to the church for tho purpose
OF kissing the relic Of st. Anne, which IL
enshrined there. Tho afflicted Of all classes
crowd TO the altar rail and adore the little
piece OF bone said to have been once part
of ST. Anne's wrist, praying for relief from
their sufferings. The holy relic has been
on exhibition at the little church for three
years.
In front of the altar OF ST. Anne Is a
rack filled with no less than 30 crutches,
canes, braces and supporters which were
discarded by the sufferers In their exulta-
tion Of happiness after their sudden and
marvellous cures, due to the Intervention
Of the saint
A community OF sisters conduct little
store for the sale of oils, medals, scapulas
and other sacred and religious articles In
the front part of the church. They keep
a record of the cures that are credited to
the wonderful relic and gladly show visit
ors the written statements of over 100 peo-
pie who claim to have been cured or bene-
fitted by touching the sacred bone.
The facts are that afflicted people whom
skilled physicians have pronounced incur
able have knelt before the altar at the lit
tie church Of st. Jean Baptiste, and that
the Rev. Father Tetreau has rubbed the
little gold box containing tho relic over
the afflicted part, and then, with glad
cries and rejoicings, the lame have stood
up with strength restored, the blind have
seen, the deaf have heard, the palsied have
ceased to quake and the dumb have found
their voices.
AS many as 90, 900 people have kissed
the relic In single day. 1t Is always on
exhibition, except from noon to 2p. IN.
each day. The procession of the afflicted
is continuous. There are six priests at
tached to tho church, who relieve each 9TH
er hourly in the work of exposing the
relic,~
Men and women are brought to the
church on stretohers and In chairs. The
total number of people who have been
cured by their faith Is not known, but 1t
certainly exceeds 200. The shrine in
which the relic reposes when not in the
hands Of the priests Is frequently covered
with votive offerings of jewelry, money
and precious articles, cast there by the
grateful invalids. Over 100 square mar
bic tablets have been put up in vicinity Of
memorates miraculous cure or Is an ap-
peal to the saint to exert her spiritual
powers to effect a cure.
The most notable cure effected by the
relic was that of Valentine Gebett, 6-year-
old boy, who was suffering from hip dis
ease He could only walk with the aid Of
an iron brace. 1t was during the novena
to St. Anne that the boy 8 mother led him
to the altar rail.
AT her home Mrs. Gebett told her story
to reporter. my little boy Vally was
taken sick when four years of age. We
thought he would die, but he pulled
through, and then we found that one Of
his legs was drawn up so that 1t was short
er than the other. took him to the Hos
pital For the Relief of the Crippled and the
Ruptured, and they told me that he had
spinal trouble and would never get we'll.
"They furnished me with the iron brace.
/ have been Catholic all my life. had
heard of the miracles that were being
worked through the blessed relic at the lit
tie French church In Seventy sixth street,
and SO l concluded to lay my little boys
case before God and the good St. Anne.
We went to the church for three days. My
boy seemed TO thoroughly understand the
whole thing.
con the third day we were both Mt the
rail praying. The good father held the
relic out to Vally. He kissed it, and
moment later he cried out:
Take the iron shoe off, mamma; can
walk without it.
~ could hardly believe my ears, but at
o sign from the priest took the brace off,
and my little boy ran down tho aisle as
well and as spry rs any boy in New York.
The iron brace l laid before the shrine
and 1t Is still there. Vally grew stronger
every day and has had no relapse. He Is
today, through the divine intcrcession Of
the mother OF the Virgin, as we'll boy as
can be found. New York World.