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"As"The""""""324 THE CURtf OF ARS.long-unused sign of the cross, and beg^a the humbleacknowledgment of his faults. He arose, not only comforted, but fully believing, having experienced the truthwhich rests on the eternal word of our Divine Master :He that doth the truth cometh to the light.he left the little sacristy, where he had foundthe peace so long and vainly sought elsewhere, theinfidel of but an hour ago could not restrain the expression of his joy : What a man, said he, what a manthis is !Nobody ever spoke to me in this way before.If he had not taken hold of me in this manner, it wouldhave been long enough before I should have made myconfession !confessions effected by the Cure of Ars,- saysM. Monnin, however sudden, were solid and durable.Men abandoned to a reprobate mind, addicted to passionswhich are commonly judged to be incurable, yieldedto the grace which wrought and spoke in him. Weknow a drunkard of sixty years who has never falleninto his habitual vice since he visited Ars. The vicaireof his parish describes him as one of his most ferventpenitents and most constant communicants."Numerous instances are given by M. Monnin in proofof the infused knowledge possessed by the holy cure offuture or distant events. A pilgrim came to ask hisprayers for the recovery of a servant.Yes, my said M. friend," Vianney, who had neverseen her ;it is for Marie ; I see her in the choir."Strange," said the pilgrim to himself,thatshould know her name ;he is mistaken at least on onepoint, for she is at the end of the church." On leavingthe sacristy he found her in the choir.A religious of the convent of St. Clotilde at Parishe