Smyrna times., 1878-02-06
A Remarkable Resuseitation.
PHIADELPHIAN WHO WOULDN'T STAY DEAD
HIS GLIMPsEs OF THE SPIRIT LAND.


HIS GLIMPsEs OF THE SPIRIT LAND.
j. Harvey Schrack, formerly wealthy
! Philadelphia merchant, but who had beer
! stripped of most of his fortune by iniu
dlclously endorsing the notes of other,
and who with his only son has for some
time past resided at l23 Mary street, in
that city, was supposed to have died about
$40 clock last Sunday morningweek. Tie
mad been seriously i'll for the last four
months, with nervous spasms of the heart.
and his attending physician hourly expect.
ed his demise. Consequently no surpise
was expressed thereat, and preparations for
the funeral were commenced at once. The
body had become cold and rigid; his lips
mad grown purple; the blue mark Of death
had settled around his mouth, and a glass
held over it was undimmed by any vcstige
OF lingering breath. few hours after
ward, while the body was being lifted from
the bed to be prepared for burial, feeble
groan was heard from the supposed corpse.
Hesuscltative measures were adoptcd at
once, and with such good effect that Mr..
Schrack in a short time recovered his con.
sciousness, but seemed to be almost os
sound and we'll as he ever was in his life.
Mr.. Schrack gave very interesting ac-
count OF his feelings and sensations during
the time he lay unconscious. He stated
that about 9 o'clock on Saturday night.
his eyeSlght began to fail, and shortly after
he lost the sense Of hearing; his tongue
was swollen, his powers of speech ebbino
away, and he made up his mind that he
was about to die. His powers of sensation
grew less defined, terrible cramps crept
over him, the passages of his throat seemed
closing up, and the entire left side of his
body grew numb. Between Gand o'clock.
Sunday morning he asked to be moved in
bed, which had no sooner been done than.
as he says:
" found myself in another land. The
vision looked upon was the most bcauti.
iuI that man ever saw. 1t would be i'm
possible for me to give description that
would do it justice. Ny first feeling was
that OF falling down great height. and
then 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 were walking
over the river, and, although | dreaded it.
something urged me on, and felt that |
had to go with the others. As rot noarcr
to the dark cloud it became bright and
beautiful, and expanding it opened and dis.
closed the most beautiful sight. The first
| saw was Jesus. saw great temple and
II great throne. 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 almost forgotten. I saw my old 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 disappointment felt
when found myself again in bed. felt.
indeed, grieved. 1t was IL o'clock when I
regalned consciousness, and at once felt
as though my life had been renewed.
was new man. | had not then, nor have
now, an ache or a pain. Ny eyesight.
my hearing, and my speech had fully re-
turned, and feel now as well as ever did
in my life"
DIR. James II. Cantwell, his attending
physician, said that Mr.. Schrack was
attacked with nervous spasms of the heart
and that he expected his death every mo-
ment, and that his condition had seemed |
so critical for week past that he had not
dared to make an examination of his lungs.
feeling convinced that he could not stand if. |