The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-05-05
ABOUT MIRACLES
GIimpses of the Supernatural
Considered.
Marvellous Occurrences in Life
ola Physician.

ut the convent. Wellington Road, Bow
nn Sunday afternoon. DR. Gideon W. g.
Marsh WAS the lecturer and took fn,
his subject Miracles, or Glimpses nt
the Supernatural" Those who have al
ready heard of DR.. M;lrsh's lectures will
need not be told that he treated his
subject in Il mastery and eloquent
manner. says the London Monitor and
New Era.
The Very Rex. Father GeaSe took the
chair and introduced Dir. March. In the
course of his lecture DR.. Marsh said:
we live in IL busy world that is over
makng claims upon our time. Every
monrn; of the day is filled with cares
"f one sort or another. and from early
morning until bedtime we are rushing
at express speed through the crowded
hours Hardly have We time on waking
from troubled sleep to turn our
thoughts to heaven before the world is
reckoning with impatient gesture. At
night. weary and worn. our tired brain
finds it difficult to spin out its drain Of
strength in Il momentary glance to-
wards it's Creator. Such is the life or
rather the existence passed by man in
this twentieth century in the great city.
We are apt to forget the world that lies
beyond the grave. The eyes are blinded
to it by the glare of earth, and the
ears are clogged with the tumuItous
struggle for the survival of the fit
est
Il IN, going to ask you this after
noon" said DIR. Marsh. ito bide with me
while | tell you of some of those Won
drrful glimpseS of the supernatural
which have occurred within quite re-
cent times.
"A priest. Il friend of mine was one
day Fastening home to dinner after II
hard days work. He Was very late and
was concerned at keeping his brother
priests waiting. As he hurried along
the thoughts flashed across him. You
must go lnd see Mr.. n Now this par
ish"ner had been very i'll and an i'll
mate of Il large intirntry to which |
was attached He was, however. then
Il; home and apparently in much inn
proved health. Thinking to himself, I'll
call and see him tomorrow the good
I'ieSt kept IN his rapid pace. but the
more quickly he walked the more per-
siStcnt bec;ilnc the thought You must
go now and see him.. until at last,
thinttng that perhaps he might b" act
:ng against some inspiration. he re-
traced his STEPS and went to the mans
house. At the door he met with the
wife. who. in great alarm. was just
l,lrrying off in search of the priest. for,
said she. My husband is inScnsible,
and cannot rouse him. The reverend
gentleman FASTENED to the bedside and
found his parislnioner unconscious. but
when he bent over him and called him
Ivy his name the sick man opened his
eyes and sat up In answer I" inquiries
lie said that he felt very unwell The
good priest heard his confession. and
seeing no danger of death. promised to
call and see him again in IL few hours.
AS he left the house he babe the wife
q
worse and then he hurried off to tho
prcshytery. Hardly had he been there
to- say that the man was dead.
whence came that importunatc
whisper to the priest that made him
visit the sick man" Not from earth
certainly. but from the land Of spirits
FcrchAnce it was the Guardian Angei
whose words he heard.
Il am now about TO relate To you i,
which | pledge you my word. In !,
certain toTn in the North OF England
lived Il lady who was Joined in nmtri-
mony t. Il Protestant gentleman OF
some position. After their marriage he
forbade his wife the practice of her re-
l!ginl. and So deadly was his hatred of
the faith that he sworc to shoot any
priest who dared to enter his house
He was SO desperate that the clergy
;.bstained from visiting. and time
PASSED ON. There was Il mission going
on in the parish. and the good fathers
who gave IL had heard from the parish
priest the awful story have related
to- you. 1t was Saturday night. and one
OF them had just finished his heavy
day: work and had lief, the confess
| sl0nll for his room. Suddenly the
thought flashed across his mind I must
<" and visit Mrs. So-and- so'--meaning
| tie lady to whom have referred. The
| more he tried to rid himself of the
apparently silly thought the more die
| ii force itself upon his mind until al
| last he felt that the message was from
another world and taking the holy
ellis tor extreme JUNCTION. he prepared
I" Sc. out on Il journey which lie knew
and felt might be his last. Using hu.
ran prudence. he obtained the com.
| partnership. though at Il distance. of ;
few young men. whom he babe to b,
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