Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-07-07

thuny Abbey which Is IN III" near
@. tn" BLACK Mountains Monmouth
shire. Father lEnatius lies Al Ii" Is
an old man fnr II years al pa#sionas
striving for his Ideals. combined wiih
! Their m"rk%.
Hi face and his scalp ar" clean
shaN,n. all except the rim Of hi head
on which Is a fringe OF white halT'
This i: the man round whom religious
cOnIroV r&v has conferred ion many
years This is the Protestant monk
WhO.e t0n%urrd head. eildhd robe.
and sandals have shocked The thurrh
Of England from ArChhi$hnpS dow
ward. II. his been pursued from
town To town. III the c0ur%" of his
preaching exp ditlnnS. by has own
father. who has char""d him publicly
with havin% been the unwilling canS"
of his moi hers death He has had
10 meet the violence ut mob intiame Il
by new paper account" Of scandals IN
;h" mC ma t.rieH which h" ha" SnCcrS
I .iyrlv established Monks Mh,m h"
has turned ont f the Protestant Or,
DIR of St Benedict have viiIiii.d him.
Now he lies with the nd of his
earthly PILGRIMAGE we'll within sight
To one who has seen him in III"
height Cf his vig"r. AND conversed
with him on his work. il is easy to
gu IS his thoughts. Years ago he
had to confess that he was tr"d. We
may he quite sure that Father lcnati-
us will b" clad 70 rest.
Many romarkaiIe things have hap
pened in his remarkable life. His mo-
mastery at I.lanrhnnv is one of the
l:.at remarkable though this IS
something to which English people
have not vet got accustomed. Father
IenatiuS made himself monk. There
is no other Protestant Oru"r Of ST.
Rensd dict. which is elsowh"r' Roman
Catholic order. so having taken the
vow. by which h" r"nnnnced the
world the flesh. and tn" devil. ne
dOnnnd the mOnastic garb and called
himself Father Some pious women
who believed in him. aided by zen
prons friend or two. provided the
funds whcr"with tO'hnild the m0nas-
: terry. For tn, support Ct himself and
his monks. however. Father lcnatiuS
has had to stump III" country asking
for money He has seen visions. per
formed miracles, publicly debated
with Rradlaueh. fallen foul ~ the
rhDs1.i leaders of III. Church of Eng
land-can il be wondered that he has
always attracted both people and
money?
Lest what follows should offend the
caution of this matter-Of-fact age. lei
it be understood that Faith r lsnatius
is personally responsible for the dc,
, tails OF his miracles: When he was
living at White-chapel Mission
, House. in 1862 he was asked to visit
the ninetnen-y ar-old daughter Of a
Door woman in the vicinity. Her
name was Lizzie Meek. When he got
to the house, he was told that tn"
Girl had been dead two hours. Tn"
body was laid ont for burial Taking
a precious treasure from his breast.
ihe Relic Of tho True Cross ne laid
il on the girls breast. and said: I'm
, the name of Jesus Christ, I say unto
the" arts :" The girls right hand
was iheronpcn seen to raise itself
stiffiy. and make the sign Of the cross
Then III, nnstril: diated. and soon the
I SlTI WIS ibs' W uIibN ~
, that time he was R,v. Joseph Levces
, ter Lvne. and his fame ran through
, the East End Of London like the
fame of train Of gunpowder.
Here H. another case. In August
1872. during the tHilding of the Alb
hey Church al LlanthOny. some stone
, FL from 4 height and crushed 4 work
man. His poor body was described
bv an eyewitness as resembling "a
mass of pulp" To the monk. now
Father Ignatius and Superior Of the
order, was borne the news that a
workman had been Killed. In his cell
he had 4 bottL. OF Lourd"s water
the water Of the we'll known healing
WILL. Taking this he went to where
rho man Law Rotating what followed
Father igna.ius has more than once
referred TO the voice which whisper
"a its commands to me" Il knew"
he saws. that the Master was about
70 call on me 4 message OF resurrec-
ticn in the name Of the Lord Of Life"
So the monk knslt by thu body. He
S1rinkleh II with the LoIrdrs water.
and. in the presence Of IT. other work
mon. commanded IL TO rise in the
| name Of the Lord.
II search wfre made /: would doubt
loss he pos ;ibie 10 find now "vewii
| ness"s nf the astonishing thing that
! happened A. once the man rose. He
| was whole and welt Without utter
| ing q word he start Il 20 walk TO his
| LODGINGS mile distant Everybody
| was so surprised the worker ~ the
| miracle except, d. thar nobody follow
| cd him: the .;iOna still and s.>r"d
| Afterwari. when the man was exam
| in"d. M; scratch was found on ms
body and knew nothing Of what
1 had occurred.
] Father IgnatiuS tells ~ other mira
l c'ca. Ore 0F III most recent ron
l Germs boy who was diving NJ 'vph'.'d
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