The Van Buren press., 1875-05-11
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Young man in the town Of fVsssalhorough,
in this county, was suffering in the last
stages Of consumption, the disease that
had insidiously and stealthily brought
him To the very verge OF the grave. For
several weeks he has been entirely pros
trate and usablc to speak, even to artic
ulate a syllable He became so Cypress
ed for breath that he compelled his at
tendants to raise the windows in his
room, put out the fires and resort to every
means to obtain fresh air. On the 18Th
inst. the young man died. Friendly hands
prepared the poor, emaciated bedy Tor
burial, but just as the attending friends
were arranging the remains for the cask'
ct, there appeared unmistakable evidences
of returning life in what had seemed to
them an inanimatc mass OF clay, and II
was observed that the heart had begun
again its slow and measured palpitations,
the pulse throbbcd, aud the young man
arose frori asn ~ Il. saroIde, opened
his mouth, and spoke in clear and dis
tinct words to those who stood appalled,
in the death chamber. There was no hus-
kiness in his voice, he appeared lively
and active, said he felt not the slightest
pain, but to use his own language, feel
lust as well as ever did At his request
the neighbors were called in, who crowd
cd the house for hours, declaring that
the recovery Of the man was equal to any
recovery recorded in the Scriptures. He
told this startled asscmblage of his
friends and ueighbors that rs he died, all
things seemed dark, but only for an in
slant; his eyes suddenly opened TO a
new world the real heaven, which had
been so many times in his thoughts, and
had given him SO much comfort in his
last weeks Of pain and sorrow. He stood
upon an emineuee which overlooked q
vast and beautiful plain; the magnificent
plain stretched farther than his enlarged
vision could penetrate, and he described
it in Ian guage which, to his mortal audi.
tors seemed oX,rayagant in the extreme
But the revived life of the young man
was not to continue long, Before night
be again resigned himself to death. The
body was kept reasonable length oil
time, and buried, The funeral being large
ly attended,
The above recalls q similar incident
which happened in Nantucket about nine
years ago, Of which Rev. Mr. Hepworth
was an eye. witness. The person was a
midde-aged lady, Of respectable charac
ter, and of the Methodist persuasion.
She had long been i'll Of consumption,
and had become greatly emacated She
was Of pure and highly exalted nature
When she was thought to be near her
end Mr. Hepworth was sent for, as a
matter of religious comfort On arriving
at the house he was told that she had
passed away. He. however, went to the
lady's room, and found indeed that she
ceased to breathe. After some little time
as they were about to prepare the body,
there were evidences OF life, and soon
she opened her eyes and said Am |
still here? Do liveY and then she re-
lated what she had Witnessed q aglorous
efiugence of white light, and a beauty
so entcing that sho had no desire to re
main on earth She soon took leave OF
all and died The ercumst nces were
freely mentioned at the time by MIR. Hep
worth to his friends, and thus became
quite well known.