The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-08-07

ing tho chief figure IN tie procession,
but q good priest told me hat the
people a not transferred their at
fcction t. the now image and mopr1-
fully insisted that Il did not hear thcii
prayers 80 well as the old ~ of their
fathers.
ln the body OF the church are tout
large ana ancient oh paintings one pi
~. Bartholomew with the anw. one oi
q venerable saint with "a square and
book, one uf our Lady of Guadalupe
and one Of santa l~,osaiia The lattci
Is "A very valuable and beautiful wort
og art. aud will well repay "a careful.
study. behind the altar. ON either
side of the large stuuIc of Il. Angus
tine. are figures Of the Virgin n 81
Joseph. % larger image of the Nirgin
stands 10 the right. and In front ia d
small wooden carved statue Oh thf
| Mother Of our Lord in the antique
spanish style and no doubt Cotcmpor-
AIRY with the "oid" san Aguatiu. Ou
tho walls around are several cruici-
fixes OF various ages and styles. aud
an Interesting painting of the Assump-
ton. and a multitude of mirrors and
painted autographs OF saints. In tn,
embossed tin frames which were ri
general IN New MeNico until recent
years.
No mention OF lslcta. far less d de-
scTiption of its ancient mission church
would be- al an complete which did
not ailudc So the extraordinary pho
numenon. certainly believed in hy
thousands of people, known as the
Rising ST the Coffin OF Padre radiilu
Z I'd 80. W.N.H 80 .aHHN.Mn.HELn AH
amy certainty OF statement. we SIM
ply give the story as % has been re-
ucutcd for many. many years, ana
has the confidence oi many. mnn3
people As every one ut 100 mmiliai
with New Mexican history knows
4Iuaa-uf Padlila was the first chris
Tim rfrrtyr of tho southwest. WhtI
CuTunado's expedition set out on iti
return 20 Mexlco in the spring of lai2
Father padiila and his brother Fran.
ciecuu. Luis dc tscll1u1, announce,
their determination Co remain aHiou-
the lndiaus as -missiouaricN 1s loni
as they were permitted 90 live
SO the Srcnish army rttrlccd it
wHy buck to civilization; ma tnr tw'
devoted Franciscan were lou alone O.
cndclvor 90 convert half % couuucu
N" NN'ANAiN| w NNN' N'NNHNN '"N''N. 300
dltipu tolls us hat Juan dc pJd.ll'
crossed n GREAT Plains 90 do hI
work al thr lnr-famcd Quitira. un'
history has crowned him as withou
doubt tho first marty tu lose bis li
Boz That distant region.
Tradition again steps 900, and tell
us That in some way his body wa
transported from the scene of hl
L.. a.. ..H 49,. HHer#uf#Hl
church was erected at Iticta 30 toun.
its resting place close 90 the altar 81
that sacred temple. History throw
foncWha Of doubt ON this as nciu
difficuit 90 undcrstnnd .ond suggest
that tho MARTYR whose remains ar
{ rcYcrcd iu tho Islcta church is som
! other % OF the early Franciscan
who suffered death later and iu On
. nearer vicinity. ro that thcrc BIS NOR
% probability of hlH outumhiucnt there
4 end the historian Fruuk de Thorn
wrote o. learned treatise ou the sut
S lcct bon 1896 arguing that the ftcr'
remains might Nc those ~ l'Yiur Eu0
or one of hia two COMPANIONS wh
were marty rod Boo 1850. ar OF one
tho twenty -ouc rrau,lscau mi.-iei
aries murdered boo th. Pueblo rc,ol,
. |"AN NN" n" """N'NNH.HN .NHNL NLN'N.
: Tho local tradition, however. b. ui
4 tnuched hv amy OF those histur
4 doubts. ANA cliura tcuuciousiy to 90
n belief that the coffin cntomucd
Y lslott contains the body OF Juan
q radllla and uo othrr. Tho story 0
new ono. but hHs existed for gcncr
e tious and is briefly told by ono
81 the most iutolilgcut citizens of cCutr
ri . hIHa" I.mN.. a.. H.NfArn.## ffaa. 4f..
islctu has any doubt that the rcmliI
of Padre Padilla were brought tro
Qulrira Gao the pueblo OF Islotu mo
buried there within the church. m
coffin was made num % large cuttol
wood tree followed out for that pa
pose Everybody in that Nloini
fitmly believes that once every Nr'
tho remains Of the padre come 90 o.
4 furf1oc. $50 as 90 hc seen, and tho Ie'
pic were allowed to Wow thc body boz
fore "a was buried again MIuy fIHI
Go this day 10 have pieces of the rlotl
ING That tho good old priest nDf
mudo of "a Kind OF eCrro. 7 l.tI uI
FAR nway when "a boy and beard a.
i STORY AN my lifc. and % never occur,
90 me to have the sIeltOst doubt
ifH truth, Tho old people 400 bcIIc,
i "NNHh WI an ' N.0N N|" NNN NNN".N
some mysterious WAY pushes itself o.
through the earth tu thr worry surface
and the Remains OF thc saint are uc
exposed, being very well prcecryc'
dry as a mummy, with long dur
whlskcrH. ntd that otcu his clothin
is in "a remarkable state OF proFcrvi
tlpn. Many 0f the people have litt'
pieces of the rrlyo clothes. which ni
supposed 90 have worked many c1ir'
ordinary cures
Whatever version of the tradition
correct ana Whatever muy Dee the 90
aci facts. the belief Of thousands
people must have SONG foundation
and this strango story adds Ia the DO
tcrest of the Dld church and th
place where the coffin e. solid to riH
periodically o. certainly an object q
intercst
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