The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-04
HOW GOD BROUGHT GOOD OUT
=. OF EVIL.

The following account sof an occur
renee, which took place near Albany,
in New York State, comes to us on
most trustworthy authority:
priest was one day summoned in
all haste to the bedside of dying man
who lived at a considerable distance
from the church. The clergyman at
once set out on horseback, carrying
the Blessed Sacrament in a pyX Sus-
pended round his neck. After making
his way for several miles along one of
the worst roads in a heavy storm of
wind and rain, his horse could proceed
no further, and he was fain to stop ut
an inn by the roadside. Here he found
a messenger, who had been sent to
tell him that the sick man had rallied
unexpectedly, and, although still seri-
ously i'll, was no longer in imminent
danger of death. AS darkness had al
ready closed in, the priest was nat
urally glad that the necessity of pur-
suing his journey that night was re-
moved, and he went to rest in the inn,
after having carefully placed the pyX
containing the Blessed Sacrement in a
drawer. He slept soundly after his
fatiguing ride, and at a very early
hour on the morrow remOunted his
horse and proceeded on his way He
had nearly arrived at his destination,
when he suddenly remembered that
he had come away without his great
est treasure; he had left the Blessed
Sacrament behind in house where
there were none but heretics. When
the thought first struck him he almost
fell from the saddle, overwhelmed with
shame and alarm. Then turning
round, he put the spurs to his horse
and rode at full speed, in spite of the
bad weather, back to the inn where he
had taken up his quarters for the
night
The moment he reached the door he
Sprang from his horse, fastened into
the house, and calling for the landlord,
inquired anXiously whether since his
departure, any one had been into the
bedroom where he had slept the previ-
Gus night, 81 must ask you, sirJ' the
man replied, what you have done to
that room; we cannot possibly get in
to it, not one of us can force the
door open, though the key is in the
lock, and what is more, if one looks
through the keyhole the whole room
seems lighted up" With feelings that
cannot be described the priest ran up
his wife, all the servants, and a few
strangers, whom curiosity had drawn
hither On turning the handle of the
door he opened it without the slight
est difficulty, and entering, Frustrated
himself before the chest, which at
that time served as a tabernacle for
the Lord of heaven and earth, in low
ly reimbursement. Then rising, he
took the pyx from its hiding-place, and
holding it up in the sight of the aston
ished people who filled the humble
chamber, now transformed into a
chapel, he began to eXpound to them
the doctrine of the mystery of the
Holy Eucharist with unwonted elo-
quence. Emotion gave force to his
words, and when he concluded by de.
claring those to- be fortunate indeed
and greatly to be envied, in whose
house God has been pleased to work a
wonder SO striking, all present fell
upon their knees and expressed the
wish to be received into the Catholic
Church. The priest remained there
several days; he instructed them, bap-
tized them and admitted the whole
household, besides some other per.
sons, into the Church. When he com.
pleted the journey that had been thus
singularly interrupted by the merciful
providence of God, he found the sick
man to whom he had been called in a
state of convalescence. The narrator
of this incident heard every detail
from the lips of the priest himself on
his return to Albany.