Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-03-14
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FRIDAY, MARCH ID, 1890.
SEEING THE SAVIOR.
A Reliable Gentleman Relates His Sin
gular Experience.

WIN malarlal intermittent lever ana
deep cold. The spell has not been ,
severe one, so as to cause unuasua
suffering or apprehension of death
There has been nothing in the disease
or medicines to effect the mind
Throughout life we have been singu
larly free from dreams, visions or i'm
aginary spcculations concerning the
other world. Indeed. many a time il
preaching to multitudes, where re
vival was in progress, we have beer
conscious of the calmest state of mind
and have almost enyied those WHO
showed the feeling of their souls by
external manifestations, while at the
same time we felt as much sympathy
in our heart as any one could feel
When prosecuting the heaviest felo-
MES as Commonwealth Attorney fol
several years, we were at at all times
happily free from any mental excite
ment that would disturb our reason.
We write this as many readers who
are not Christians may suppose that
some strong mental delusion may
have occasioned the following nara
ton, while we know we were never
more in our senses at any period of
our life:
at was about the third or fourth day
of our sickness, while we were pray
ing to our Savior with no unusual fer
vor, but with the common assurance
of His presence, that we have felt in
prayer for fifty years, and with no
fear or apprehension of death what
ever. While we were in short doing
state that lasted onlya few minutes
at any time, and seemed almost a
waking state, the Lord appeared to
us. We could see his person plainly,
from his head to his breast. He had
large blue eyes, full of beauty and
tenderness, such as we have never
seen; clear skin; a long flowing
beard, and rather Jewish physiog-
Monty. The body had moro a spirit
lal than an ordinary material appear
lnce. By this time we were wide
awake, and while we were surprised
1t his visit we were not in the least
alarmed. Our good wife was passing
about the room, but we said nothing
about the interview to her. With a
smile that seemed heavenly he said:
''My son, l have come to-day to make
you happy" l answered: lord, /
am so full now that | can hardly bear
more" He answered: II am going
to give you Benjamin's portion to-
lay, and when you cannot bear it |
will withdraw my hand" With a
graceful move ofhis hand he seemed
o pour something into us, not liquid
out something that our soul felt, We
we're wide awake and in our senses,
md felt thrill of rapture and ioy
until we both cried and laughed. He
hen said: 81 have a short lesson for
'ou to-day. Without saying how far
t is to it, there is a river called Jor-
laa that you have to cross. 1t is just
y alarming to many persons on ac-
cunt of their lives. To them it is
muddy and deep and swift, but when |
'ou come to it, | shall form an eddy |
N both sides and reduce the waters
o that you can almost walk across
N the rocks" We said: lord, |
'hen do you want us to die, we are no
lore afraid of it than to walk to the
ront gate" He said: "Your time
as not come yet" We asked: Lord, |
that have we done that you have Wis
ed and made us so happy to-day"
lie answered: 81 know what you
ave done, and it is all right" He
hen left us and we remained awake
'ithout doing for considerable |
Ime in ecstacy OF bliss.
We certainly did not expect the
ear Savior to return again, but on
he next day about the same hour,
eing ten o'clock in the morning, he
ppeared again on our left side, ex-
city as he did the day before. ARGUS
ig from dose we were at once awake
nd happy. With the same sweet
mile he said: "My son, 1 am come
, give you another short lesson to-
ay. For more than forty years you
ave been preaching and writing on
justification by Faith, the
Witness of the Spirit in regeneration
l assurance to believers, which has
cen attended with some controversy,
ut want you to know from me that
our views are true and strictly scrip
Iral. Continue in these doctrines
nd be faithful and l will prepare the
yer for you when you reach it, as l
Did you yesterday" We had now
luch to mediate upon and to fill us
18th joy the rest OF the day.
On the next day our Lord came
gain at the usual time and in the
sual manner. Approaching us, he
aid: "My son, l want to give you a
'ider view to-day. Think of all the
reachers, whom you knew in former
ears, who have died and crossed yon-
er river" We began to enumerate
! once, and thought of Edward Rob
IT'S, Brother Sidebottom, Father
ames, and list too long to mention
ere. He then resumed: "My son,
icy are all over the river yonder on a
ide plain, and they know you, talk
bout you and say, while they do not
ish to hasten the time, that they all
ish to see you and have conversations.
will keep the river prepared, as l
ave told you"
BY this time the interviews were not
still we did not expect any
lore. One more, however, was to
'llow. The next day the Lord came
gain, time, place and manner being
lie same. Every time he approached
S we were filed with unspeakable
eace and love, which lasted for hours.
lc never sat down at any time, but
eemed to stoop until his face was not
lore than two or three feet from our
wn. On this fourth interview he
aid: MY son, / wish to recall the
'ast to You to-day, think of all the
amp meetings, protracted meetings,
nd ordinary meetings at which you
ave preached for more than forty
ears" Our memory acted rapidly in
eviewing the past. We went to the
fountains and thought of Breathitt,
lay, Knox, Laurel, Owsley and Es-