The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-23


spiritually and to represent some idea
and body it FORTH" then Teresa Urea,
the saint of Cabora, embodies charity,
love, self-abnegation and all those car
dinal virtues which pulpit orators be-
praise. This picturesque 'marayilosa
sanadora," believing that all aspirations
should be unitarian in their scheme and
mans creeds moves among her horde
OF afflicted devotees, giving with a touch
and smile great cheer to the sorrow
full.
TERESA's METHODS.
She is an unlearned Mexican girl, born
ana bred on an isolated hacienda in So
nora, where no hint of odyllc force uses
which from female finger tips burnt
biue'-could ever have reached her for
imitation. She never could have heard Of
.5assners strokes with the hand or Of
Franz Anton Mesmer, yet her method is
theirs. she had no education, so she can
not have read DeleuZe, or Mayo, or Teste
or Carpenter. Her chirography has been
piece of charcoal upon board, yet she IL
associate editor of lei Independence" q
creditable weekly published in Ell Paso.
She uses her mesmeric influence with
grand disregard of it's power, other
wise than as a measure of relief to her
patients. II nervous subject falls into
her arms when she touches her hands she
smilingly restores her, not knowing per-
From whence comes her influence? Ask
of the manned and worshiping multitude
that focks about her There is nothing
supernatural about it, any more than all
eiectrobiology is mysterious, and all self
sacrifice and noble purpose hyperphysical
as coming from God, the center, love.
The Catholic, the Protestant the
scoffer-who has only nature for religion,
birds for choir-all wish to look upon
her face. Serious. but smiling, patient,
helpful, she gives freely and without
recompense, her time her strength her
pity her skill. That creed-bound religion
lists refuse to see anything noble in such
self-effacement and honesty of purpose
makes us realize the NaZarene'S conaem-
nation fell upon the Pharisees, and the
Jews also upon him for approaching the
woman of Samaria.
STORY OF THE INsURRECTION.
This exiled saint seems to be the
into her mysterious dark eyes one would
never think her capable of instigating
an Instruction. Honest chroniclers say
indeed that she was only Indirectly re-
sponsible for the massacres in northern
Mexico. A jacquerie of rugged mountain
eers-the inhabitants of Tomochic are
Mexicans, not Tarahumares-impeli by
oppression and poverty, fanaticism and
defiance, perhaps would have needed, even
less than this gfrlish idol to precipitate
the horrors of Tomochic and San Tomas.
When IL years of age Teresa lay in
a trance for three months. In this COM
otose state she began denouncing sec
tarianism and performing her wonderful
cures-which her family being at that
time, obnoxious people, looked upon with
small sympathy. 1t was in the succeed
ing year, when her fame was already
abroad and the people coming to her from
within 400 miles Whereabouts by wagon,
that Governor Garlic. of Chihuahua,
came to the little pueblo of Tomochic to
remove certain famous paintings
which, were presumably by Muir
lilo and very dear to the pride
and hearts of the people. When
the canvasses were cut-tfe frames were
imbedded in the walls-the people protest
ed. defying the governor and the jefe
politico in defense of their affairs. Ca
rillo returned empty handed and indig-
nant, leaving some ill-will behind him.
This was in August, 1891 The follow
ing December parde Manuel Gastelum
came from Urnachic to preach to the
Tomochitecos, and denounce Teresa from
the pulpit as an hereto and evil-worker
But the people were sullen and only
praised her good works. Much incensed
the good padre betook himself to Guerrero
in high dudgeon and notified the authori-