The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-20
MODERN RESURRECTION.
Miracle that Took Place In our
Midst Unknown to tho Public
Tho Details In Full.
Detroit Free Press.)

(Detrot rrec fless.t
One of the most remarkable occur
rences ever given to the public, which
look place here in Our midst, has just
come to our knowledge and will un.
doubtedly awaken as much surprise and
attract as great attention as it has al
ready in newspaper circles. The facts
are, briefly, as follows +: MI. William A
Crombie, ayoung man formerly residing
at Birmingham, a suburb OF Beforehand
now living at 2s7 Michigan Avenue in
this city, can t%ruthfully say that he has
looked into the future world and yet re-
turned to this. A representative of this
paper has interviewed him upon this i'm
portant subject and his experiences are
given to the public for the first time.
He said:
Il had been having most peculiar sem
sations for a long while. My head felt
dull and heavy my eyesight did not
seem so clear as formerly my appetite
was uncertain and l was u~naccountably
tired. 1t was an effort to arise in the
morning and yet / could not sleep at
night. Ny mouth tasted badly, l had
faint all-gOne sensation in the pit of my
stomach that food did not satisfy, while
my hands and feet felt cold and clam
my. l was nervous and irritable, and
lost all enthusiasm. AT times my head
would seem to whirl and my heart pal
plated terribly. 1 had no energy, no
ambition, and l seemed Indifferent of the
present and thoughtless for the future.
l tried TO shake the feeling off and per-
suade myself it was simply a cold or a
little malaria. But it would not go. /
was determined not to give up, and so
time passed along and all the while l
was getting worse. 1t vas about this
time that 1 noticed 1 had begun to bloat
fearfully. My limbs were swollen so
that by pressing my fingers upon them
deep depressions would be made. My
face also began to enlarge, and cOntin
ued to until 1 could scarcely see out OF
my eyes. One Of my friends, describ-
ing my appearance at that time, said:
1T is an animated something, but l
should like to know what In this con-
dition I passed several weeks Of the
greatest agony"
FINALLY, one Saturday night, the
misery eliminated. Nature could en-
dure no more. 1 became irrational and
apparently insensible. Cold sweat
gathered on my forehead; my eyes be-
came glazed and my throat ratified. |
seemed to be in another sphere and with
other surroundings. l knew nothing OF
what occurred around me, although |
death by those who stood by. 1t was
| agony. l was helpless, hopeless and
pain was my only companion. I re-
memb Der trying to see what was beyond
me, but the mist before my eyes was
| too great. I tried to reason, but l had
| lost all power. L felt that it was death,
| and realized how terrible it was. At
last the strain upon my mind gave way
| and all was blank. How long this con-
tinued I do not know, but at last l rea-
lized the presence of friends and recOg-
nized my mother. I then thought it
was earth, but was not certain. l grad
ually regained consciousness, however,
and the pain lessened. 1 found that my
friends had, during my Inconsistencies,
been giving me a preparation l had new
er taken before, and the next day, IN
der the influence of this treatment, the
bloating began to disappear, and from
that time on I steadily improved, until
to-day 1 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 wonder
full fundamentally of Warmers Safe
Cure, the remedy that brought me to
life after I was virtually in another
world"
"You have had an unusual expert
ence, Mr.. Crombie," said the writer
who had been breathlessly listening to
the recital.
Eyes, 1 think / have" was the reply,
land it has been a valuable lesson to
me. / am certain. though, there are
thousands of men and ome at this
very moment who have the same all
ment which came SO near killing me,
and they do not know it. l believe
kidney disease is the most deceptive
trouble in the world. 1t comes like a
thief in the night. 1t has no certain
symptoms, but seems to attack each
one differently. 1t is quiet, treacher-
Gus, and all the more dangerous. 1t is
killing more people, to-day, than any
other n complaint. If l had the pow
or ] would warn the entire world against
it and urge them to remove it from the
system before it is too late"
One of the members of the firm of
Whitehead & Mitchell, proprietors of
the Birmingham Eccentric, paid a fra
ternal visit to this office yesterday, and
in the course of conversation, Mr..
Crombie's name was mentioned.
Il knew about his Sickness" said the
editor, land his remarkable recovery.
l had his obituary all in type and an
nounced in the Eccentric that he could
not live until it's next issue. 1t was
certainly a most wonderful case.'
Rev. A r. Bartlett, formerly pastor
of the M. E. Church, at Birmingham,
and 0 of Schoolcraft, Mich, in re-
spouse to a telegram, replied:
Mr.. w. A. Crombie was a member
of my congregation at the time of his
sickness. The prayers of the church
were requested for him on two differ
ent occasions. 1 was with him the day
he was reported by his physicians as
dying, and consider his ecovery utmost
a miracle"
Not n person in a million ever
comes so near death as did Mr.. Crom-
bic and then recover, but the men and
women who are drifting toward the
same end, are legion. To note the
slightest symptoms, to realize their sig
n%iticance 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 for
tunate who do this ; they are on the
sure road to death who neglect it.
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