The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-02-06
REMARKABLE CASES.

to life of young lady named AMELIA
GaErH, who was supposed TO be dead, at
Mauch Chunk, Pa, on last Saturday. 80
peculiar were many of the circumstances
of the case as TO impress a large portion
OF the inhabitants with the idea that
veritable miracle mad been performed on
the lady by Father HEINAN the Catho-
lie priest OF the place. We have another
extraordinary case OF the dead coming
back to ble IN the experience OF j IL.
SCHRACK, young merchant OF Philsdoi-
phis, who died Sunday morning Janu-
airy 9th, but who was at noon on that
day alive and well. In the case of Miss
GgEru, it will be remembered, the pa
tient had been Frustrated for 3 long time
with consumption, attended by
violent hemorrhage of the lungs.
She died at o'clock
in the morning, yet within q few hours
thereafter she arose, dressed herself, and
walked at rapid gait three-qusrters of
3 mile to church, where she joined hun
dreds of her neighbors in returning
thanks TO GCD for her miraculous cure.
She said: ~ feel entirely cured. The
hemorrhagcs ceased on Thursday, and
since that time | have been very sick.
| am convinced that my lungs were en-
tirely gone, and that no physician could
cure me. Nor could l have been cured
by anybody but by GoD through CHRIST
JESUS. That has now been done, bless
His holy name! | feel perfectly well;
so well that ain anxious to get out and
walk about. l feel so good that l want
to show people my cure" What Miss
GRETH saw in the Spirit world, she has
not yet pretended to give to the public.
But Mr.. SCHRACK has vivid recOllec-
tions OF his journey through the clark
valley of the shadow of death" and thus
describes them: When he lost the sense
of being on his sick bed, he did not be-
come UNCONSCIOUS. There was, he says,
an uninterrupted line of consciousness,
his individuality simply experiencing an
instantaneous transfer 10 other surround
ings. Ore instant he felt that his friends
were lifting him-the next lie saw, Whist?
Let him tell his story in his own words:
l found myself Iii another land. Tho
vision l looked upon was the most beauti-
iul that man ever saw. Il would be i'm
possible for me to give a description that
would do it justice. My first feeling was
that of falling down great height, and
then found myself i'll valley. l
walked along until came 10 q terrible,
dark, blank river, at sight of which
| shuddered and feared. Before me and
beyond the Slver was black cloud.
Others were walking over the river,
and although l dreaded it, something
urged me on, and ielt that l had to
90 with the Others. AS | got nearer
to the dark cloud it became bright and
beautiful and expanding it opened and
disclosed the most beautiful sight. The
first | saw was Jesus. / saw my little
bcv, who WAS drowned two years ago
and my other child. / saw my dead
wife, but | could not touch them. | saw
my old grandfather, who died when |
was but two years old. There were
many whom 1 looked for, but l did not
see them.
Then the vision began recoding, and
never can describe the terrible dissp-
pointment felt when found myself
again in bed. ! felt, indeed, grieved. II
was II o'clock when | regaincd con-
sciousneSs, and at once | felt As though
my life had been renewed. WAS new
man. / had not then, nor have | now,
an ache or pain. Ny eye-sight, my
hearing, and my speech had fully return
ed, nd / feel now as well As ever l did
in my lite.
The genisl "Autocrat OF the Break
fast Table" once upon time injected
into his pleasant talk startling question
like this: "You strike man on the
head with q club, and he is unconscious
or dead for minute. Strike man =
hsrder blow, and he never reviyes.
Where does the soul 90 them This is
the substance of the question by Dr..
HOLMES, VIII the experience of Mr.
ScHRACK enable him and other keen
analysts to come nearer to satisfactory
answer to all such questions?
The story OF Mr.. SCHEACK's sickness
snd supposed death is about this: He is
young merchant of Philsdelphis,
about thirty years OF sge. List
September he had severe attack OF
hemorrhsge OF the lungs and became an
invalid. He was slilicted with nervous
spasms of the heart, and three weeks ago
his case was pronounced hopeless. He
lost flesh rapidly, could not retain food
or medicine on his stomach, and moved
his limbs with difficulty. Ga Wednes-
day, January 2Sd, he had A chill, follow
ed by spasms 8; the heart. On Saturday
the violent attacks were followed by
rapid changes in the mSn's appear
snce. The eatire left side of his
body became numb and slmost useless.
About nine O'Clock on Saturday night
his eyesight began failing, be lost the
sense OF hearing, and talked with the
greatest difficulty. About four o'clock