Huntsville gazette., 1884-02-16
A MODERN RESURRECTION.
A Miracle that Took Place in Our Midst
Unknown to the Public-The
Details in Full.
Detroit Free Press.l


Details in Full.
Detroit Free Press.)
One of the most remarkable occurrences
ever given TO the public, which took place
here in our midst, has just come to our
knowledge and will undoubtedly awaken
as much surprise and attract as great at
tention as it has already in newspaper
circles The facts are, briefly, as follows:
Mr. William A. Crombie, young man
formerly residing at Birmingham suburb
| of Detroit, and now living at 2SI Michigan
Avenue in this city, can truthfuily say thai
he has looked into the future world and yet
returned to this. A representative of this
paper has interviewed him upon this inn
portant subject and his experiences are
! given to the public for the first time. de
said:
81 had been having most peculiar sense
tions for long while. My -taI ioi, dt |
! and heavy; my eyesight did not seem so
clear as formerly; my appetite was uncer-
| tain and l was unaccountably tired. lG
was an effort to arise in the morning and
yet I could not sleep at night. My mouth
| tasted badly, | had faint all-gone sensa-
| ton in the pit of my stomach tnat food did
not satisfy, while my hands and feet felt
cold and clammy. | was nervous and lrri-
! table, and lost all enthusiasm. AT times
| nv head would S EN- owhirl and my heart
| paIDitated terribly. l had no energy, no
! ambition, and seemed Indifferent OF the
! present and thoughtless for the future. l
| tried to shake the feeling off and pursuade
myself it was simply cold or little ma
| laria. But it would not go. L was deter
mined not TO give up, and SO time passed
| along and ali the while was getting worse.
| 1t was about this time that | noticed l had
| begun to bloat feariully. My limbs were
/ swollen so that by pressing my fingers
| upon them deep depresslons would be
made. NV face also tegan to enlarge, and
continued to until | could scarcely see out
of my eyes. One of my friends, descrlb-
| ing my appearance at that time, said: 1T
| is an animated something, but | should like
/ to know WHAT In this condition passed
/ several weeks of the greatest agony.
! Finally, one Saturday might, the misery
eliminated. Nature could endure no more.
| became irrational and apparently insensi-
| BILE. Cold sweat gathered on my forehead; +;
my eyes became glazed and my throat
ratified. / seemed to be in another sphere
and with other surroundings. l knew
| nothing of what occurred around me, al
| though | have since learned 1t was con-
sidered as death by those who stood by:
| 1t was to me quiet state, and yet one or
great agony. l was helpless, hopeless, and
| pain was my only companion. L remem-
| ber trying to see what was beyond me, but
the mist before my eyes was too great. l
| tried to reason, but | had lost all power.
|
terrible it was. At last the strain upon
| nv mind gave way and all was blank.
| How long this continued L do not know,
! but at last Irealized the presence of friends
| and recognized my mother. then thought
it was earth, but was not certain. l grad
| ually regained consciousness, however, and
the pain lessened. l found that my friends
| had, during my Inconsistencies, been CIV
/ ing me a preparation | had never taken be-
fore, and the next day, uuder the influence
| of this treatment, the bloating began to
disappear and from that time on steadily
| improved, until to-day l 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 Won
derful instrumentality Of Warmers Sale
Cure, the remedy that brought me to life
after | was virtually in another world"
/ !" You have had an unusual experience,
| Mr. Crombie," said the writer who had
been breathlessly listening to the recital.
" Yes, | think | have" was the reply,
"and it has been valuable lesson 10 me.
| / am certain, though, there are thousands
| of men and women at this very mohlent
who have the same ailment which came SO
near killing me, and they do not know Ii.
| I believe kidney disease is the most decep-
| tive trouble in the world. 1t comes like a
| thief in the night. 1t has no certain symp-
| toms, but seems to attack each one differ
| entity. 1t is quiet, treacherous, and all the
to-day, than any other one complaint. If
| / had the power [ would warn the entire
| world against il and urge them to remove
it from the system before it is too late"
! One of the members of the firm of White
head & Mitchell, proprietors of the Bir-
mingham Eccentric, paid a fraternal visit
to this office yesterday, and in the course
| of conversation, Mr.. Crombie's name was
| mentioned.
81 knew about his Sickness" said the
editor, and his rer2arkable recovery. |
had his obituary all in type and announced
in the Eccentric that he could not live until
it's next issue. 1t was certainly most
wonderful case"
Rev. A. r. Bartlett, formerly pastor of
the NJ. E. Church, at Birmingham, and now
of schoolcraft, Mich, in response to a tele-
gram, replied:
| Mr.. w. A. Crombie was a member of
my congregation at the time of his sick
ness. The prayers of the church were re-
| quested for him on two different occasions.
l was with him the day he was reported by
| his physicians as dying, and consider his
recovery almost miracle"
! Not one person in a million ever comes
so near death as did Mr.. Crombie 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 significance and to meet them in time
| by the remedy which has been shown to be
| most efficient, is 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.