Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-15

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Isaac Kaufman Funk. which found
| its way into the columns OF the press
in 1905, DR.. Funk was quoted as fol-
lows:
IA well known physician In New
York city, n man whose veracity would
| be questioned by no one who knows
him, and also an editor and publisher
| OF reputation. gives me his word OF
| honor as to the truth Of the following
| personal experience. a.ii
! He was alone In Florida when at
| tackled with paralysis. He knew. as a
physician, that he was dying. and as
| previous symptoms told that he would
die in this way he did not wish to
alarm anyone by calling assistance,
believing that death was inevitnble, he (
went to bed determined to watch, as
medical expert tho approach OF dehfh.
The paralysis gradually crept from iiis
feet to his body, and finally he became
unconscious. Then. suddenly, again he
was thoroughly conscious. aud felt h'm-
self wholly free from pain. He won.
dered II this was death. he thought OF
n friend whom he had long known, n
thousand miles distant. In few mo-
ments he was in the presence OF MS
friend at HIS home. saw the members oil
the family assembled. noted what tney
said and what they were doing he
spoke to them. but could not attract
their attention. when suddenly hlS
friends eyes were r.veted on him and
he cried in astonishment: why. Doc
tor. are you here? thought that you
were In Florida, and he stepped for
ward to greet him. Quoting the doc.
tors narrative to me. I felt myself
repealed ut his approach,
The doctor then related number OF
strange experiences through which no
passed that night, and that finally ne
heard voice distinctly say to him'
You can remain here now II you WISH
to. or, II you feel that your work IL
.lindone on the earth. you can return 10
earth. This you must decide Tor your
self After much reasoning and hesl-
'tation he concluded that his work on
earth wns not done. and then imne,
1diately he found himself In his peu
chamber looking at his corpse lying on
the bed, which to his experienced eyes
was that Of n body from which ths
spirit had passed BY supreme CT
my body and found that tho sun was
,,p and the whole night had passed
since had become unconscious.
".That morning. the doctor contin-
ned in relating 1t to me, wrote my
distant friend and told him what nan
seen In his house and what ! nnn
heard him and the various members OF
his family do and say. That same
morning that friend wrote mo a letter.
telling me that he had had strange
experiences the night before; that ne
had seen me IN his room ms clearly as
he had ever seen me before. and that
In establishment he said to me: Why.
Doctor. are you here? l thouEnt You
we're in Florida He added III ms
letter: "As approached you to grasp
Won by the hand you Disappeared. !
greatly fear some misfortune has nap
.rHese two letters crossed. BY after
correspondence tho doctor found that
what he saw and heard In his irieha >
house had been actual facts.
Even il this story Is not accepted
though there is no known reason for
doutting 1t. the cases recorded IN itoiy
Writ certainly prove that the spirit
has an existence separate from the
earthly tabernacle. In the words oil inc
Apostle: .trhere is q natural body
and there is IL spiritual body" q cor.
Is: 443 The destruction OF the first
does not mean the dissolution OF the
latter. This Is the great truth taught
by revelation and .corroboratea .ps
reason.