The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-07-21

miles beyond Sens. 1t is related how
n pious king and Robert of Artois,
his second brother, being barefooted
and IN their shirt sleeves, carried 1t
into that city to the cathedral Of st.
stephen, h procession attracting a
great multitude. 1t was thence con
veyed to Paris. where it is stated to
have heen received with extraordinary
solemnity. st. Louis built for it's re-
ception he Holy Chapel, as it is called,
and annexed thereto a rich foundation
of a chapter of canons
An Architectural Gem.
This church is n of the most ia
nous in Paris, being a Gothic gem as
to architecture n notable not alone
for the splendor of its interior decora-
ions, u as possessing stained glass
windows which, authorities say, have
not the equal in Europe. Here the
thorns are kept amid all the mag
innocence human ingenuity can provide.
Some thorns have been distributed
from this treasure to other churches in
Europe. They are, said to be for the
most part long. 1t is unfortunately q
fact that Imitation has been resorted
to, though not with great success.
Ihere is a complete record in existence
OF the distribution Of the original
very strict in this regard-it being a
high misdemeanor for any Of the
priests to display a relic in church un-
less there is absolute authenticity as to
It's genuineness, and where this rule is
abridged accommodation is meted
out to the offender.
Found BY Helena.
Historians tell us that Helena, Com
stantine's mother, being inspired with
q great desire to find the identical
cross on which the Savior had suffered
Tor the sins of the world, came to Jeru-
salem and consulted all those whom
she thought likely to assist her in COM
passing her pious design. She is stated
to have been c%reditably informed that
II n would likewise find the instru-
ment OF the punishment, it being all
ways the custom among the Jews to
make a great hole near the place where
the body Of a criminal was buried and
70 throw into 1t whatever belonged to
the execution; looking upon all these
things as detestable objects and which
Tor that reason ought to be removed
out of sight.
The empress therefore ordered the
profane buildings to be pulled down,
the statues to be broker in pieces and
the rubbish to be removed, and upon
digging to q great depth the sepulcher
was discovered and near it three
crosses also h nails which had
pierced the Savior's body, and the title
which had beer affixed to His cross. By
TINS discovery they understood that one
OF n three crosses was that which
they We're in quest of, and the other
two belonging to the two Indicators.
But as the title was found separate
from the cross a difficulty remained to
distinguish which of the three was that
cross on which the Savior had been put
to death. The good people of that time
We're In great perplexity, but a bishop
noW1n that one of the principal
ladies' OF the city lay extremely i'll, sug-
gested to the empress to cause the
three crosses to be carried to the sick
person, their faith carrying the con-
viction that the Almighty would.
through the fundamentally Of the sick
person., designate the cross they sought.
Ihey offered up, it is stated, fervent
prayer, and after this prayer applied
the crosses singly to the sick person.
who. ecclesiastical writer's tell US, was
Immediately recovered by the touch Of
n OF the crosses. The other two were
tried without effect.
The people were full Of Joy at the
hnding Of his treasure, which they had
80 earnestly sought, and highly es-
teemed, n st. Helen built a church
on the spot and lodged 1t there with
great v~eneration, providing an extraor-
binary rich case for 1t. Emperor Con-
stantine afterward received a part of
1t, and the other h carried to Rome.
to be placed in the church which she
built there under the name of the Holy
Cross of Jerusalem, where it remains
to this day.