Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-07
A WONDERFUL BIBLE
cATHoLlcs HAD ONLY TO READ lr
 TO eE CONVERTED AT ONCE.

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 Il Even showed . Priest ana . Nun
 sf Dublin the ErSop of Their ways. | An Incident That Illustsatss Prot | sstaat Methods In ireland.
 \ story illustrating Protestant Bible
 missionary methods comes from Sam.
 uel Young. M. P, of Belfast. who in
 letter to m Irish paper thus tells of
 m interesting pamphlet he received rs-
 gently.
 There camo to mo . pamphlet en.
 titled < The Adventures of a Bibls.' by Rev. I. H. Townsend, D. D., vicar of St. Marks. Tunbridge Wells, Eng land, which gives an account of Mrs.
 Blake, Dublin, who had been in low spirits and was recommended by her confessor to visit place of amuse- ment.
 Somehow on her way Mrs. Blake got into Protestant mission hall by mistake, where she got Bible which she had never seen before. This book rendered her very uncomfortable for q time, but ultimately converted her, whereupon the priest called and took the Bible from her in anger. Mrs. Blake soon wanted her Bible returned and called upon the priest. where she saw a hun who refused her admission, but conveyed curse from the young priest, who had been ill., However, Mrs. Blake. after some time. called again for her Bible and was told by the nun that on her last visit she (the nun had told her lie. that the young priest had since died and that before his death he by reading this Bible had found forgiveness and blessed her for the book and that she herself had left the convent and found peace by the reading of this same Bible"
 Such was tho tale of the pamphlet, but Mr. Young. Protestant himself. was anxious to know more about the extraordinary and interesting "convcr- satlons" of Mrs. Blake. priest and nun, and so he wrote to Rev. Mir. Townsend asking him as follows for further par. ticulars:
 Some one unknown has sent me . pamphlet, of which you are the author. entitled The Adventures of Bible.' feel interested in these documents. Will you give me partlculnrs-frst. where did Mrs. Blake live in Dublin; second, what Is the name of the young priest who took the Bible from Mrs. Blake, which Bible had the effect of enabling him to find forgiveness before hIs death; third. what is the name of the nun who told the lie to Mrs. Blake | and afterward made confession and escaped from the convent? The pa- thetic story would have great force if ! 1 could but know tho particulars"
 Did MT. Young get the particulars thus asked for1 Did Rev. Mir. Town send confirm his pathetic story" by giving the names? Not on your life" Instead he sent MT. Young this char acteristic Irish church misslon' ex planation:
 T am glad that you are interested in The Adventures of Bible Any thing which illustrates the power of tho Bible without human teaching is helpful to us. Many wish to know the 1 particulars in this case--somc, like you, from sympathetic interest, others for a different reason. On this account to save some from relentless persecution I am obliged to keep in strict secrecy the particulars which have been con fined to mo. This is bitter disap- | pointment to foes. You as friend and a Protestant, residing in Ireland. will both understand and appreciate the need of silence.
 Truly there was need of silence on the Townsend side ns to the names, hut MT. Young failed to understand and appreciate It." On the contrary. he wrote another letter to the Rev. MT. Townsend in the following style:
 Tt Is curious that this magical Bible of your story should have converted Mrs. Blake. the priest and the nun. when Bibles. large and small. which are to be found in every Catholic fam fly and are sold by all Catholic book