Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-07-22
Wisdom throughout eternal spheres,

! Wisdom throughout eternal spheres. sh,
understood, at a glance, that they coule
only gaze upon the cold and liieless form
which she had but just deserted; and she
readily comprehended the fact, that it wa.
owing 10 a want of true knowledge upor
their parts, that they thus vehementy re-
GREETED her merely physical death.
The excessive weeping and lamentation
of friends and relatives over the external
form Of one departed are mainly caused
by the sensurous and superficial mode in
which, the majority of mankind. view the
phenomenon of death. For witl.few ex.
ceptions, the race is so conditioned and ed.
ucated on the earih-not yet having pro-
gressed TO where whatsoever is hid shall
be revea1ed"-realizing only through the
medium of the natural senses the nearness
of the beloved-watching and compre-
hending only the external signs and pro.
cesses Of physical dissolution-s supposng
this. contortion to indicate pain, and thai
expression TO Indicate anguish say, the
race is SO situated and educated, that death
of the body Ito the majority Of earths in
habitants)is equivalent TO an humiliation
Of the personality of the individual. But
would comfort the superficial observer
and can solemnly assure the inquirer af-
ter truth, that when an individual dies nat.
urally, the spirit experiences no pain; no r,
should the material body be dissolved with
disease, or crushed by the fearful avail
anche, is the individuality Of the spirit
delormed, or in the least degree obscured
Could you but turn your natural gaze from
the lifeless body, which can no longer gaze
to the young look of love; and could your
spiritual eye be opened; you would be-
hold standing in your midst form, the
same, but more beautiful and living!-
Hence, there is great cause to rejoice at
the birth Of the spirit from this world into
the Inner sphere of Life-yea, it is far
more reasonable and appropriate 10 weep
at the majority ofmarriages which occur
in this world, than to lament when mans
immortal spirit escapes from its earthly
form, to live and unfold in higher and
better country! You may clothe your.
selves with the habiliments of wo when
you consign at the alter heart to hv.
ing grave; or when you chain the soul to
breathe an uncongenial atmosphere; but
robe yourselves with garments of ligh, to
honor the spirits birth into higher life!
! The period required TO accomplish the
entire change which saw was not far
from two hours and half; but this fur
nishes no rule as to the time required for
ersyy spirit to elevate and recognize itself
above the head of the outer form. With
out changing my position or spiritual per.
ceptions.I / continued to observe the move.
ments of newborn spirit. AS soon as she
became accustomed to the new elements
which surrounded her, she descended from
her elevated position, which was mmedi-
ately over the body, by an effort Of the
will.power, and directly passed out Of the
door Of the oed room, in which she had
lain lin the materia (orm) prostrated with
disease for sew eral weeks. 1t being in u
summer month, the doors were all open,
and her egress from the house was attend
ed with no distractions. saw her pass
through the adjourning room, ou. OF the
door, and step from the house into the at
mospherei | was overwhelmed with de.
light and astonishment when, for the first
time, realized the universal truth that the
spiritual organization can tread the almos.
phere, which. while in the courser, earthly
form, we breathe-so much more refined
is mans spiritual constitution. She walk
ed in the atmosphere as easily, and in the
same manner, as we tread the earth, and
assend an eminence. .g.5..l !. "a H..
Immediately upon her enlargement from
the house she avas joined By tvo friendly
spirits from the spiritual country, and
alter teuderly recognizing and communing
with each other, the three, in the most
graceful manner, began asce nding oblique-
ly through the ETHEREAL envelopements of
our globe. They walked SO naturally and
fraternaturally together, that | could
scarcely realize the fact that they irod the
air-they seemed to be walking up the
side of a glorious but familiar mountain!
| continued to gaze upon them until the
distance shut them from my view; where
upon | returned to my external and ordi-
nary condition. s.,.. ..s
O, what contrast Instead Of behold
ing that beautiful and youthful unfolded
spirit, now saw, in common with those
about me, the l;feless, cold, and shrouded
organism of the caterpillar, which the
joyous butterfly had SO recently Abandoned!