Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-02-24

Of US, have life separate from that OF
tho material body.
II was pieht and | was weaker than
before. The Rev. Father A and other
friends had called 20 Gee me aud these
visits had 20 prost-ited me that / could
NOT move without help or speak above a
whisper My friend II. sat beside my
bed. I knew she was there for / could
hear her breathing, but the room was as
dark as pifch aud silent as death Il
might have been about 10 O'Clock. II
was al this hour and under these circum-
stances that the strangest, the most in
eXplicable " my experience occurred.
] do not know for what reason or viii
what object IN view ! left my body. The
movement seemed involuntary, almost nu-
tomato ! slipped ont Of my body as
easily and as naturally rs hand slips out
Of glove and for few moments |
iloatGd above IT,. The air did not seem
to bear me up, but impecd by some
strange force, | rose toward the ceiling
and passed through the roof ~ If il had
been q shadow, and my spirit form a sub
stance. indeed the laws Of nature seem
cd reversed 10 my apprehension. An
substantial things seemed TO be shadows
Offering no resistance to my passage, and
my spirit form seemed to be substance.
Above the roof | threw myself upon tie
fresh night air as "A swimmer does upon
arms AMI man thc air foldnd Hbnn,
mon NV hoson. while n movement with.
In INV chest carried mo forward without
any conscious effort Of my own. The
motion was perfectly delightful nd It's
ease freedom and rnpidity. / rose far
rInyo IA, ro,fs ~ tho iou,cs ,i,ra iLo
s,n,tip@ ,bi,npnvs va, In si,sbt az tb,,,
and tbc street.. o,d nontod tnv,arJ no
city, then on o line above the avenue. on
10 the railroad depot, thence along and
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uItWcr' nis'ics ncluk opcn' Wus III US
u.'l'u M alu XXI Hucn ouls NY , vV'ilrS
SnH s'ih ,iN,ttyi9lNts were ~ ''sIuu III ION.
fusion, w Ilir Noi,vrSu 10" sun ~ u
n'"l my luS n'ttt Su'NrIvsS 's N''e
sn"9iu nave Irlt her bureau III sucn
Couulu9u' y movement huh HiuILi,u
from ne ulrceu9h oil the pel ethrtl,d
I
OIL llitrhuihg mo ne ped Gu"lnDer az such
az Ro1r' nea .1nrouRn tne rpoi ~
Nlheh entered. }heh ! aose mo the
l,lr', iiEhl uPp'r IlV. anu no"uhE nlphE
thc railrond me but eiili 80 i9r above
y mat oould Tonne II 9nly ny lhe iighls
ul'4I il .9 y',irNe. ! ,ooN ny WY S.vn
York city. The sensation OF cnsc. The
freedom and delight of this floating far
above fields and farms, villages and cities,
| IA inttosprI,lJo
hoy,r,.l f,r , nor,e,t and tl,cn divod
| dawn ,ni, tbc nrs,liv sitting roam M
| Sfrs n ,,lrre }ate "a II wos N" an
| ft sunt,or MINK snnc ncnnic v,bnn, rc,o,
| Mod s,,, tbew hisiinctiy 1ni beorJ
| tbcm IAN n scnncI from tbpir CON.
| vrre,tlnt MT tbey wore a thcei.r noTty
| Mi, b,J t,lnp a 10, AMI afier the t,or
f,rmapce III "otne inn,n 10 Iittic
snnW,r" tinoring me name n,c,,ttoteJ /
| discovered thot tbcv wore tolling ~ me-
| Tbcy worc not onIv critirisinr mn gnvrIs
bnt ohnsng Non in ia ,n",f cr1yci Imam man.