The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-28

queer if you have fallen into the humor
Of the country. Herein is one of The
many charms of Mexico not yet wholly
succumbed to the levelling roller of the
conventional.
In this odd little shop in the Lane of
the Holy Ghost, the brotherhood keeps
OF sale its monthly bulletin. tiny publ
cation. some 7x5 inches. and called
! it "Boletin de la Cofradia del Divine
| Rostro.' I have before me a file of this
paper. from which I have obtained the ac-
counts of miraculous cures and of timely
aid afforded those who in moments of
peril DO not forget TO call on Eel Divine
Rostro''
| Up in New England you are now well
accustomed to the formulas of the mental
! healers and the Christian Scientists and
can better understand how the mystics
O. all lands employ certain set phrases
All mystics have a common bond; they
| are very much alike.
Psychologists Christian Scientists and
all the varieties OF modern ''metaphy-
steal" healers will be interested in the
cures recorded in the "Boletin." have
been struck with their resemblance to
Science miracles and to certificates
gladly given by Mrs. Wilmans-Post's
clients. The phraseology is different; the
import the same.
Maria de Gonzales testifes that for
three years she was unable to walk.
owing to a chill that had affected her legs
and feet; she consulted many physicians.
who did her no good. when she bethought
herself of the miraculous image Of the
divine face of our Lord which is venerated
in the Church of Santa Clara To this
image she recommended herself with
prayer, at the same time causing her
self to be Amounted with oil from the
lamp. "Palpable miracle"' exclaims this
good lady. In a few days I recovered
the use Of my limbs and the first thing
did, moved by profound gratitude, was TO
associate myself with the society"
Don NJ. C. Alvarado, living in an interior !
city, declares that his brother, being
gravely worried by some matter of tenn
poral concern, invoked the Divine Face. |
when miraculously. all was al once most |
satisfactorily arranged. Senior Alvarado I
himself testifies to having been immedi- |
atty cured of an attack of erysipelas by |
az application Of the oil.
This same gentleman further testifes /
that, being at one time afflicted with an I
abscess which deformed his face and his 4
physicians holding out no hope Of his be-
ing cured, he applied the oil as a certain
balsam' and was cured. a fact that gave /
new faith 10 his nelghbors
One quaint testimonial is from a mother
who cured her son Of a violent attack Of
dysentery by applying the oil to his abdo-
men, after which the homeopathic me-
dicine that ne was taking began TO have
a favorable effect"
Several cases Of the arrest OF erysipelas
by the use Of the oil are given Many
people who had been given up by ply
scians' assert that they were cured by
prayer and the application Of the oil with
faith.
A man living in a distant town declares
that a girl child was badly burned about
the face. and apparently the pupil Of one
eye was destroyed; the oil was applied
and the eye saved.
Cases Of cures. certified 10 by the in
terested parties, might be multiplied TO fill /
columns. but the above mentioned cases.
abridged from the "Boletin" will suffice.
once read of an American officer in
Cuba who stopped fire in a house by
holding the thought" that there was no
fire and in the "Boletin' I find a similar
story
a fire had broken out in a shop in this
city, near 10 an altar where the Divine
Rostro was enshrined. Nobody saw the