The picturesque StLawrence . tors have come to get nearer the Deity, whothey think works miracles here which neitherprayers nor piety would elicit elsewhere, otherscome to contemplate what seems to them merelya strange manifestation of human nature withpossibly some occult significance which theycannot fathom. But whatever it is that broughtthem, the character of the place is calculated tostir the emotions and make the fervor of thedevout more fervent and subdue the critical. In front of the church is a wide yard withlawn and shrubbery at the far side, but thenearer half is an expanse of pebbl
The picturesque StLawrence . tors have come to get nearer the Deity, whothey think works miracles here which neitherprayers nor piety would elicit elsewhere, otherscome to contemplate what seems to them merelya strange manifestation of human nature withpossibly some occult significance which theycannot fathom. But whatever it is that broughtthem, the character of the place is calculated tostir the emotions and make the fervor of thedevout more fervent and subdue the critical. In front of the church is a wide yard withlawn and shrubbery at the far side, but thenearer half is an expanse of pebbles that shiftdisagreeably under the feet. The churchinterior is rich in color, and its dim light, itskneeling worshippers and wandering sightseers,and its shaven monks with their brown robes andsandaled feet combine to make a strange visitors are of many nationalities, and fortheir edification the priests in charge of the churchdeliver sermons in German, Italian, Dutch andSpanish as well as in English and The sacred stairway From Cape Diamond to the Gulf 215 Even unbelievers cannot but be impressed bythe crowded array of crutches, splints and othersupports of a crippled body piled up eleventiers high about the pillars at the rear of the greatchurch—all left by their former owners whoseinfirmities were here cured. Amongst thevarious articles in this collection I noticed abottle of nerve tonic, and there were severalshoes with thick soles to make up for the de-ficiency in the length of a leg. Could it be possi-ble that St. Anne had made the shrunkenlimb perfect ^ Those whose sight had beenrejuvenated had left behind their glasses in greatnumbers; but there were blind beggars on thepebbles outside rattling a few coins in their tincups to attract the attention of visitors to theirpitiable condition—could not St. Anne healthem, or was their occupation so profitable theydid not wish to be healed ? One wall case mthe church was filled with a decorative arrange
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