The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-26
THE VIRGINS HOME.
The Recently Discovered Hnths ut
Ephesus Describes Years Ago.

New York Herald.
In view OF the recent discovery AZ Ephe-
sus Of the house in which MARY, the
mother OF Jesus, died. unusual importance
attaches 20 the utterances OF Sister I'm
merich, the celebrated WeslphaHah
prophecies. who fourished at the begin
ming OF this century.
Catherine EmmeFich was pious ana
uneducated peasant woman. VINO Is hIao" u
TO posterity through large work In sew
erai volumes. which was dictated ~ her
10 the German writer, Clement Brentano.
and edited under his supervision In X
she tells the story OF the life OF Jesus from
the hour OF his birth TO the day OF MS
death. Most minute is the narrative, not
even the most triaing incident being
omitted
She tells US everything that Jesus said
and did. and, moreover. she gives us a
complete itinerary OF all the places in
which he at any time set foot. In one re-
spect this is the most complete history
OF Christ's life that has ever appeared
and apparently the only reason why II
has not become popular Is because many
facts are stated therein for which there
does not seem to be sufficient evidence
Catherine Emmerich claimed that she
actually saw Christ as he walked on this
earth, and she describes what she saw
with unerring clearness. In other words.
she told her story as though she had
been an eyewitness of all the events de-
scribed.
AS a result her work has given rise TO
some very lively controversies. Some per-
sons regard it as 4 work Of pure magma
ton; Others, on the contrary. insist that
II is a most valuable guide TO the life Of
Christ. In any case. Sister Emmerich
described very infinitely the occurrences
which took place after the crucihxion.
and among other things she gave a
graphic account OF the house which ST.
John built for Mary, the mother Of Jesus.
in the suburbs of Ephesus. and in which.
according to tradition and several fathers
of the church, she died.
NJ. Boyer d'Agen says in reference TO
Sister Emnerichs account of this house:
Almost nineteen hundred years after II
was built. cold and probably skeptieal
scholar. who had been won over TO re-
ligious work by the charitable institutions
OF Saint Vincent de Paul, read by chance
in his cell Catherine Emmerich's story
At first he smiled at it, but soon it stirred
him, and finally, with the object of verl-
flying her statements as to the house IN
which Mary died he started for Ephesus.
Sister Emmerich's words were his only
guide, and, led by them, he found after
so many centuries OF silence the object
OF his search. 1t was not far from Buloui-
Day. which is inhabited only by foxes
house, naturally In a state OF ruin. but
with the four walls still standing"
Mgr. Timoni. archbishop of Smyrna.
hearing Of the discovery decided TO visit
the place himself, and in his account of
the journey he says that Sister En-
merich's description of the house. not
only as regards the location, but also
regards the interior plan, is entirely ac-
curate He lays stress on the fact that
the Westphalian prophecies never left her
native village Of Dulmen, and consequent
~ could never have seen these ruins. We
also learn from him that the local name
of the place in which the house is situ-
ated is Panigia-CapoulL
Here is another curious fact Catherine
Emmerich wrote that the house was
round. or octagonal in the rear. Now,
since Mgr. Timoni's report has been pub
nshed. a confirmation Of this report has
been received from those who are explor-
ing the ruins.