The Apparitions and Miracles at Knock; also, the Official Depositions of the Eye-witnesses

The Editors duty.
As the proprietor of the Tuam News was the first to present
an account of the Apparition, it is only carrying out his
views more fully to be the first also to reissue all that he has
hitherto published, and to put the whole record of the varied
events in a permanent form into the reader's hands.
It is well always to avoid the expression of any personal
opinions, and accordingly the writer will follow the prudent
course adopted by the learned correspondent of the London
Daily Telegraph, who, in his essay—" A Mayo Lourdes"—pub
lished March ist, 1880, says : " It will be my care to express
no opinion on the matter in hand, nor even to suggest that
I have formed one ; the more because from the very nature
of the case, what anyone thinks about it is neither proof nor
disproof. I shall narrate a plain, unvarnished tale, and for
the rest disclaim responsibility."
And, indeed, the mere narration of the facts is quite suffi
cient. There is already a great religious excitement created
in this country and in England, and beyond the Atlantic, too,
as is evident from the tone of the journals published in these
countries; Irish men and women, from London and from New
York, manifest, in their letters, the highest degree of religi
ous warmth on the subject, and appear full of enthusiasm.
The Apparition congruous.
A respected and intelligent correspondent, writing from the
south of London, expresses his conviction, apart from the
actual proofs now furnished, that the vision has been seen at
Knock ; " for," says he, " it was only congruous that our
Blessed Lady should manifest her presence in some remark
able way to her devout and devoted children in Ireland."
France has been doubly honoured by her presence