The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-14
monk CLAIMS TO
HAVE RAlSE|::.D||:|. DEAD al.
Father 1gnatius, Of Anglican
Church, Says He Has Per-
formed Miracles.
SILENCE UNDER PROMISE Is: !:
Spiritual Measter, DR.. Pusey,l
Prevailed Upon Him Not
to Reveal Power.
SILENCE UNDER 'l:I PROMISE ':
rhe Now York Herald publlsl,es Tie

The New york Herald publishes the
following from London:
Father Ignatius, tho famous Anglican
monk Of Ltanthony, yesterday reiterated
his firm conviction that the days of mira
Giles are not yetypast, and that he himself
had been the agent OF God in their per-
Torrance, even to the raising Of the
dead.
This statement, recently published IS
contained in his life from the pen Of
Baroness Bertouch and has occasioned
lie widest comment and Amusement
''l5c it understood, said Father gn ,
titus. IN an interview, that do not claim
in any way to have performed miracles
or myself All / say is that several times
In my life the spirit Of God has taken pos
session Of my; whole being and ordered me
to heal the sick and raise tho dead IN The
name Of our Lord jesus.
."ro mo there Is nothing wonderful in
this The Apostles worked miracles, not
because they themselves had the power.
but because the 20 wer was given. and the
power is given ofttires to the weak and
to the foolish, and wisdom con1eth out or
the mouth OF ba bcst and suckllngs. GH
SIR nave not spoken of#those things
before, IT. Is because have been under
promise Of silence. Long ago, when hrst
realized that our Lord condesoended to use
me for works beyond general eNp e's1e s,
Dr. Pussy, who was my spiritual falher,
was greatly troubled, and asked me 70
keen silence for my own spirits sake, be-
cause he thought that the knowledge or
the power given me might cause me 70. be
proud. He was my mastcr-my father
confessor-a I loved him, and SO l
promised him; but nowI feel we nave al l
len upon sucl. days of doubt and ev:F that
1t is my duty to give my witness ana
testimony to these things.
Father Ignatius proceeded to speak OF
en- ses in which he claimed to have raised
the dead to life and to have given heath
| to the sick. # s55
independent investigation is being made
Regarding these claims.
First Monk in Church of Eng
j, !, land. "A
Father Ignatius Joseph Seyccster Lyme
is now sixty-seven years old, and has for
| thirty-four years been chiefly known IN
connection with the monastic institution
he fotinuer, q t Slnnthony Abbey, in Wales.
| lie is a powerful orator. AMI his mission
preaching has attracted vast crowds
After his ordination for the Church OF
England, in 1850, he was curate at
Plymouth, and in a similar district IN
Ia
brated Fatluer Lowder, Of st. George s.
Coming early under the influence Of Or.
Pusey, he adopted to the full the princl-
| nles az the Oxford ritualistic revival. lie
| has s,emadned in loyal, though lay. COM
munion with the English Church. He has
. stated that his recreation takes the form
Of eight services a day in slanthony Abb
] boy Church. .
Father Ignatlus's visit to the United
! States in 1901, was of some months,
/ duration. His preaching at Newport and
| his missions at Boston and New y ork at
trncted large audiences. Then con-
troversy arose as to his status, and he was
( refused license to preach In the Fro.
| testant Evangelical churches of Boston.
lie became involved in keen controversy
with several clsrgymenin New York. and
! III a fiery discourse denounced B!shop
Potter and the Episcopal clergy
Tho chief miracle with Llanthony Alb
10y is that Of Dame Mary Cecilia, OF the
order OF st. Benedict, who has been af-
! nicted with fracture Of an ankle joint
i which had famed her for life. At the age
! Of twenty, her case having been given up
| 81 many physicians, she entirely recov-
cred while praying, with dried dock
! leaf in her hand. sent by Father ignatius,
with the monitlon: ,cording to your
faith be it done unto YOU.