The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-14
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ARTICL E NO. 6.
sHRINEs. RELICS AND FAITE

SHRINES. RELICS AND FAITH
The belief in shrines and relics Of per
sons distinguished during life by eminent
qualtleS, Is common among all races, an
clent and modern Even our outline Of
the history of the veneration of relics
and the conflicting views of different
sects on the subject would fill many pages
OF printed matter. The Oriental peoples
nave their sacred cities, churches and
Shr1nes, and the same is true among Eu-
ropean races. To touch or look upon a
bit OF clothing, bone, a lock of hair, or
some other object connected with the
person Or career of sanity man or wom-
an, preserved in the form of a relic, has
often been held up and believed in as a
medium of healing, and thousands of per-
SONS nave made pilgrimages to bow in
supplica ton before it.
1t was discovered on May %. 1899, that
the Famous shrine of Nuestra Sonora
Carida, at Ell Cobre, near Santiago de
CUBA, had been robbed of jewels valued
at $25,OOO, and that the head of the statue
mad been broken off and removed. The
report caused great excitement in the
town, Where the shrine has long been the
prlic1pal attraction. It is supposed to
nave miraculous healing powers, and is
visited annually by thousands Of pilgrims
mexico
even from Europe, who have loaded the
image with rich gifts. This Ell Cobre
shrine is only one of hundreds among
the Latin races of Central and South
American Countries
1t is not necessary in the West Indies
South America and Europe to find believ-
ers in shrines and relies. A party of
more than one hundred persons from st.
Paul and Minneapolis visited the shrine
OF st. Anne de Beaupre, near Quebec in
july, 1888, and nearly every person of the
party were afflicted with some bodily all
ment, but all returned happy and con-
Vlhced that they had been cured or ben
ehted. The pilgrimage was conducted nv
ReV. Father LIE Gardeur, of Minneapolis,
who told the papers that nothing had
happened in the Catholic church of the
Northwest for may years that has been
Iraught with so much Importance and
as result think that many other pill
gr1inages will be made to the shrine"
This shrine is located twenty-five miles
from Quebec. Upon reaching the shrine
the pilgrims were met by twentv-two
catholic fathers, Who are always there
10 perform the service of the saint and
administer her healing benediction. From
sunday until Tuesday afternoon, when
the return trip commenced services were
continuously held in the presence Of the
sacred relics, and according to the testi-
mony of the pilgrims, there were many
evidences Of the saints rayor.. The sick,
lame, deaf, dumb and bind Were healed
of general depression ana more or less
shattered nerves, ascribe to the special
htereession of the reverend saint a re-
newal Of strength and an old-time yigor.
And the belief that cures can be eff
1ected through living human agencies is.
SHOWN IN the work Of Christian science,
a doctrine promulgated through Mrs
Eddy, whose American followers n,,uba,,
many thousands in every walk of life
In Chicago the thousands of communi-
cants of the Italian Catholic Church of
the Assumption tell marvellous stories of
heahng by Father Thomas Moreschini
FOR rather Tom,'' as he is affectionaIIy