, 1879-01-26


disappointment which proved upoa hts mind In
| consequence of the blow to his cherished bc
] lief. Ills experiences during that sickness Al a,
| related to M ultimate friend and nirhbor, iorr
! . curious feature OF the mars life, uuu Ind r
! determining influence upon his subseeucnt his
| tory. AS IN INSTANCE Of the effect nf menta
! hallucination they are worth recording.
| He said that willie he was lyipr sick in bed he
sudden " BECAME aware that there was a younn
| infant in bed with him. He saw the child dis
| tinctly, felt it, and recognized In It the most
! beautiful and lovely creature hc had eyer acen
| It's countennnce WIS radiant ami SHINE vii, .
| heavenly lustre. The child said to him: i.Yor
| have bcc, lookinr for the second con1nr n,
Christ, but you do not look ar;rht. You did
| not know what the SECOND meant. You thought
| to SET great and marvellous demonstration oj
| power which should astonish all the earth,
| Know, then. that YOU were rnistaken.,,
Then it was revealed to him that the child,s
! name was Ahdiel, and on searching the Scrin
lures he found that this was none other than
Christ himself. The ne saw wherein lie was
to come. They should not have looked for Hin
in tho clouds, surrounded By tile signs OF
majesty and power. But Christ had literally
come, and here lie was manifest in the flesh.
Then the babe Disappeared aud its spirit took
possession in bis body, Uri Adams had diel
and Christ had entered in and dwelt there. It
was clear to him now what was meant by the
coming OF Christ; it was that Christ had a,,-
rcarcd and taken possession OF things iti this
world in the person of Uri Adams. The cx-
others. Persons who had been living had died,
by the saints long dead. Thus it appeared that
the resurrection did not mean literal raising Of
the dead. but was resurrection OF character.
The people whom he saw about him were not
the same people whom he hnd known before
At first he could not tell who they we're, He
discovered that Christ had taken possession of
his OVID body, but whose spirits had .straus-
migrated" into Gillett and the rest Ut them he
still knew not. All this would be revealed IN
time.
He told all this To his fo}lovers-his sister
brother, and wife, and Mr.. and Mrs. Giilett
Hero they too saw the conD1cte anil literal fn-
version implicitly and Immediately fell down
and worsbipcd him us Christ. 1t Vas given ont
to the neighbors that Uri Adams was dcad
Mrs, Adams nut on n,ourpinr for her husband
a,,,I when tha nc;rhhors staTtlcil hythis sfran@o
story. called to see her. ttey were fold that Mr..
Adams had in truth and reality rome the Tay OF
all flesh uud thar the person in ihe other room,
and who looked and acted so mich like him
was none othrr than Jesus Christ. the Kinr Of
Earn and Heaven. Observing the smile Of in
crcdulity which the announcements invariably
provoked. thc family soon grew disinclnel to
see visitors.
Finally. as the idea that Christ possessed him
grew upon him and Developed, lie declared his
r(1Dm to hc The HOfy of tfb1ias. and outsiders
we're not adrnittcd to the sacred nresenre His
followers Implicitly believed ali be told them,
and worsniped him as the Very God. They
we're required to remove their shoes when thev
entered the room and to approach him on
bcudcd knees, He Ind no naraphcrna]ia to
distinr11ish his hirn rank. The room was very
nl:nly furnished: indeed. the community was
exceedingly poor, and lived in the plaIucst and
-homclicst fashion. An omen Bible nlrnys Law
upon the stand at the end OF the room. aud be-
hind this be seated himself when he received
his followers.
Then he GIVE his followers new names. as he
discovered whose spirits had taken possession of
them. Mr.. Gil}ett was John. the beloved AIMS
tic: Julius Albums was called Peter. thc hold
Anostle who would never deny his Master any
more: Miss Adans was Mary. and Mrs. Gillett
Martha. Mira. Adams wns discovered tn he
Voshti. Hr declared bv yirtue of his authority
as Christ that thr relations heretofore eyjstinp
ha,waan husband and u-;fe and nnront o,,d chiI1
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fm.d 1far1, bo Tovn ~ vita ~ ~ c;1t.tt
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themselves a ssoluiIGs, IeIe'tts 'l'a' ne MIS-
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