The Red Cloud chief., 1901-06-07
NJ rNIN ~ DEATU.
In VANS Last Moments n. u.. p.,,.
ot Niud nnd uod,

s'rNat'us ut the i.Lcuntrcna VI lc,th ,u
it's many forms "ln his last suprctpe
moments man has NO need ,nr sol,It,.,l
ar rh Sir'i comfort III, r,ace nf mind
ana body ar" his without the aid of prIcs,
ar physician. either
DR. Stringiicld holds thar dissolution
not only is painless. but that tho diving
" conscious at all becomes rcrnucIled I,
the approach ur IT, THIS welcome to tho
d'SuoN'r may II" cNtcndcd only a minut.
hci"r" li" goes out. or the patient may
nave neon awaiting his coming for weeks
and months
= nave found that most persons under
! thirtN-tNc years old make u fight for uro
To almost the last moments" said pr
Stringirld. beyond thirty-six aud forty
years. something In the contemplation nr
death r"cuncilcs them To IT, or else they
welcome II as n release from cares pnd
responsibilities. The strong Young ma
tur", making it's instructive fight against
h'ath may b" In mental protest almost
! I" IN" last moment, whereas n man OF
| httN years probably would realize his no.
| SUlon anu await the end calmly pcrhaps
Tor hours Rut in that supreme moment
| or passing, each would find the pcac, of
leaving life
i!!asAT; =: :Aasa- 4. ...;., - tAe.-.-..roo,
mysteries cf death. Even when tho mind
has b"c"m" completely rccnnciIcd :,
death, We nnd the whole physical frame.
| work hghting II. There ~ the n,usculnr
struggl" for breath, sometimes To rho
| ihst Even when "A man has been dead
| Tor hours his muscles will twitCh and
react from the irritation of electrical
! currents Yet the mind of the dNirg one
may hav" welcomed death ~ a boon.
| aI,ly,,
| may have much to dc with rrcuuciIiu,
"a pcrs"n To death long before It comes,
Then many persons In normal health
! tire pf living. Not for any ono reason
but bocaus" they have figured that l,f,
! isn't worth the trouble Two r,m,,l,.
able cases OF tn" KIND are under my OH |
sorNation now. They are a widow aud
her dduEht"r-in-law They are not
morbid. They would never commit sui. |
eide. but they would not care II death /
should come tomorrow. There Is every |
reason for their living. too. They are /
wealthy move In good society and are |
unusually intelligent.
TAX" thos" two women. and other |
conditions being equal. they will die
much more easily than one who has
never thought OF death. No acute dis.
ease. either could shake them In their
desire for death The mind is dominnn,
over the body"
Illustrating this fact. DR. StrngroId
told Of a cas-" "A few years ago which
had impressed him deeply. lie WAS I'm
general practice at that time and wns
called to see woman supposed to bo
dying. Her husband was rather dis
soute. and often had III treated her ON
that morning he had been harsh with
her and when the doctor arrived he
found the woman IN only a semi.con-
scious condition, with a three-year-old
daughter looking on in wondermant and
awe. The mothers one fixed idea was
that she wanted to die.
she was close to IL at that moment
said the doctor, but | fixed my eyes on
hers and slowly and distinctly kept re-
peatinG to her; No. you must not die:
you must live for YOU" little girl
After time she seemed influenced
by ny steady gaze ana rep ated words
OF advice ! had occasion to go into an
other room tor water and | heard her
r)usinS up, say sharply 4 won't go
] won't die-leave mo for my little girls
sake She was hotter wr'n I went in
and she grew better and finally we'll
"A year later she came to my office,
deeply In earnest, saying she wanted to
tell me something. She asked me If I re-
called leaving the room that time when
she was ~ near death I told her that
! did: also that | had heard her say she
wouldn't die She seemed pleased that I
remembered. and she told me that while
was out small. bright light had come
through the wall at the foot OF the bed
ana came closer and grew larger until
the hgure OF Christ had stepped out Of II
IN blue ilame. beckoning her to come IL
was To this figure she had spoken. 1t
mad stood for just moment In sorrowing
posture, then had stepped into the cloud
OF fire and disappeared as 1t had come
The woman said she had often wanted To
tell me or the incident, but was afraid to-
and to show how earnest she was, even
a year after the incident, she thanked me
with tears In her eyes for not laughing
at her story OF what she believed was
a divine manifestation"
DIR. Struggled believes that a persop
may die In fun possession OF his fscuI
Ties up to one minute or less, OF final
dissolution.
In the case of the man Rigby who
hied In the Grand Pacific hotel a short s
time ago, ne was conscious to the last
moment He talked OF Yorkshire, OF his
wife, and of half a dozen other things {
lie could have been asked a question con-
cerning any period or his life and he {
would nave been able to answer It five {
minutes before he died. His was no un- d
usual example either. Sometimes IL looks d
is though there was a clearing up of the
brain or man until his faculties are 1
teener than normal when he IL on the v
threshold OF life. y
mo doubt there are visions and halm-
Just at the point Of death q
Things get far away. They see trees and T.
streams and meadows. / recall the case q
II woman who was dying. Her hus- a
'and was at the foot OF the bed. crying. s
when ! spoke to him telling him II ne (,
Wished 10 have a minister present he r,
would better send for one IN
But the woman heard me. She started Il
p In fright, exclaiming that she was not In
ong to die; that ! had no right 10
rghten her 80, She was shaking with .,
he fright of the suggestion. | tried TO ~