The National tribune., 1884-03-06
A MODERN RESURRECTION.
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hirsele that Foek Place in Midst Unknown
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lDetroit Fres Prsssl
One of the most remarkable occurrences ever
given TO the public, which took place here i'm
our midst has just come to our knowledge and
viii undoubtedly awaken as much surprise and
attract as great attention as it has already i'm
newspaper circles The facts are, briefly. as
follows. Mr.. William A. Crombie, a young man
formerly residing at Birmingham. q suburb Of
Detroit, and now living at PSI Michigan Ave
nue. IN this city, can truthfHlly say that he has
looked into the future world and yet returned
to this representative OF this paper has in
teryIeWed him upon this important subject and
ms experiences are given TO the public for she
first time. He said
had been having most peculiar sensations
for long while. Ny head felt dull and heavy:
my eyeslght did not seem so clear as formerly.
my appetite was uncertain and I was uaac-
eOuDt2bly tired. It was an effort TO arise in
the morning and yet could not sleep at night.
Ny mouth tasted badly, had a faint all-g0ne
sensation IN the pit Of my stomach that food
did not satisfy, while nay hands and feet felt
cold and elaumy. / was nervous and irrita-
Bile. and lost all enthusiasm. At times my head
would seem to whiri and my heart paipitated
terribly. had no energy, no ambition. and I
seemed Indifferent of the present and thought-
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ing OF and persuade myself it was simply a
cold or little malaria. But it would not 20.
was determined not to give up, and so time
passed along and all the while / was getting
worse. 1t was about this time that I noticed i
had begun TO bloat fearfully NV limbs were
swollen so that by pressing my fingers upon
them deep depressions would be made Ny
face also began to enlarge. and continued to
until / could scarcely see out Of my eyes. one
OF my friends, describing my appearance at
that time. said: II is an animated s0nsetaiag,
but should like TO know what In this con-
dItion | passed several weeks OF the greatest
agony"
Finally, one Saturday night, the misery
eliminated. Nature could endure no more. i
became irrational and apparently insensible.
Told sweat gathered on my forehead my ewes
became glazed and my throat ratified. Iseemed
to be IN another sphere and with other sur
roundinss. i knew nothing Of what occurred
around me, although / have since learned is
was considered as death By those who stool By.
1t was 70 me quiet state, and yet one Of great
agony. was helpless, hopeless. and pain was
my only companion. remember irving to
see what was beyond me- but the mist before
my eyes was too great. ] tried 20 reason, bat
had lost all power. felt that it was death,
and realized how terrible it was. At last the
strain upon my mind gave way and al was a
blank How long this continued / do not
know, but at last / realized the presence OF
friends and recognized my mother / then
thought it was earth, but was not certain.
gradually regained consciousness, however and
the pain lessened. 7 found that my friends
had, during my Inconsistencies, been giving
me preparation ! had never taken before, and
the next day, under the influence Of this treat
meut, the boating began 70 disappear and from
that time on I steadily improved, until to-day
am as well as ever before in my life. Have
no traces of the terrible acute Bright's disease,
which so nearly killed me- and all through the
wonderful instrumentaiity Of Warmers Safe
Cure, the remedy that brought me to life after
! was virtually in another world
lou have had an unusual experience Mr.
CrombIe,@ said the writer, who had been breath
le<sly listening to the recital
Yes, think / have" was the reply, Sand
it has been valuable lesson to me. am Ger
tain, though, there are thousands of men and
women al this very moment who have the
same ailment which came so near killing me-
and they do not know it. I believe kidney dis
ease Is the most deceptive trouble in the world.
Il comes ike thief IN the night. Il has no
certain symptoms, but seems to attack each one
differently 1t IS quiet, treacherous. and all
the more dangerous 1t IS killing more people,
to-day, than any other one complaint. II had
the power | would warn the entire world
against it and urge them to remove il from the
system before it IS too late"
One of the members Of the firm Of White
head 6 Mitchell, propriet0rs Of the BirmiHg-
ham EcceHfric, paid a frateTnaI visit To this
Office yesterday. and in the course OF conveEsa-
tiOn, Mr.. Crombie's name was mentioned
Il knew about his sickness, said the editor,
and his remarkable recovery. had his obit-
uary all in type and announced in the Ecce1s-
tric that he could not live until It's next issue.
1t was certainly most wonderful case.
Rev. A. T. Bartlett formerly pastor of the
D. E. Church. at Birmingham, and now Of
Schoolcraft, Mich, III response TO a telegram,
replied:
Mr. ". A. Crombie was member Of my
congregation at the time OF his sickness. The
prayers Of the church were requested for him
on two different occasions. was with him
the day he was reported by his physicians as
dying. and consider his recovery almost q
miracle"
Not one person in 3 million ever comes so
near death as did Dir. Crombie and then re-
cover. but the men and women who are drift
ing toward the same end, are legion. To note
the slightest symptoms, to realize their signif-
canee and to meet them in time by the remedy
which has been shown to be most efficient, is a
duty from which there can be no escape. They
are fortunate who do this; they are on the
sure road to death who neglect it.