The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-02-21

resentative yesterday found him sitting
up in bed, with bright color in his
cheeks and looking like anything but II
corpse. lie is young man, probably
thirty years of age, a good talker and
intelligent. He spoke in hoarsc whis-
per, not the result of his illness, but
caused by his catching slight cold in
consequence OF the perspiration he was
thrown into by the remedies employed
to revive him. He spoke earnestly of
his experience, but was vivacious and
smiling, and at times jokcd about the
expressions of the doctor when he
found him alive. He tells his story as
follows:
"Last September had q terrible at
tack of hcmorrhaoe of the lungs, and
since then have not been able to do
anything, except for one period of
three weeks. My health at times was
fair but three weeks ago felt that /
was going fast. My flesh left my body.
My entire appearance changed. My
appetite was gone. Everything l swal-
lowed was at once thrown off my stom-
ach. Last Thursday week found
would have to give up. Ifelt as though
the power of action in my limbs was
leaving me. l was fearful of going to
bed, and SO l sat in chair for three
days and three nights. l then made up
my mind that would have to die, and
l asked to be put to bed. Wednesday
night was taken with something like
Il chill and spasms at the heart. After
coming through that seemed to revive
until last Saturday. Every hour during
that day / experienced a change. While
the right hand would be purple the left
would be white. When the left hand
became dark the right became white
again. The entire left side of my body
was numb and almost useless. About
nine o'clock on Saturday night my eye
sight began failing me. lost my hear
ing and my speech became thick, my
tongue being greatly swollen. l had
fully made up my mind that l had to die.
At about four o'clock on Sunday morn
ing the tips of my fingers became like
lead. My sight was now entirely gone:
My stomach was terribly swollen and
greatly inilamed. Each succeeding
| cramp was more severe and reached
higher up into the stomach. All the
passages of my throat seemed to be
closed. Shortly before seven o'clock
| asked to be moved to the foot Of
the bed. My head had scarcely
touched the pillow when l exclaimed:
Throw me over!' and them found
myself in another land. The vision l
looked upon was the most beautiful that
man ever saw. 1t would be impossible
for me to give Il description that
would do it justice. My first feeling
was that of falling down great height,
and then l found myself in valley. /
walked along until came to a terrible,
dark, black, river, at sight of which
| shuddered and feared. Before me and
beyond the river was black cloud.
Others We're walking over the river,
and, although l dreaded it, something
urged me on and felt that l had to go
with the others. As got near to the
dark cloud it became bri9 ht and beauti-
full, and expanding it opened and dis
closed the most beautiful sight. The
first ! saw was Jesus. l saw a great
temple and great throne. l saw my
little boy, who was drowned two years
ago, and my other dead child. saw
my dead wife; but | could not touch
them. saw people whom | had al
| most 1OfgOttcn. L saW NY olu gray
haired grandfather, who died when
was but two years old. There were
many whom looked for, but did not
see them.
| "Then the vision began receding, and
| never can describe the terrible disap-
pointment felt when l found myself
again in bed. felt, indeed, grieved.
1t was eleven o'clock when | regained
consciousness, and at once l felt as
though my life had been renewed. l
was new man. ! had not then, nor
have l now, an ache or Il pain. My
eyesight, my hearing, and my speech
had fully returned. and l feel now as
well as ever did in my life"
DR.. James II. Cantrcl, the attending
physician, said that Mr.. Shrack was
attacked with nervous spasms of the
heart. 81 expected his death at any
moment. He was in such condition
since Sunday Il week that / did not dare
to make an examination of his lungs,
as l knew he could not stand it. Mr..
Shrack told me that during the four
hours of his Inconsistencies he had but
one foot on earth, and he was very sorry
that l had brought him back, because
he was SO happy where he was. "-Ihu-
ddclphi0 Times. Jan. 20.