The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1850-07-27

personality; nor did they materially alter
her natural appearance or earthly charac.
tcristics. SO much like her former self was
she, that had her friends beheld her las
did, they certainly would have exclaimed
as we often do upon the sudden return OF
long absent friend who leaves US in ILL.,
ness and returns in health" Why, how
well you look-how improved you are
such were the nature-most Identifying IN
their extent-of the improvements that
were wrought upon her.
saw her continue TO conform and &C.
custom herself to the new elements and
elevating sensations which belong to the
inner life did not particularly notice the
workings and emotions of her newly ava.
kcning and fast unfolding spirit, except
that | was careful to remark her philo.
sophie tranquility throughout the entire
process, and her non. participation with the
different members of her family, in the un.
restrained bcwailing OF her departure from
/ the earth, to unfold in Love and Wisdom
throughout eternal spheres. She under.
stood, at glance, that they could only
gaze upon the cold and liclcss form which
she had but Just deserted and she readily
to want of true knowledge upon their
part that they thus vehemently regretted
her mere physical death.
( The excessive weeping and lamentation
of friends and relatives over the external
form of one departed nre mainly caused by
the scnsuous and superficial mode in which
I the majority of mankind view the phenom.
cnon Of death For with but few excep.
tons, the race is so conditioned and educa-
ted on the car,h-not yet having grown
/ into spiritual ptlons--not yet progress.
ed to where whatsoever is hid shall be
revealed realizing only through the me
dun of the natural senses the nearness of
the beloycd-watehing and pretending
only the external signs and processes OF
physical supposing N" con
tortion TO indicate pain, and that expression
TO indicate anguish say the race is so
situated and educated, that death of the
body ito the majority OF the ear,h's inhabi-
tants) is equivalent to an humiliation OF the
personality of the individual But ! would
comfort the superficial observer, and can
solcmnly assure the inquirer after truth,
that when an individual dies naturally, the
spin, experiences no pain; nor, should the
I material body be dissolved with disease, or
I chrushed by the fearful avalanche. is the IN.
dividuaity of the spirit dctorncd, or in the
least degree obscurcd. Could YOU bu, turn
your natural gaze from the liielcss body,
which can no longer answer to your look
of love; and could your spiritual eyes be
opened YOU would behold, standing in your
midst--a FORM the same, but more beauti.
/ full and living Hence, there is great cause
to rejoice at the brih of the spirit from this
world into the Inner Sphere Of Life-yea
i, is far more reasonable and appropriate
to weep at the majority o! marriages which
occur in this world than to lament when
mans immortal spirit escapes from It's earth
/ " form, to live and unfold in higher and
better country You may clothe yourselves
/ with the dark habillmen,s Of wo when
You consign Mt the alter heart to u living
grave: or when YOU chain the soul To
breathe in an uucongenial atmosphere
( bat robe Yourselves with garncntes Of light
TO honor the spirits birth into IA higher life
The period required to accomplish the
entire change which saw was no, far from
two hours and half, bu, this furnishes no
rule AS to the time required for srery spirit
to elevate and rc-organizc itself above the
head Of the outer form. Without changing
my position or spiritual perceptions, con.
tinued to observe the movements Of her
new born spirit As soon az she became
accustomed to the new elements which sur
rounded her, she descended from her eleva-
ted position. which was Immediately over
the body, by an effort Of thu will.pcwcr,
and directly passed out Of the door of the
bed room, in which she had lain in the ma
teria form Frustrated with disease for
several weeks 1t being = summer month,
the doors wer, all open, and her egross
/ from the house was attended with no obsiruc.
tons. saw her pass through the adIon,
ing room, out the door, and step from the
house into the atmosphere | was over
whelmcd with deligh, and as,on'shmcnt
when. for the first time ! realized the UNI
versal truth tina, the spiritual organization
can tread the atmosphere which, while IN
the conrser, earthly form, We breathe 81
much morc refined is mans spiritual con.ti.
tuition. She walked in the atmosphere rs
easily, and in the same manner ms We tread
the earth and ascend an cmlncncc, line.
da,ely upon her engagement irom'he house,
she nas ioincd By tw\ rnd'y spirih from
The spiritual country; Mnd, after 'enderly
recognizing and communlng with each other
the three, in the most graceful manner be
gan ascending oblioucy through the elhc'
real development of ourg globe. They walked
so naturally and fralernally together that !
could scarcely realize the fact that they trod
the air-thcy 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 or ordinary
condition.
q, what contrast Instead Of bcholdig
that beautiful and youthful unfolded spirit,
now saw, in common with those about me
the lielcss-cold and shroudcd organism
of the ca,crpilcr, which the Joyous butter.
/ hy had so recently abandoned
The Roman Observer, Of the I'D Of Nav
states, that an image Of the Virgin ut Rimini
/ has begun TO wink like living person.
People from all parts Of the country flock
cd to witness the miracle. The image was
borne IN grand procession to the church OF
st John the Baptist, and exhibited 10 The
public for twelve days, with cercmonious
! ohscryances