The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-12-15
A HAUNTED PREACHER.

WHICH contains lui.cr account OF his
personal habits and mahncr Of preaching.
than We have ever before seem
lie WAS little inclined to superstition,
says Gov. BIi"-s Indeed, his practical
>a2ac,y and startling common scnSe kept
him from any tendency in that direction,
but he had some peculiar experiences 0! the
supernatural, us the following anccdotc
. tr>lifes:
While I was at lis home inquired of
him about Il ai!;;.!!c nose, which
had when y hoy heard that he and his
family hal been annoyed 10y when they
lived i'll Firginia. He gave this accoun,
Of il.
Ills family, ut tho t;nc, consisted of
himself, vie, and four children. One eye
":n", =" the family being together their
;tlc'i!"n Has attracted 10y noise, hicl,
very much rr>rmhlr.l the Lain, rr.r,ns of
Il person iA pain. |, WIS distinct, and
rrl,aicd ut Intervals OF Il few SECONDS. Il,
SEEMED to h.. under the sill OF the window,
and L,,wrru Tie ,,,,l, ,,,l. anal r,o ,;,
ing. They paid very little attention TO it,
au, in i shor, lime il ceased I'm, affair."
w,r.,, i ,r.ur,,, Il j., ,I. ~
Time. every ,i.rI,, s,n..;,,.. ,,,, =.
Incm;l, aud always in TIE same .:,c.,
aud of the same c,,,r,c,.r I, ,,r,;.,.;
for som. months H.. x.;l :, :,
,irrr curiosity and uunov.J ,],r, I'm, ,,,,.
were no, alarmed l.v !, Du ;,.. :.
continuance lheY had the .;,);uo and ,.,.
iru removed from III. nl;,r. vI,u :. .,-
p.ar.,i TO L.. lut t,rnL ,,,h;r,, ,, -.
cum: for il, anL Tie s,u"l continual ,..,.
same.
He consulted Ii, friends os,.,;.,,, s,,,
Of hi, ministerial hr.,,,r.r .Jr, :, /,
think he said il was ,.vc, h,...r1 -,
one excci, himself and f,ni,v Inn, :, w,.
heard ,,v ,,..,, vl
from home. Mrs. I,.lu ! .,;J ,h,, 49,.
when She WAS alone vi,E H.. ,L;,,;,v
and willie tI;.v vera nl., I'M, .,L,,, ,,
room, and no,l,iu" l.iur s:,;J :, w,r,J
come, and ,lcv would lcav. ,bcir ny,v ,,j
rather ab,ut h.r ,.r.,, r;, il
place filv or sixty ROD, rom fine b,u>. J.,
The side Of !: brook. wl.rr. L g. family Iii
their wa>l,iuy. One .i,v vhl,. L,. ,.,. .,,
that place, it me, her there nrrc;,.:y 80 i,
bal done in H., house.
Alter the nu:s, had been heard at L,; +
intervals for, think, six or ei.,ht months
;hcv rr.ncvcd their IoeIr:nrs TO ou;,e an
opposite aud distant pat Of III, hyu,.,
hu, il continued AS usual for some ,;m, IN
lis u.I !ocal,v. One niuht, after ,lrv L;,I
rr:irc,l, they observed, Ly the sound Cha, i,
had LIFT .hr spot from which it had rrc-
viou>!v r.nc,c,!rd and seemed TO hc ;l
vanci.y in Il di,ec, line t. wa,ds their bed
and WAS becoming constantly louder an,
more distinct.
At each interval it advanced towards
them, and gathered strength and fulucss
until i. entered the room where they w.,e
and approached the bed, wien the nro,u
became deep and appalling. Then said
he, tor the first time since it began, I feI,
tL. ,,no,;,n of c..,r. ,v,,,., ,
face, and, if I ever prayed in nv Iii.
prayed then. asked The Lord to deliver
me and my family from that aunova,c,
and that, il it we've mc,sar. from heaven
i.miehtbe explained to lis and .,,en,r, i.
that if it were:an evil 50 rjt per,ni,tnI :,
,.is:urb and di.n,,ie, ~. :u, me- f,r.:,,. :,
mini, ,,o ,,,,uj..,, ,i -.
thrr. was ANYTHING for ne TO Il, 10 ~, L..
it depart, mich, h. instructed w,,,, :,
was, SO ,ha, could do it, This exsr.;.o
restored Ii, TRANQUILITY of ,n;nI WV, :,
resumed hi, nsoal ,osi,;,u IN Ill., 49,,
Then he said it uttered a croar ,nn Innr
and .,,r,,;r., :, L.. ;,,;,,,o,i i, o..
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