South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-28

and in a moment all was light and glo.
rieus around me.
Immediately became unconscious to
the outer world. A bright and shin
), ing being, whom j knew at once to be
a my Savior, came and took me by the
hand, and We walked together on q
!, bright and narrow path for some time,
when we came to a river. Here / Jaw
! what appeared to be a ship. The Sa>
= vior then helped me on it, and the
, other side. While crossing, the Savior
stood by my side, and held me by the
hand. When we reached the other
side we stepped off the ship together,
and the Savior then said to me, Now
you are on the sksre." We
then continued our journey on a mar
row path until we came to the gates of
heaven. These we passed and went
down a dark, dark path for a long way,
and at the end we came to q place
where it was written in large, large
letters "Bottomless Pitl' The door
was shut and all around was dark as a
dungeon. Although l could not see
the inhabitants Of fireplace yet 1 could
hear them distinctly, and distinguish
what they said. They were shifting
upon their breasts; cursing and swear
ing; cursing the day of their birth, and
all in one voice together. They were
wrestling, urangiiug, and making the
most horrible and hideous sounds ev-
er heard. 1t was beyond description.
I then asked the Savior if / might tell
brother Henry about tina. place of tor
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once and exhort him to leave the Uni
versalist Church, for those who added
to oil took from the Bible would have
their ain taken out OF the Lambs
Book of Life.
The Savior then took me by the hand
and led me back to the gates of hes-
ven. He opened the gates and we
went in and on to the door. There
was a short distance from the gate to
the door, The door appeared to open
both ways like folding doors. When
we came to them the Savior threw
them wide open; but would not let me
60 in. then stood at the door where
l had a full view of all the inhabit-
ants of the place. could see all they
were doing and hear all they said.
They wero all singing together. !
could distinguish their words as they
sang them. GLORY be to the Lamb of
God Holy, holy, holy is the Lord"
"frsise Jesus" They all had instru-
ments on which they PLAYED the sweet
est music. They we're all clothed in
white and shining rainent and had
names in their foreheads which l
could not read. / wanted to go in and
join them, but the Savior said, mot
now; but if you be faithful, keep nay
commandments and never bsckslide,
you may come in in a few years" /
recognized readily all those that / had
ever seen on earth who had died Chris
tians. And all the children were there
that had died in our neighborhood
without an exception.
Her narrative here mentions the
names o many children, and also
the names of many she had known
rs Christians on the earth. Among
the names mentioned arc those Of
Rev. A. 81. Thomas, late of the
Pittsburgh Conference. and of a
Rev. Bro. White. of the old Presby-
teriRn Church. A Philip Dean was
also seen, not while on earth a NOM
Der of any church, o professor of
religion; but he had given his heart
to the Savior, SO her conductor IN.
formed her, three weeks before he
died. Having compressed several
pages of the narrative in these few
sentences, we return once more 10
the words of the narrator:
1then began to view the place. Its
gates were of gold. Above the door
were letters written shat could not
read. But it would be useless to try
to describe it; for no tongue a tx
press the CORY of the place. l asked
the Savior when it would be night; and
he said, There is no night here. l
am the light Of this place and added,
"there is no sickness, sorrow, pain,
nor death here" l asked him what
the tree of life meant, and he laid his
hand on his breast and said, 81 am the
tree of life" The Savior stood at the
door and as the inhabitants entered he
put palms in their hands and placed
crowns on their heads, and said to each,
"Well done oil filthy Lord" and pointed
in at the door and said, "In there is a
mansion waiting for you" While
standing at the door, l saw three men
and two small children enter; and the
Savior put palms of victory il their
hands and placed crowns of glory on
their heads. One man had seven stars
in his crown; another, five; and the
other was starless. Then / asked the
Savior how it came hat the men did
not have an equal number of stars in
their Crowns. To which he shook his
head and made no reply. The chill
dren he took in his arms and blessed
them, put palms in their hands and
placed crowns on their heads carried
them in, gave them instruments of
music; and these praised him also.
Other days appeared alike, but on Sab
bath morning the Savior went in from
the door and the inhabitants all knelt
around him and cried, "Worthy is The
Lamb that died for us; once he was the
babe Of bethlehem; he was spit upon
and Knocked. a crown of thorns put
upon his head, but now he is the King
of kings and Lord of lords" The Sa-
vior then returned to the door and l
asked him what that meant, and he
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And then he said, "At nine o'clock
this evening you must return to earth"
l then asked him what he wanted me
to tell my class leader to do. He said,
"to love Him." / asked him what he
desired me to tell my pastor. He said,
ito 60 into the world and preach my
gospel, and to cry aloud and spare not
the sins of the people" I then asked
him what l must do to get back there.
And he said, "You must love me; keep
my commandments, and never back
slide;" and then added, "Satan will
often tempt you, but you must resist
him." l then asked him if Iwould
tell Henry again about the Bottomless
Pit. Heshook his head and said, "No;
you told him once and he promised to
90 with you, but the promise was only
from the lips and not from the heart,
and if he will not believe for one tell
ing he would not believe if you were
to tell him again." and added, "My
Spirit will not always strive with man."
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