Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-11-15
nothing takes place without a cause.

the beginning by one who had s
perfect knowledge Of the existing
causes, for that history Is nothing
but the necessary effects thereof
And this view by no means EXCLUDES
the free agency Of man, because thu
is one Of the whole completely
Of causes from which events result
II we can conceive OF an intelli'
gence that understands every pari
of the universe, visible and invis-
Ible, as a skilled engineer under
stands mis- engine, then we car
understand the possibility Of fore
knowledge, for a being endowed
with such intelligence must neces'
sariIy, from the construction of the
vast creation, be able to see clearly
its future destiny. And in the
same way, II We conceive Of an in
telligenee that partly understands
the different parts Of the univere,
we can see that the future must
partly be discernible to him.
The matchmaker will from the
construction of the works il his
watch, predict the movement Of the
hands; the ship builder will tell
you how many knots an hour the
ship viii make, even before ii
touches the water; a physician will
sometimes foretell the hour in
which his patient will die. On
similar principles more distantly
future events may certainly lie
known to an Intelligent mind.
How this knowledge is communi-
Gated to human beings remains in
most instances deep mystery, BUT
numerous cases from the expert
ence of reliable persons can be
quoted in proof of its reality. II
comts in dreams and forecasts or
visions or otherwise, often producing
deep and lasting impressions on the
mind.
A curious instance is related CT
Professor Bohm, Of Giessen:
He was one evening in a company
OF friends and spent the time very
pleasantly. All at once he felt that he
ought TO go home. He told himself over
and over again that he had no occa-
sion 10 90 home at that time, but the
feeling did not leave him. and he grew
more and more uneasy. Finally he
went, but could find nothing unusual
in his room. As he was looking
round. a prompting came over him to
move his beds.ead from its customary
place 10 another corner Of the room.
He could discover no reason for this
curious idea, but carried it neverlhe-
less out. As soon as he had
done 50, he felt easy and re-
turned to his friends. 1t was
lR,e when he came home again and
retired, and he fell Immediately in
sleep. But he was reused from his
sleep Oy a tremendous crash. A great
pie'e Of timber had fallen from the
roof and broken through the ceiling
and was now lying where the bedsted
had stood. But for his removal OF
that piece OF furniture he would I'M
doubtedly have been crushed to death.
Forecasts Of approaching death
belong 10 the most common expert
ences.
Elizabeth, Countess Of Thuringen
before she took sick, told her servant
girl as well as a clergyman that she
would die on tine Ieth Of November,
l2Sl. This happened. She was then
tween. v four years OF age. Christian
Of Denmark told Noviomagus that lac
would die on New-years day. No
BODY believed this until the king real
" took sick and died that day. Jacob
BRhme died at O'Clock in the morn
ing, having predicted this three hours
before.
That soldiers in times OF war very
often have a foreknowledge of their
death is a remarkable fact which is
well known. We give an instance:
S:eingel, a favoriie officer OF M
poleon on the evening before the bat
tie OF M4rengo WAS called TO the tent OF
the great commander and came bring
ing with him black, sealed parcel.
on being questioned by Bonaparte as
10 this, he replied: General, this is
my will. Tomorrow will be killed
and 1 lay my dispositions in yourhands
that they may be complied with. IS
When further asked why he believed
that he was going to be killed, he said
he had had a dream, in which he had
seen himself encouniering a well
armed enemy. When he struck this
with his sword, the armor fell to the
ground and before him stood a skvle-
ton ironically laughing al him. S.ein-
gel fell the following day in the battle.
wounded to death bya person whom
he recognized from his dream, and
the sight Of whom made him neglect
to defend himself"
We may close this article with 4
quotation from Socrates which illus
trates the subject under treatment
very well:
Something wonderful has followed
me from my childhood. II is a voice
which always, when heard, admon-
ishes me TO desist from something
which intend TO do. But il has never
told me to do anything. IL any Of my
friends counsel me to do something
this voice. il heard at all. tells me no,
to follow. You may ask Clitomachus.
the Brother Of Timarchus, what Tim
archus said, when he went to his
death, in spite Of the warning Of this
divine voice, he and Ena.hIus, WHO
overlook Timarchus on hts aight. %.
''litomacbus,' ne said, 4 know I
must die, because / did not listen TO
Socrates The case was this: When
Timarchus rose from the table and
also Philemon, in order to kill Nikias,
the son Of Heroskannandus-a circum-
stance known only TO the two
Timarchus said TO me: what do YOU
think, Socrates? You remain here
and drink, have 10 go somewhere
else, but viii soon return Then
perceived the voice and I told him:
DO no. go under any consideration.
for the customary sign, the divine,
has been given to me- Then he
waited, but after a while he again pre-
pared to leave. and said; Il am going
no".' The voice came the second
time, anil 1 pressed him to remain.
Again he rose and left without saving
anything. AS my attention was called |
TO something else, he went to his
death"