The Baltimore County union., 1866-03-10
Remarkable Escapes of. Eminent
Men


Some years ago young man, holding
subordinate position in the East India
company's service, twice attempted to de-
prive himself of life, by swapping a loaded
pistol at his head. Each time the pistol
missed fire. A friend entering his reom
shortly afterwards, he requested him to hre
it out of the window it then went OH with
out any difficulty. Satisfied thus that the
weapon had been duly prmed and loaded,
the young man sprang up, exclaimlng
must be reserved for something great; and
from that moment gave up the idea of sui
eide which for some time previous had
been uppermost in his thoughts. That
young man afterwards became Lord Give.
Two brothers were on one occasion walk
ing together when a violent storm of thun-
der and lightning overlook them. One
was struck dead on the spot, the other was
spared else would the name of the retor-
NOR, Martin Luther, have been unknown to
mankind. The holy st. Augustine, having
to preach at distant town, took with him
guide, who by some unaccountable means
mistook the usual road and fell into by
path. He afterwards discovered that his
enemies, having heard of his movements
had placed themselves in the proper road
with the design of numbering him. Bacon,
the sculptor when tender boy of FIVE
years old, fell into the pit of q soap-bOiler,
and must have perished, had not work
man, just entering the yard, observed the
top ofhis head, and Immediately delivered
him. When Oliver Cromwell was an in
fant, a monkey snatched him from his era
die, leaped with him through garrett win
dow, and ran along the leads of the house.
The utmost alarm was excited amongst
the inmates, and various were the devices
used to rescue the child from the guardi-
anship of his newly-found protector. All
were unavailing his would-be rescuers
had lost courage, and were in despair of
ever seeing the baby alive again when the
monkey quickly retraced its steps and de-
posted its burden safely on the bed. On
a subsequent occasion the waters had well
nigh quenched his Unsuitable ambition. He
fell into deep pond, from drowning in
which clergyman named johnson was the
sole instrument of his rescue. AT the Seige
of Leicester, young soldier, about seven.
teen years of age, was drawn out for sentry
duty. One of his comrades was very anx-
ious to take his place. No objection was
made and this man went. He was shot
dead while on guard. The young man first
drawn afterward became the author of
the "Pilgrim's Progress" Doddridge,
when born was so weakly an infant it was
believed to be dead. A nurse standing by
fancied she saw some signs of vitality
Thus the feeble spark of life was saved
from being extinguished, and an eminent
author and consistent Christian preserved
to the world. John Wesley, when a child, |
was only just preserved from fire. Almost
the moment after he was rescued the roof |
of the house where he had been fell in
OF Philip Henry similar instance is re-
corded. John Knox, the renowned Scotch |
reformer, was always won't to sit at the |
head of the table, with his back to the win
dow. On one particular evening, without,
however, being able to account for it, he
would neither himself sit in the chair nor
permit any one else to occupy his place.
That very hight bullet was shot in at the
window, purposely to kill him it grazed
the chair in which he sat, and made hole
in the foot of o candlestick on the table,
Many years have now elapsed since three
subalterms might have been seen strug-
Cling in the water, off st. Helena one Of
them, peculiarly helpless, was fast succumb-
ing. He was saved, to live as Arthur Wei
lesley, Duke of Wellington. The life of
J ohm Newton is but the history of series
of marvellous deliverances. AS youth he
had agreed to accompany some friends on
board of man-ofwar He arrived too
late to go the boat in which his friends
had gone was capsized and all its occupants
drowned. On another occasion, when tide
surveyor in the port of Liverpool, some
business had detained him, so that he came
to his boat much later than usual, to the
great surprise of those who were in the
habit of observing his then undertaking
He went out in a boat as
heretofore to inspect ship, which blew
up before he reached her. Had he left the
shore few minutes sooner he must have
perished with the rest on board.