Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-02-14
A MODERN RESURRECTION.
A Miracle that Took Place in our Midst
Unknown to the Public
Details in Full.
Detroit Free Press.)

| doubleday awaken as much surprise
| and attract as great attention as it has
| already in newspaper circles. .Bhe facts
are, briefly. rs follows; Mr.. William
A. Cromb bic, II young man formerly re-
siding ~ Birmingham. suburb of
Detroit, aud now living at 2S7 Michi-
can Avenue in this city, can truthfully
say that ho has looked into the future
world and Yet returned TO this. A rep
resent tive OF this paper has inter-
viewed him upon this important SUBJ
ject and his experiences are given to
the public for the first time. He said:
Il hail been having most peculiar
sensations for long while. NV head
felt dull and heavy; my eyesigbt did
not seem so clear rs formerly; my APP
petite was uncertain and was unac-
countably ucd. 1t was an effort TO
arise in the morning and yet could
not sleep at night. My mouth
tasted badly and l had faint
all-gono sensation in the pit of my
stomach that food did not satisfy, while
my hands and feet felt cold and clam
my. ] was nervous and irritable. and
lost all enthusiasm. At times my head
would seem to whirl and my heart pal
plated terribly. | had no energy, no am
bit Oh, and seemed indifferent of the
present and thoughtless for the future.
| tried 20 shake the feeling off and per-
suade myself it was simply cod or II
little malaria. But il would not 90. [
was determined not TO give up, ana so
tine passed along and all the while
was getting worse. IL was about this
time that / noticed | had begun to boat
fearfully. NJ limbs were swollen so
that by pressing my fingers upon them
deep impressions would be made. NY
face also began TO enlarge, and con-
tinued TO until could scarcely see out
OF my eycs. One of my friends. de-
Scribing my appearance at that time,
said: III is an animated something, but
should like to know what In this
condition passed several weeks Of the
greatest agony"
FINALLY, one Saturday night. The
misery eliminated Nature could en-
duie no more. ! become irrational and
apparently insensiblc. Cold sweat
gathered on my forehead; my eyes be-
came glazed and my throat ratified.
| seemed 10 be in another sphere and
with other surroundings. knew moth
ing OF what occurred around me, al
though have since learned i! was CON
sidered rs death by those who stood
by. 1t was TO me quiet state, and yet
one of great agony. | was helpless,
hopeless, and pain was my only COM
panion. l remember trying 10 see
what was beyond me, but the mist he.
fore my eyes was too great. tried TO
reason, but had lost all power. felt
that it was death, and realized how ter
rible it was. AT last the strain upon
my mind gave way and all was blank.
How long this continued DO not know,
but at last | realized the presence of
friend and recognized my mother.
then thought was earth, but was not
certain, gradually regained conscious
ness. luwever, and the pain lesscned.
l foun' that my friends had, during my
uncons iousness. been giving me
prepar lion had never taken before,
and the next day, under the influence
OF this treatment, the bloating began
To disa ppear and from that time on
stead improved, until today | am as
we'll = : ever before in my life, have no
trace the terrible acute Bright's dis
ease, which SO nearly killed me. and all
through the wonderful ins.Tumentality
of Warmers Safe Cure, the remedy that
brought lac to life after | was virtually
in another world"
"You have had an unusual expert
ence, MIR. Crombie," said the writer
who had been breathlessly listening TO
the recital.
~. ,L;.l \ ha,a Z, ,,-os 81, ,.o,,l..
land il has been a valuable lesson TO
me. am certain, though, there are
thousands Of men and women at this
very moment who have the same all
ment which came SO near killing me,
and they do not know il. | believe
kidney disease is the most deceptive
trouble in the world. 1t comes like C.
thief in the night II has no certain
symptoms, but seems TO attack each one
differently. It's quiet, treachorous, and
all the more dangerous. 1t is killing
more people. to-day, than any other
complaint. II had the power / would
warn the entire world against it and
URGE them TO remove il from the ~ stem
before it is too late.
One of the members % the firm Of
Whitehead & Mitchell, proprie,ois Of
the birmingham Eccentric, paid fra.
ternal visit TO this Office yesterday, aud
in the course of conversation, Mr.
Crombie's name was mentioned.
II knew about his sickness" said
the editor, and his remarkable recov-
ery. had his obituary all in type and
announced in the Eccentric that he
could not live until its next issue. 1t
was certainly most wonderful case"
Rev. A. X. Bartlett, formerly pastor
of the M. +. Church at Birmingham,
and now of Schoolcraft, Mich, in re.
Spouse to telegram, replied:
"Mr. w. A. Crombie was a member
ofmy congregation at the time Of his
sickness. The prayers of the church
were requested for him on two differ
ent occasions. was with him the day
he was reported by his physicians as
diving, aud consider his recovery almost
. miracle" .,,.
Not one person in 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 slight
est symptoms, to realize their signiii-
canoe 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 Jor-
tunate who do this; they are on the s,ne