The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-07-15
THE BBREsFoRD APPAR1TIoN.
A GLIMPSE OF THE SUPERNATURAL.

A DECEASED FRIEND-HIs PREDICTIONS.
The Rev. Frederick George Lee, vicar OF
All Saints Church, Lambeth, has puolsheo
a work entitled Glimpses Of the Superna'-
.uraI" He holds himself responsible for
the truth OF the incidents narrated. One OF
them is the following: Lord Tyrone ana
Miss were born in Ireland, and were
left orphans in their NANCY to the care OF
the same person, by wnom they were Dotn
educated In the principles of deism. Their
guardian dying whep they were each OF tnem
about fourteen wears OF age, they Tell into
very different hands. Alter some years were
elapsed and both we're grown up, they mace
a solemn promise to each other tnat winch
ever should de first would, II permitted,
appear to the Sther to declare what religion
was most approved by the Supreme Being
Miss -E vas shortly after addressed bv
Sir Marcus Beresford, TO whom she was az
ter few years married, but a change OF con-
dition had no power to alter the friendship.
ON the Csy of her death Lady BeresfCrd sent
to request Lady Betty Cobb and her own son oil
whom Sir Marcus was the father and who was
then about twenty-five years OF age) &c, come
TO her apartment immedlately- Upon tnelr
arrival, having ordered the attendants TO
quit the room, II have something, she said,
s:of the greatestimportance to communicate
to Won both beftre / die. period which Is
not far distant You, Lady Betty, are no
stranger to the friendship which suDslsted
between Lord Tyrone and myself; we were
educated under the same root and in the
same priucipbs of deism. When the
friends into whose hands we afterward
fell endsavored to persuade us to
embracs revealed religion, their arguments
though insufficient to convince, were power
full to stsgger our former feelings and 10
leave us wsvering between the two opinions.
In this perpIexing state of doubt and uncer-
taintv. we made solemn promise to each
other that whichever died first should, II per-
raitted appear to the other and declare what
religion was most acceptable to God. Ae-
cordingly, one night, while Sir Marcus and
myself were in bed, L suddenly awoke and
discovered Lord Tyrone
SITTING BY MY BEDSIDE.
l screamed out, and endeavored to awaken
Sir Marcus. "For heavens sake" | ex-
claimed, Lord Tyrone, by what means or
for what reason came you hither at this time
of right?" "Have you then forgotten our
prtrnise?" said he; ''I died last Tuesday at
4 o'clock, and have been permitted by the
Supreme Being to appear to you to assure
you that the revealed religion Is true, and
tie only religion by which we can be
saved. / am further suffered TO inform you
that you will soon produce son,
who, i: is decreed, will marry my
daughter. Not many years after his
birth Sir Marcus will die and You will marry
again and to a man by whose i'll treatment
YOU will be rendered miserable; you will
have two daughters and afterwards son, in
child birth Of whom you will die in the 47th
year of your age" "Just heaveDsw ex-
claimed, land can not l prevent this?"
Undoubtedly" returned the spectre; ''you
are free agent and may prevent 1t all by
resisting every temptation to a second mar
risge; but your passions are strong; you
know not their power; hitherto you have
had no trials. More 1 am not per-
United TO reveal; but If al
Ter ihis warning ming you persist anott in
world will be miserable indeed" MAY 1
not ask" said l, IF you are happy" Had
L been other wise, ;" he replied, 81 should not
have been permitted to appear to you"
may then infer that you are happy" He
smiled. But how" said /, "when morn
ing comes, shall know that your appear
representation of my own imagination"
- will not the news of my death be suffi-
Gent to convince your" mo-" / returned;
q might have had such dream, and that
dream accidentally come to pass. will have
some stronger proofs of its reality" "You
SHALL" said he, and waving his hand, the
bed curtains, which we're crimson velvet,
were instantly drawn through large iron
hoop by which the tester of the bed was sus-
peoded. I'm that" said he, "you can not
be mistaken; no mortal arm could have per-
formed this" "True,o said i, "but sleeping
we are often possessed of far more strength
than when awake; though waking i could
not have done 1t, asleep might; and shall
still doubt" "Here is a pocketbook; in
this" said he. 81 will write my name; you
know my handwriting" l replied, Yes"
He
WROTE WITH PENCIL
on one side of the leaves. "Still," said l, Sin
q No. Z L II
couldn't initiate your hand, asleep might
You are hard of belief" said be. "Touch
would iOiure you irreparably; it is not for
spnts TO touch mortal fiesb." 81 do not"
said /, regard slight blemish." "You are
woman of courage" said he, "hold out
your hand" / did; he struck my wrist his
hand was cold as marble; in a moment the
sinews shrunk up, every nerve witnered.
Now" said ne, while you live
to see il is sacrilege." He stopped; l
turned to him again, he was gone. In the
mofning when / awoke found Sir Marcus
gone down; / arose, and having put on my
clothes, went to the gallery and took from
thence long broom; by the help of this
took down, with some difficulty, the cur
tsirs, as ! imagine their extraordinary
position might excite suspicion in the fam
lily. L bound piece of black ribbon round
mywrist. When / came down, the agitation
of my mind had left an impression on nv
countenance too visible to pass unobserved
by my husband. He instantly remarked
it and asked the cause; 1 informed him
Loui Tyrone was no more, that he died at
the hour OF four on the preceding Tuesday,
nddesired him never to question me more
respecting the black ribbon, which he
kindly desisted from after. You, my
SON. as had been foretold, /
aitesward brought into the world, and in
iittl, MOI e than tour years after your birth,
yont lamented father expired in my arms.
Lori Tyrone had died on the very day and
houi named by his spirit. The other pre-
dictDns OF the apparition were fulfilled, as
LabT Beres.ord married after Sir Marcus's
death man much younger than
herself and she died in childbirth
on the last day of her forty-seventh year,
lew hours after making the preceding reve-
lation. Immediately after her death Lady