The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-10-11

gradually snd painfully ebbed ~-.y, ana
shc 1eeuinaly became nearly rHco'rrciouB.
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richb BY tha acre ia htir~nrCcN EaylV
% dawn 7eat r-oyrirr-sr Easfse ucr1
/ i0g So 3 cheac-d-sho soo@ old sso.nsn
- - occapied t,c other beds IN lbe ward
we're stE-s.ed fror2 thsif. Eieep, by seeing
hcry s. suddpaly sprinr up TO q sit
/ ting pOstats is her be0, With her arms
oetstsetche6 and her face raised, as il in
e perfect rapture OF Joy and welcome
The next instant the body of the poor
| girl fell back a corpse Her death had
taken place in that moment Of mysterious
ecstacy.
A totally different case again was that
of a man OF hirh intellectual distinction
well known in the world OF letters. When
I dying peacefully, as became the close OF
a profoundly religious life, and having
already lost the power of speech, he was
observed suddenly to look up as ir at
fsome spectacle invisible to those around
with an expression of solemn surprise and
awe. very Characteristic, IL is said Of his
habitual irame of mind AZ that instant,
and before the look had time to ialter or
change, the shadow Of death had passed
over his face, and the end had come
In yet another case ! am told that at
the last moment so bright light seemed
suddenly to shine from the face of dy
ing man, thFt the clergyman and anoth
er friend who were attending him actual.
! ly turned simultaneously TO the window
to seek for the cause
Another incident of a very striking
character occurred in a we'll known fam
lily, one Of whO7e members narrated u 10
me dying ledy, exhibiting the as
peCt Of joyful surprise to which we have
80 often referred, spoke Of seeing, one ai-
ter another, three OF her brothe . who
had long been dend. and then app rently
recognized, last Of all, a fourth brother
who was believed by the bystanders to be
still living in India. The coupling Of his
name with that OF his dead brothers ex-
cited such an awe and horror in the mind
OF the person present that she rushed
half senseless from the room. In due
course OF time letters were received an
rouncing the death OF the brother IN
India, which had occurred some time be
tore his dying sister seemed to recognize
hin.
Again, in another case a gentleman
who had lost his only sol some years
previously. and who had never recovered
from the affecting event. exclaimed sud
de ily when dying. with the air of a man
making a most rapturous discovery, !
see him / see him -
Not to multiply such anecdotes too
iar-anecdotes which certainly POSSESSES
a uniformity pointing to similar cause,
whethe- that caus be physiological or
psychieal, ] will now conclude with one
authenticated by a near relative of the
persons concerned A late well known
Bishop was called by his sisters Char
lie" and his eldest sister bore the pet
name of Liz" They had both been
dead some years when their younger sis
ter, Mrs. W, also died, but before her
death appeared to behold them both
While lying still and apparently uncon-
scious, she suddenly opened her eyes and
looked earnestly across the room, as it
she saw one entering. Presently, as il
oveTjoyed, she exclaimed. 90 Charlie =
and then, after a moments pause, with a
new start of delight, as II he mad been
joined by some one else she went on,
And Liz and then added, How beau
tiful you aTef' Af'er seeming to gaze at
the two beloved forms for few minutes,
she fell back on her pillow and died.