Two Churches

Those who have seen it say that in New Jersey a miracle has come to pass. In Keansburg is the little Catholic Church of St. Anne's. With its unadorned walls and severe arched windows it resembles a Spanish mission. Two days after Christmas Father Thomas Kearney was roused from his early morning slumber by a wild-eyed townsman who talked of visions. Together they went and stood before the church. On the door shimmered a soft image. A tender, shadowy face, slender hands and billowy robes were suggested in mottled luminescence. At dawn it disappeared. Thereafter the image appeared at twilight, continued through the night. Hundreds heard about it. came to see for themselves. Cripples and weazened ancients were among them. Some said it was the Blessed Virgin, others that it was St. Anne herself. Skeptical experiments were made by extinguishing neighborhood street lights and lights within the church. The image persisted. Perhaps it was the filter of moonbeams through the trees. Each night the devout met and knelt before the door.

In Kansas City. Mo., a nicely dressed gentleman entered the Catholic Cathedral. He was Henry J. Schepers. a bill collector. He knelt in prayer in a rear pew. Then, still kneeling, he drew a pistol from his pocket and blew a hole through his head. The bullet pierced a stained glass window with the gleaming legend THY SINS ARE FORGIVEN THEE. The bullet hole made a period for the sentence.