Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-01
A Modern Resurrection.
A Miracle That Took PIsc 1n Our Midst UnInovvn to the PubIie-The Details in

s A Miracle That Took PIs ice 1n Our Midst
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 .agz From the Detroit Tres 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 attention as it has alredsy in newspaper circles. The facts are, briefly. as follows; MT. William 4. Crombie. young man formerly residing at Birmingham, a suburb of Detroit, and now Iving at 2s7 Michigan avenue in this city, can truthfully say that he has looked into the future world and yet returned to this A representative of this paper has in terviewed him upon this important subject and his experiences are, given to the public for the first time. He said:
 1T had been having most peculiar sensa- tions for long while. My head felt dull and heavy; eyesight did not seem so clear as for merly; my appetite was uncertain and was unaccountably tired. It was an effort to arise in the morning and yet l could not sleep at night My mouth tasted badly, had faint all gone sensation in the pit of my stomach that food did not satisfy, while my hands and feet felt cold and clammy. I was nervous and irritable and lost all enthu- siasm At times my head would seem to wh1rl and my heart palpltated terribly. ! had no energy, no ambition, and I seemed indifferent of the present and thoughtless for the future tried to shake the feeling of and persuade myself it was simply cold or a little malaria But 1t would not go. l was determined not to give up, and so time passed along and all the while was getting worse It was about this time that noticed had begun to bloat fearfully. My limbs were swollen so that by pressing my fingers upon them deep impressions would be made My 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: It is an animated some thing, but should like to know what In this condition I passed several weeks of the greatest agony.
 Finally, one Saturday night. the misery eulminated. Nature could endure no more l became irrational and apparently insensi- | ble Cold sweat gathered on my forehead i; my eyes became glazed and my throat rat l tied. seemed to be in another sphere and with other surroundings. knew nothing of | what occurred around me, although l have l since learned it was considered as death by 1 those who stood by It was to me quiet l state, and yet one of great agony. l was | helpless, hopeless and pain was my only com panion I remember trying to see what was beyond me, but the mist before my eyes was 1 too great. I tired to reason, but I had lost l all power I felt that it was death, and real 1 ized how terrible it was. At last the strain | upon my mind gave way and all was blank 1 How long this continued do not know, but | at last I realized the presence of friends and 1 recognized my mother. I then thought 1t 1 was ear h. but was not certain. I gradually regained consciousness, however, and the 1 pain lessened I found that my friends had, | during my inconsistencies, been giving me | T had hAfnra 1 the next day. under the influence of this l treatment the bloating began to disappear l and from that time on 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 tue wonderful iustrumentali- | ty of Warmers Safe Cure, the remedy that brought me to life after I was virtually in l another world"
 t'You have had an unusual experience, MT. Crombie,' said the writer, who had been
 breathlessly listening to the recital
 | ''Yes, think have, D was the reply, 'sand 1 it has been valuable lesson to me- I am l certain, though, there are thousands of men and women at this very moment whe have the same ailment which came so near killing me, and they do not know it. I believe kid ney disease is the most deceptive trouble iu l the world. It comes like thief in the night. It has no certain symptoms, but
 seems to attack each one differently. It is
 quiet, treacherous and all the more danger
 ous. It is killing more people to-day than
 any other one complaint. If had the pow. 1 ar 1 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 Birming
 ham Eccentric, paid fraternal visit to this | office yesterday, and in the course of conver
 sation Mr. Crombie's name was mentioned. 1 Il knew about his sickness" said the edi
 tor, ''and his remarkable recovery. I had his obituary all in type and announced in the 1 Eccentric that he could not live until it's next issue It was certainly a most wonderful l case.''
 Rev. A. R. Bartlett, formerly pastor of the l NJ E. church at Birmingham, and now o1
 Schoolcrsft, Mich, in response to telegram
 replied:
 ''Mr. w. A. Crombie was member of my congregation at the time of his sickness. The him on two differsut occasions. was with him the day he was reported by his physician
 as dying, and consider his recovery almost 8 1 miracle"
 Not one person in million ever comes so
 near death as did MT. Crombie and then re
 cover, but the men and women who are | drifting toward the same end are legion. To 1 note the slightest symptoms, to realize their l significance and to meet them in time by the l remedy which has been shown to be most efficient, is duty from which there can be no escape. They are fortunate who do this i; l they are on the sure road to death who neg l lect 1t.