A FAVOUR OF OUR QUEEN.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXI, Issue 49, 6 April 1894, Page 20

A FAVOUR OF OUR QUEEN.

(.From the Aye Maria )

A becent Dumber of tbe Ostscfoveit, a newspaper published at 8 Galleu, Swii^jrland, relates tbe following remarkable occurrence :— Three years ago Eugenic Bron. aged twenty-thrae, tbe daughter of poor parent?, living in the Bernese Jun, w-is a'tacsed by a distressing malady. Her jaws were held togetner as if the teeth were hooked into one another. It waa impossible to open her mouth, ana the physicians, to save her from starvation, were obliged to take out one of her teeth. Through the opening thug made liquid food waß eiven her by means of a tnbe. The food consisted of -ea or cofl.e, for her s'omach would not retain either milk or broth. For two years the patient could not leave her bed, and during this time she suffered the mo9t agonising pains. Her pitiable condition soon touched many hearts, and means were found to put the young woman in the bos; i-al at Bern. Bhe derived no benefit from tbe treatment thtre, and was afterward removed to Basle, where tbe best physicians interested themselves in her case ; but tbeir efforts were of no avail ; the poor girl returned worse than she went, More dead than alive, the poor Bufferer resolved to go to Lourdes, and Beck a cure in that blessed spot, since human science had proved entirely powerless. Toward the end of August she started, with other pilgrims, on the long journey ; and her friends declare tha' several times they feared that the poor young wom-.n wjuld die on the way. Having reached Lourdes, she was bathed in the piscina on two successive days, bnt without any result. At three o'clock on the afternoon of September 1, she was again carried to tbe Grotto. Having arrived there, she signified a desire to be taken up to the hallowed rock. At firßt no one ventured to c tnp!y with her reqaest, the attendants fearing that she would die in U.eir arms ; bat at last one of the gentlemen in attendance took courage and bore her in his arms to the spot.

After remainiog there a few minutes in earnrst prayer, Eugenic uttered a piercing cry. The people in the neighbourhood rushed toward her, expecting to behold a corpse. But the young woman suddenly rose, stood erec', walked, opened her mouth, and in a few moments her countenance assumed its na oral expression. The girl herself was overwhelmed with joy, and shed torrents of gratefnl t3ars. The Swiss pilgrims, as well as many others from all parts of the world, were deeply moved, and burst forth in a hymn of thanksgiving to God and His Holy Mother. 8h« wbo for years was unablo to move now walked to the office of the medical examiners, where a number of physicians, believers and unbelievers, examined her, and pronounced her cured. Tbe doctors then dismissed Kog6aie till tbe nfit day. She returned to tbe church, and afterwards partook freely of refreshment. Some days later a thorough investigation was made by the medical examiners. Tbere were more than twenty of ih m preasnt, and all pronounced tbe cure supernatural. Too much caution cann >t be used ia publishing such happenings ; but when, as in the present case, the c replete and sudden cure ie scientifically verified in detail, it seems aim >s» a duty to nuke it known to the world. W« trust it will have the tfE-c of increasing devotion to ber who is the Help of Chnstiaop, an 1 in a speci >1 way the Comforter of the Afflicted .