Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-01-24

DMENON IN HAGERSIOWN.
The Dead Arises and Speaks. and Lives 4
DAY Or Two Before Finally Dying.
IIagerstown Correspondence OF Baltimore
Gazette.
An incident is related in the experience
Of a clergyman which suggests some of the
weird sketches of Poe. Tho only differ
ence is that this is true, plain recital of
what actually occurred. Amongst tho
flock of the minister referred to was q
family of foreigners, and tic father OF the
family was stricken with fatal illness.
One night the pastor received message
summoning him Immediately to the bed
side of the sick man, the messenger stating
that she was dying" Some time elapsed
before the arrival at tho scene, when
the attending physician was found
surrounded by the sobbing and shrieking
family. To his great regret the doctor
informed the minister that he was too late
that the sufferer had died II or 90 minutes
bed lay the stark and rigid form OF the
departed, the lover jaw fallen, the ashy
pallor of death on the face, and the body
dcmonstrativcness of their nation the
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making no effort at self control. A son,
in particular, was more demonstrative and
inconsolablc than any of the rest. He
called on his father, begged him to come
back, and with difficulty could be kept
away from the body. Hoping to comfort
the grief-strickcn family by spiritual con
ISOLATION and sympathetic conversation,
tho clergyman remained on the scene until
near . o'clock in the morning. AT this
time, when tho pastor was thinking OF
leaving, the SOD, who seemed to take the
death So much to heart, was seized with
another paroxysm Of grief more violent
than any preceding it. He tore himself
from those who sought to restrain him,
threw himself on the body of his father,
embraced him, called him, bathcd the
cold face with tears, shrieking that he
could not let him go; that he
must say one word, look at him
Just once more; that he must not leave
him without just one more word and
one more look. AS if the agonized voice
had penetrated the silence OF the other
world and had reached the "dull, cold car
of DEATH" the lips of the father moved,
the eyes opened and cast 4 sad, reproachful
look on the weeping son, ard in the we'll
known voice came distinctly these words ::
"Oh . why did you bring me back ~ AS
soon as the awe. stricken group could re-
gain their presence Of mind, after this ap-
palling scene, they Immediately admins
tered rcstOratives to the patient, when the
minister left him, very weak but still
alive. lIo was sent for by the father
the next day, who gave him an
account OF his death Gas he evi-
dently believed it had becn) and his ex-
pcr:e Ice to the time when he was are
p,rcntly recalled to life. He said
:. When died first felt a sinking, going
sensation, knew everything going on in
the room. but | could not speak or move
my lips-then all was 4 blank. The next
thing remember was being in a dense
darkness, seemingly in a tunnel, through
which was being pushed there seemed
to he two FORMS one on each side. pushing
ne along through the tunnel and | ap-
pea,ed to move as if was floating, touch
in. nothing above or below. At last it
appeared to get lighter, as though we
we've nearing the end of the passage.
1t grew brighter every moment, and then
| seemed to observe two shining, bean
tiful forms on each side of me. At last
VIC seemed to float out into 4 lovely
space OF rosy brightness, like the sky
of summer sunrise. had feeling of per-
feet peace and wcll-being, and heard as
though it were part Of the space | tloatCi
in the most soothing and delightful music.
remember it aftcrward took the sound of
an old familiar hymn used to hear in my
native land. have been great sufferer
and the feeling Of rest and freedom from
pain was the tlingl noticed msst in my
new state, when it seemed to be disturbed
10y a voice in pain calling me. | felt :.
thrill of regret and then all became black,
and i seemed to be back in the old pain
racked body again, and opened my eyes to
find my son and family crying, and calling
on INC to come back. Ii they had known
how much better was they would never
have wanted me back in this weak and
suffering body
The man lived several days and then
died, Us his fapily sincerely believe, q
second time, and, remembering his solemn
words as to his first experience, did not
call him back. Whether the man was in
a syncope from which the piercing lamen-
tations Of the family aroused him, or
whether he had indeed been PERMITTED to
return after glance ut the glOries of the
great unknown none can answer. But
one thing is certain, that FOR the space of
several hours, to all intcEts and purposes,
SO far Us the doctor, tho pastor and the
family were concerned, and Sc far as all
outward indications arc guide, the man
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