The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-22
SAINTS RELIC INSTALLED.
Faith is vital in This New York Ger
man Congregation.

New York, Dec. 22.-Bareheaded peo-
pie stood out on the sidewalk in East
18th street. between Second and Third
avenues. yesterday afternoon, because
they were unable to get into the Church
OF Our Lady Queen Of Angels, where a
relic of St. Anthony of Padua was ex-
posed for yeneration. The relic is a
very small bit Of the bone Of the fore
arm, about the length and breadth Of a
little finger nail, and was obtained by
the Capuchin F'riars Of the church in
from the Very Reverend Superior of the
Basiica in Padua, Italy. 1t was re-
ceived on Saturday and was placed yes
terday in its glass case on the altar of
the left Of the church, with appropriate
ceremonies
Three O'Clock was the time set for the
special service. and before that hour the
church was packed to the doors At the
head OF a solemn procession the relic
was borne to its place on the new altar
of St. Anthony OF Padua- Father Bona
venture Frey preached a sermon in Ger
man and the Rec. Dr. Wall of the
Church Of the Holy Rosary spoke in
English He recOunted the virtues of
St Anthony and exhOrted his hearers to
take the saint for their example in life.
At the close Of the service the people
pressed forward in line to look at the
relic and kiss the case in which 1t is
kept Afterward the devout German
women stood about in little groups talk
ing eagerly OF the churchis new treasure
and hoping. each one, for aid from il in
some tribulatiOn- For ST Anthony OF
Padua is famed not only for the healing
of diseases, but for the Tightening Of all
the ills Of life.
My man is in the drink now every
day, almost" said a sad-eyed member
of one of the little groups. Il come to
beg OF the blessed saint to make him a
good husband again and keep him away
from the saloon"
Plenty more wonderful things than
%1~rn~ ~ 4 L. =
erly looking woman encOurag ingly. 7
brought my little Joe with me today, but
the crowd was so big I was afraid his
poor lame leg would get hurt, 50 I took
him home and came back. Again he
and I will come and make our prayers
together for the leg to get well"
4 wonder put in g. thin little Won
an, would the saint help my Fred to
a job. He's a good workman, but he
can't get no work"
''Of course the saint could help him.
said the large woman earnestly Try
him and see I knew a man who was
out Of work; a friend Of my husbands s,
and he went and made a nOvena and
promised a mass to St Anthony, and
next week he got job, good JOB,
too"
And before the novena was through?''
asked F'red's wife.
Yes. and that amt all. For business
got slack pretty soon. SO that they laid
of hands This man thought he'd get
laid of quick because he was the last
took
and my husband told him to promise
another mass. and sure enough he was
kept on, and in a month was MADE 1ore-
man"
said Fred's wife reverently, and the
others all said Amen
was that here in the city Mrs.
Brooke" asked young girl
TT was down in Pitt street, IN the
Church of Our Lady Of Sorrows, where
they have a relic OF the saint" was the
reply: ,,.,---.,,,-.. inst
nv age" said the girl shyly. and St
Anthony gave her help. There was a
young man gave her wedding rms
It was for a sign that they were TO De
married. One day she was to picnic
and lost the ring in the grass, ana II
was a very bad piece of luck to lose the
ring for she had much heart in ii. But
she could not find it anywhere nor any
body else that searched 50 she Went
back and made her prayers to st An
thony on nine days and then she went
for her ring and there it lay in little
Il viii pray the saint for my twenty
dollar bill that I lost last month, salo
one of the women
an old German dame who was half
paraIvzed and had come to pray the
saints intervention to stay the maj
stroke until the summer, when her son
is to come over from Germany IN
the old country knew a farmer and
his wife. They had come in from the
country with all the money from sell
ing their crops and on the way 10
church they lost it. There was a great
hunt and the town crier rang his bell
and called on the people. telling them
Of Roertner's loss. But the purse with
all the money was gone, and there was
no trace. Boertner was a pious man,
and he had q mass said and that very
night an honest butcher picked his
purse from a hole in the wooden side
tn n i'm
know to be true, for Boertner was an
honest man. and the butcher had served
our house for many years"
One account of wonders followed an
other. and the little conference broke up
with expressions of hope and faith
Hereafter the relic will be exposed for
veneration on Tuesdays, in the morn
ing at 8 o'clock and in the evening at
1880. that being the special day Of St
Anthony of Padua-