The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-23

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this car. get out of this car"
l recognized it as the still small
voice that came to warn us of at
preaching danger. 1t was a Fremont
tion received through impression. The
impression came as words; yet l can
not say that | actually heard them
(clairvoyantly) and | am sure that
my friend did not hear them. Suffice
it TO say | needed them. We left the
train, but not until | resorted to lit
tie ruse to meet the prejudice of my
friend, who had no patience with
what she called my "eccentricities -
lacking better word
To prevent any anxiety on the part
of her father, at whose request ! was
accompanying the daughter, imme-
diately tel2graphed him of our delay;
and then, after the train had pulled
out, l took back the little white lie l
had told for the purpose of saving her
life-and mine.
She did not believe my premonition
not then; not until we had passed
safely over that great gully at Ashta-
bula, and she, with shudder, looked
down into that yawning chasm and
partially retlized what might have
been" had it not been for my "eccen-
tricities."
AS is well known, not a passenger
escaped from that sleeper; hence the
question naturally arises, why
should you be the only one to receive
the warning message?"
am not sure that | was, but | am
sure that | was the only one who
needed.
/ am often asked why did not
warn the others. Because the warn.
ing would not have been accepted and
| would have been looked upon as q
fit subject for the lunatic asylum. Be
sides, had the passengers really be
lieved it, there would have been such
an exodus that the railroad officials
would have probably looked me up"
and then locked me up" for disturb
ing the peace.
During the civil war l was, for
short time, quite i'll while in camp
A comrade called at my tent and in
sisted on my going with him to his
tent. l told him that was out of the
question. He was impelled by an un
known power (Which neither of US
then understood) and would not take
no for an answer. He raised me tc
my feet and, with the aid of another
comrade, I was being helped to his
tent, which We had not yet reached
when, with terrible crash, tree fell
across my tent, deeply burying into
the ground the blanket upon which
had just been lying.
Telepathy? l think not Clairvoy.
ance? Without doubt. My own sub
jective mind undoubtedly perceived
the danger, but for some unaccounta
BILE reason my objective mind did not
get the impression. My comrade was
impelled to act quickly. The only
telepathy was from my subjective
mind to his, but that was after the
| danger had been perceived by my
subjective mind. 1t was, it is true, q
roundabout way, but the object was
accomplished. 1t could not have beer
telepathy, as by no possibility coult
the knowledge Of the accident-to-bC
have been in anyones else mind.
The night before Lincolns assas
sination he had a dream of his ap
preaching death, and on the evening
of it's fulfillment he was narrating il
to Stanton. Booths mind was neces
sarily intent on his murderous plar
for days before the assassination, anG
especially so during the hours imme
diately preceding the moment wher
the murderous scheme was to be put
into operation. Lincoln, you will OBJ
serve, was duly warned, but he heed
ed it not. His subjective mind per
ceived it, not necessarily clairvoy
antly, but possibly telepathically, as
it existed in the mind of Booth. II
either case it furnishes us a fine ex
ample of premonition; its origin, its
accuracy it's benefits, when needed;
it's inevitable results when unheeded
In conclusion I desire to say thai
the foregoing articles have been writ
ten with the hope of interesting those
who have heretofore given no though
to the subjects included in Psychic
Phenomena; to clear away the
clouds that have obscured the broader
view of the seeker after psychological
facts; to encourage everyone to steE
over the threshold into that larger
life that awaits them here.
"The Now is eternal and will be for
ever;
There is not a future, nor will there
be ever;
We clutch no Tomorrow no matter
how clever,
It's To-day and To-day tomorrow
comes never.
I know it's so here, and it may be for
ever"
If you wish to come in touch with
your higher self you should learn tt
listen to the promptings of that still
small voice-the sleepless sentinel or
the watchtower of the human soul.
Listen well, heed well, and all viii
be well.
copyright. 1907. by Joseph B. Bowie