Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-01-02
ANGELS Visits.


The visits of angels are often said to be
few and far between, and some people dis
believe the possibility of there being any
such visits at all. The Rev Archer Quincy
however, thinks that he has discovered two
recent instances of angelic visits, and he
has published them in the Chmrh Times.
In the course of his letter he says Il
should like to mention two recent visions
OF angels which have come to my personal
knowledge, though the latter Of the two
be 4 testimony also to the immediate pre-
sense or manifestation OF the Lord Of angels.
The first Of these, which may seem TO some
to carry no great weight, took place in The
town Of Buckingham, where | was working
as curatc. The only child ofa poor wom-
an, Il boy offs years Old fell by accident up
from the cottage, and died after few hours
Of suffering. | did not hear Of the sad fact
until the child was gone, and when went
down to sec the mother, who was known to
idolizc this only child, and cndeavor to con-
sole her, she told me that God had sent her
wonderful comfort. She was weeping Bit
terly, and, llnccling beside the child's bed.
when he said, Mother, don't you see the
beautiful man, who is standing there and
waiting for me? Again and again the
child persisted III repeating that the bcauti-
ful man was waiting, and seemed ready and
even anxious to 90 TO him. and as II natural
consequence. the mothers heart was strange
ly chccred. She told me she thought it
must have been the Lord Jesus Himself
One Of his heavenly host. vcntured TO sur
mise knowing that we have our Masters
warrant for believing that the angels in
heaven care for the little ones below. Be
that as it may, the second fact | have to
mention is, think, still more remarkable.
and | believe that the two persons a gentle
man and lady, husband and wifcI to whom
it happened are alive TO this hour | was
not made acquainted with the Circumstances
under any engagement to secrecy. but |
think it better to abstain from publishing
names, and will stake my own credit on
the thorough authenticity of the narrative
related TO me by the husband with the view
illustrating the truth that supernatural
manifestations are still possible in our DAYS
though they may be rare. This gentleman
told me, then, with extreme simplicity and
raiyht!orwarlncss that not many wears
ago, he and his wife were in exceeding dis
treSs OF mind on account OF II most dam
gcrous, and, rs it turned, fatal illness. which
threatened the life OF one OF their child
rcn, a boy Of 10 years of age. His wifi: in
particular, whose special darling this, child
had always been, was so far from being re-
signed to his,loss that she almost argagncd
the ways of Providence, and would receive
no consolation. The father and mother.
then. were both watching in the room when
this circumstance occurred. They both
distinctly saw in the dead OF night a strange
li,rl,t
their feet, they stood at the two corners Of
the bed. right and left. to watch the light.
Wonderful to relate this light, which rcScm-
blcd a bright ray of glory, grew before the
eyes of both olthcm into revelation Of fmys-
terious and exceeding loneliness should
mention that the gentleman is himself an
artist Of much note, brother Of an L. T. A..
and he said / never concci, ed. far less did
! ever witness, such an exquisite dispEiy of
color and radiaIcy of beauty. All The hucs
Of the rainbow went on changing and inter-
changing before my eyes. and those OF my
wife. while great delight and shuddering
took hold of both our minds. Richest Grim
son, the brightest scarlet, lovely emerald
hues, heavenly azure, succeeded one anoth-
CT rapidly the vision lasting for several min
utes and ending III a transparent white
radiancy. Then my boy awoke and cried
out. Opapa, the Lord Juses has Just been
here with two such beautiful angles, and he
says mothcris not TO be unhappy because |
am going to Him. and l shall not go either
till this day week.. | need not say that in
this case also the mother was wonderfully
chccrcd and consolcd and ready thcncciorth
to yield her dear one TO his Heavenly
Friend. The boy did die in state Of great
happiness, precisely one week after. The
very day after the vision the father told me
the sun happened to be shining brightly in
q blue and cloudlcss sky, and, drawing
apart the window CURTAIN, he asked Was
the Lord Jesus at all like that?; %, athou-
sand times more beautiful the boy replied.
asked ifhe had been brought up under es-
pecially religious influences or had shown
any trace of saintlincss at an earlier age, but
| the father denied this. No. he said, we
are ordinary Christian folk, not too serious
to refuse TO so to the play if anybody sends
Us tickets. and, one of my boys begins to i'll
ustrate Punch. can only suppose (ho ad,
ded, that the vision was granted to rebuke
my dear wlie's impatience, and inspire hel
with 4 stronger faith in Gods goodness
and it certainly had that effect But,
| said; the boy must have been taught tc
love the Lord Jesus surely Well yes
suppose So, he SAID very simply, but we
never hurdened him with much religious
Fteaching or encouraged long prayers. Only
I remember [ advised all my boys if they
could not go to sleep easily to make pic
ture in their own minds of our Lord in glory
: and then to fall asleep contemplating that
plymouth. Eng. Ners, Nor. 25.
An incident occurred in this city abou
fifteen year ago similar to those recitet
| above which many doubt1pSs ramamhar
little girl, by some accident, had been seri
ously burned-so much so, that her sorrow
ing relatives and friends knew it was but
mere matter Of time when she should b.
taken from them. A few days afterthe acci
dent in all her ,,o,..,a al N, cI.