Thirty Years In Hell | Page 7

and that the instigators were infamous
impostors. However, pilgrimages started from all directions to see this
"Mother Superior," and when they could not see her, they fought for
the opportunity of praying in her chapel. Some stayed for weeks and
weeks to see her. Applications for intercessions of all kinds of misery
were sent to her, as these simple "dupes" of Catholicism actually
believed that this impostor had the power to heal any ailment that might
afflict them.

There were thousands of fanatics who visited Munster and hung their
crutches on the chapel walls and declared they were cured of their
ailment. The blind claimed to see by her intercessions. It was claimed
that all, possessed of every kind and description of ailments, could be
cured if the one who was afflicted only had faith in this Mother
Superior's wonderful power?
"The finger of God is in the land!" was the cry, and tens of thousands
of Catholics from all over the country gathered in Munster.
There was a certain man by the name of Friedhoff who doubted the
proclaimed powers of this Mother Superior and boldly declared his
doubt, and the Catholic world was indignant over the audacity of such a
doubt. It was learned that the Mother Superior would allow but one
sister of the institution to come to her room, and also her Father
Confessor. By the way, it might be pertinent to say that the Mother
Superior was an extremely handsome young lady; in fact, very young
for the position she occupied.
The guard that was placed over the Mother Superior was given
instructions by the Mayor of Munster to watch her closely and see that
she lived entirely upon "Holy Communion." The Protestant world took
an active part in this matter and gave close attention to the guard that
was over this "Mother Superior," as they were determined to learn from
whence originated this bold deception, as they were thoroughly
convinced that it was nothing more nor less than a deception.
The confessor of the "Mother Superior" was changed and the sister who
waited upon her was changed, and in a very short time the "Mother
Superior" asked for food; thus it began to dawn upon the public at large
that they had been grossly deceived, and they began to learn that all of
these miraculous cures (?) were brought about and promulgated by the
leaders of Catholicism. Numerous physicians were taken into
confidence and an examination was made of the "Mother Superior,"
and it was learned that she was pregnant, and it was proven that the
child belonged to the priest in charge of the convent, who, by the way,
was the one this "Mother Superior" confessed her sins to.

This "Mother Superior" sat in her room and gave her orders to at least
two hundred sisters who were inmates of this institution.
The Catholic world advertised this "fake" so thoroughly that every
house in and about Munster was filled to overflowing with pilgrims
who came there on the strength of this well-advertised "fake."
Munster was the Mecca. Every train arriving brought in hundreds and
added great multitudes to the already great crowd. Some claimed that
the sight of the chapel, or even the sight of the hospital, healed them.
Even the newspapers began to report the wonderful miracles (?) that
were performed by this "Mother Superior."
By this time the Protestants in Munster were getting very active and
denounced this worship in round terms, and set about to have an
investigation made, which was bitterly opposed by the Catholics. The
hotel keepers and shop keepers of Munster were bitterly opposed to the
Protestants' denunciation, as they were anxious for this "fake" to be
advertised as thoroughly as possible, as it was bringing them in large
revenues, as the thousands who were visiting Munster were compelled
to have raiment, food and lodging; but the denunciation of this "fake"
by the Protestants became so great that the bishop was compelled,
greatly against the wishes of the citizens of Munster, to investigate, and
this investigation brought forth enough to startle the civilized world.
However, it is only one of the many, many colossal "fakes" that are
promulgated by Catholicism. However, the clamor of the Protestant
world brought things to a crisis, as the "Mother Superior" was ordered
to stay in strict confinement and a watch was placed over her.
This brought matters to a climax and the "Mother Superior" confessed
that one of the inmates of the convent had secretly carried her food
during all of this time that she was claiming to exist on "Holy
Communion." Of course, this is only one of the tens of thousands of
such schemes that are practiced by Catholicism all over the world, and
the Protestants were not surprised and stated