The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14
MONK CLAIMS TO r..
WORK MIRACLES
Anglican Father in Wales Re-
counts Remarkable Cures
He Has Performed.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
London, Dec. l4.-Father Ignatius,
the famous Anglican monk Of Liam
thony, Wales, has reiterated his firm
conviction that the days of miracles are
not past and that he himself had been
the agent Of God in their performance,
even to the raising of the dead.
II do not claim in any way to have
performed miracles Of myself" he is
quoted as having said. "All I say is
that several times in my life the spirit
OF God has taken possession of my
whole being and ordered me to heal the
sick and raise the dead.'
Continuing his avowal of the old faith
whereby all things are possible with God
as they were in the past-even to the
healing OF the sick and raising Of the
dead-Father Ignatius recounts the,
various occasions upon which he had
performed what he called miracles.
| One notable occasion was in 1862,
when he and a fellow worker named
Redman were awakened one night by
woman who earnestly besought the
father that would come out and. save
her daughter, who was dying Of typhoid
fever.
| Felt the Command.
"suddenly," said the monk, ." I felt
that the command Of our Lord was upon
|
friend was: DO bring your relic with
YOU He had a wonderfully beautiful
relic, a piece of wood Of the true cross
We had a long walk and went as fast
as we could. When we reached the
house the girl was dead. She had been
dead two hours and her body already
had been composed for burial. g.
ever, which I felt to be inspired, I
took the relic of the cross from nv
friend and laid it upon the dead girl s
breast. Then in the words Of the
apostolic command I cried:
g In the name of Jesus Christ say
unto thee, arise.'
"Slowly and stiffy the corpse arose
in bed, and Redman turned to me and
cried:
What have you done?'
- have done ,nothing,' replied,
but the Lord hath done great things
indeed -
Most Remarkable Tale.
Another incident amongst many 9th.
ers of which Father Ignatius spoke is
~, perhaps the most remarkable of all. 1t
occurred when the Llanthony abbey was
in the course Of building. The monk
thus describes it: :
I was with the brothers in the garde1
at recreation when news was brought t
ton of the structure that was in hand i
was necessary to haul up by pulleys hug
masses of stone. It was dangerous bust
ness, and every care was taken, but il
spite of this there arose dreadful thing
For some reason the blocks of masonr,
which were being hoisted up suddenl
shifted and fell, crushing to death tn
man who was working the pulleys. -.
When the brothers came running up t
me and told me what had happened,
said: ''Wait, men, Then ran a
hard as I could to my cell and brought
little flask I had or Iourdes water. Whe
reached the spot where they had iai
the man, who was nothing but a bruise
pulp, the brothers were standing aroun
looking sadly on the dead. There coul
be no doubt he was dead. -
But it was no time for thinking, for
felt the divine command was upon m,
T. I sprinkled the poor, mangled corpse, an
in the name Of the Lord commanded it t
arise. .3
Immediately it did so-nay, more. tt
man, without a word of any kind, Wake
to his lodgings without so much as mar
upon him.