Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1851-05-08
REMARKABLE PRESENT.
MENTS.

,nr----e,
Professor Boehm, of known respectable
itv IN Giesen and Marburg, where he regu-
larly read public lectures on mathematics
IA man oi integrity, religious sentiments,
a friend of truth, and anything else but an
enthusiast-used frequently 10 relate the
following tale
Being one afternoon in pleasant society,
where be was smoking his pipe and taking
his tea, without rejecting upon any particu-
lar .u3Jaci, be ali "a, once felt an impulse in
bis mind to 90 home. Now, as he had no.
thing 10 do no homc, his mathematical rea-
son told him he ongh, not to 90 home, but
remain with lhe company. But the inv ard
monitor became stronger aud more urgent,
SO that at length every mathematical dem
onsraiion gave way, and he followed his IN
ward Impulse On entering has room. and
looking about him. be could discover Moth
ing particular but he felt a new excitement
wtain him. which told him that the bed in
which he slept must be removed from lbs
place. and transported Into another corner.
Here likewise reason began 20 oPefne, and
represented 10 him that the bed had always
stood there, besides which II was tue ittest
place for 81, aud tie other the most unfit;
bui an tins availed nothing, the monitor
gave him no rest he was Obliged to call
the servant, VINO moved the bed TO the de-
sired pllce. Upon this his mind was tram
quilted, he returned 10 the company he
had left, and felt nothing more of the im-
pulse lie STAYED to supper with the com
pany, went home about ten O'Clock, then
laid himself 10 his bed, and went to sleep
very quietly AT midnight he was awaken
ed by dreadful cracking and noise. He
: arose ir,m his bed aud then saw that d hea-
W beam, with a great part of the ceiling,
= had I4ien eXacll, upon the place where bis
bed had previously stood. Boehm now gave
thanks to the mercilul Father of men for
$ having graciously caused such a warning to
, be gwen him
kow very veil how the materialist will
= explain this striking and remarkable pre-
S sentiment lie viii say that the beam had
cracked the preceding night, and that Boehm
81 had heard Il indlsuncIiy IN his sleep, SO that
= he was not clearly conscious OF It. The
e obscure idea Of danger, however, lay in his
I soul; this idea became more lively The near
ID cr the period Of danger approached, aud at
Q length manifested Itself IN Tie manner above
r stated
T. TIN, explanation bears upon its surface q
CLEAN Of probability similar to that when
% tie materiaisi seeks 10 explain light, either
n as proceeding from ilumlned bodies, or by
a. the tremuous motion of the ethereal fund
n occasioned by llumined bodies. But the
more strictly these ideas are Investigated the
n more croundless are they found 10 be al
~ length. contradictions are discovered, and
5 theg are seen to be impossible. II, by The
# cracking OF the beam, confused idea o
danger had arisen in Boehm, during sleep
/. he would have felt. on awakinp. a secre
% anxiety. dread Of something, of which b,
was ignoranl--of which he might aiierwar,
10 perhaps have a confused recollection: aut
then, without knowing Why, might have or
AT dered the bed to lie removed TO anothe
place.
1 Bat this was far from being the case will
the mind of the professor it was at ease
,p aud flreboded nothing: and as. toward eve
nns, The impulse arose Ia 90 home. il is dis
pu,ed aaanstit, which certainly would no
have been the case had this itnpulse oriri
mated ip his own mind. The same thin.
mr. happened likewise when the bed was trans
ported to another place Boehm found II Inn
. proper and announcement.
NJ Butio such sophistry as this mustthe ma
terialist have recourse. when he attenpts 4
apnh his mechanical laws TO that which j
suoeruatural Sometime of this kind ma
IS give satisfaction 10 persons of this oescrlp
at ton, and to this superficial reasoner; bu
ot to the Christian Bible-philosopher, by n
means; the latter knows from his Bible
on from the mouth OF Truth itself, that Their
an are whole hosts OF good aud evil angels, til,
can act upon the world aud upon manknC
Christ teaches us expressly that childre
lt have guardian angels, which continual
e. behold the face of his Heavenly Father