Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-02-18
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:, nv hcdsdc whsnered-tbe chill ard sweat last
cd six bom>s. Six dim and dark centuries they were
! 10 me. The thirl-its commencement, its fierce
chill. It's dead cold. compared with which ice was
pleasing warrnth--its dread Sow march, remem-
her but nothing more In the midst oft, lost oil
sense of life and its pains. The great gates of the
valley ofdcath rolled on tlieir pondcrous hinges and
shut me in. EH
/ IL -, ro.o,,,., ,l.o ,;rc,,s,.pccs or funeral
int I'm fIff
Tho weight I felt above me know was no ton feet
kaf c,rb +, cr;ct v;tIrdaiscs Swinging from
:, 1be n, on, me- real
nod ,he;r weight Straight nm To the lpht-if LIGHT
under tho center or tffe central noun
tain law il was many miles through solid rock.
ra 90; ;,,,.S,.rs.l =; ,hc roct ike cold toad
c,ncht in dur;nr tho formative era ofthe biologists
! II Isy uro, mo felt all ia weight Sense had
conc but consciousness was with me- Forty nil
Iona of millions of TONS wore u,,on me. Oh. how
s,,sfo,o md sr,osl,sref, -But dead "a was con-
sc;ousness cruelty cuug to me-. / had dicd-why
could I not cease tobc7 Time had passed away
there was no day, no night. But if mortal measure
could indicate the period lay alone, and dark, and
suffocatc, beneath that weight, centuries might
have flown above my head.
| The silence was as dread rs the s,IfIocation was
terrible. There was no sound. All was still, still,
dark and hopeless Had the mountain roarcd as it
crushed, it would have been an alienation. But 1t
did its work without sound, without remorse, like
Fate. grim and silent. JA1 Az L. . p -
7 have s.;,l there was no measure of time to tell
:, - a., ovs :, c;sI, ,,rossod mo down
TT, o,,o !, rcI;cf scpsS of bearnr came 20
o. tlc ;,tarnal fires of Garth had rolled nearer
- mr hoard their VOICE distant as vet like the
-; :, tho ,e,vos often Thousand f,rcsts-Gkc
~ =. ~ &C ,t,,ssr5 ,,,sso, oceans i folt ;ts
D., :, e. svax ne,r se,,se of suffo-
,,Do, me This suf;,cat;pg sense nov
S si,n - -, ,.;,b; mo and nres~ed mo o,,
SUIT "snc,ton within WAS some vast EXPANDING
-, !, ia not l;ft tho WEIGHT of tho mounta;n
b1, vas mon me. They still held its awful pres
surc But heard the Titans breathing as they
fcd the fires. This state lasted-who shall say
Ihox lono7
Then eams-was it true l--could Ibelieve it!-a
A.. 900. &c s;,bt / saw. dimlv and af,r. the
Fms of those Grants who fed the central fires OF
tho nIanets. They moved silent and GRIM watching
their work, and when rill of molten rock glided a
prt from the mass, they stad il with their ponder
aus feet and scooped il back to its place with vast
hands. - 80
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NIL fool that II VAS rising Into the t,hinks tl,a
!. rnso n,esssd- 6o, and srrs v,nors .
,"r~ e.. ,,o e. These onrcIo,od ,,e NOR.
sulpum ivn .,s ,l,e ,,orn,,;ns e;sit rraxst
.he, ~ ,,,.,,,s;ns woujd ar,;p sbnt down ape
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Again-was again aeeia ream - had !
sense OF iiSht' ana c1ouoeu ,sh', as hfouSh
sleepcr's unopened nds-, Inc iign'' um as ~ was
wassteady and continued iwsc'ed Il ions-lon q
Ages was the only measure' u measure pei ohu 'n
grave there could De ba' so am tha' nope gre,
sick, and died. and ros'en w''ih me anu lei, oac
lnrothe DID, dcsoiate s'iiiocauon.the essiha', un
varying pressure OF Tie mountain NJ NOR
ages went By 4 - - |Ft
Then all ut once was iight' ana a VOICE, anu M
man hand Light, sound touch' flashed atonce NJ
ON me. How they mingled and throbbed with tn
dead suhocation- IL was TOO much- Now' ON th'
eve oil relief, had my foruicr prayer answ ercd.-
Sensation passed away. was not Annihilatio
. had come -. y ~ = -
From anniliilation-or from an utter blank OF cor
4 sciousness-l awoke, with pam, ana fatigue, an
7 still the sense of weight unutterable' to lind tia
there was indeed lisht; ana touch' anu nearing
God, the msrciiui ana kmd'itw my own father
hand. II was his hnger beneath my arm-nt- NO
felt 1t meet the artery; myself fett, IN sympath
with him, fhe trob. lad come back TO hte.-
Death was over
Though II was no drea ms TINS a"akening-'noue
knew II to he reals yet Tor nours ne'd put sta
of semi consciousness But knew that death wa
oyer-l knew lived l Recognized the saro'