her what was the matter. 'I am on my way to Jerusalem,' she replied, 'and I
see a poor man walking along with the greatest difficulty, for there is
a large stone upon his breast, the weight of which nearly crushes him.'
Then again, after a few moments, she exclaimed: 'Give me that heavy
stone, you cannot carry it any farther; give it to me.' All on a sudden
she sank down fainting, as if crushed beneath some heavy burden, and at
the same moment her friend felt himself relieved from the weight of
sorrow which oppressed him, and his heart overflowing with
extraordinary happiness. Seeing her in such a state of suffering, he
asked her what the matter was, and she looking at him with a smile,
replied: 'I cannot remain here any longer. Poor man, you must take back
your burden.' Instantly her friend felt all the weight of his affliction
return to him, whilst she, becoming as well again as before, continued
her journey in spirit to Jerusalem.

We will give one more example of her spiritual exertions. One
morning she gave her friend a little bag containing some rye-flour and
eggs, and pointed out to him a small house where a poor woman, who was
in a consumption, was living with her husband and two little children.
He was to tell her to boil and take them, as when boiled they would be
good for her chest. The friend, on entering the cottage, took the bag
from under his cloak, when the poor mother, who, flushed with fever,
was lying on a mattress between her half-naked children fixed her eyes
bright upon him, and holding out her thin hands, exclaimed: 'O, sir, it
must be God or Sister Emmerich who sends you to me! You are bringing me
some ryeflour and eggs.' Here the poor woman, overcome by her feelings,
burst into tears, and then began to cough so violently that she had to
make a sign to her husband to speak for her. He said that the previous
night Gertrude had been much disturbed, and had talked a great deal in
her sleep, and that on awaking she had told him her dream in these