The Washington herald., 1921-09-27
An Experience.

| To the Editor, Tie Washington Herald:
There is so much guessing about
the soul on the part of Bible
students. ministers, spiritualists,
and even freethinkers. that IT is
time for somebody to give
glimpse Of real facts in life and
death experience. There is an old
adage which says, "One fact is
worth a, folio of fiction" and in
nothing Is 1t as intensely called for
as in clues to the soul and the fu-
ture life.
Owing to a double accident when
a young man over fifty years ago. /
was dead for three hours, having
been divine warned that the acci-
dent was to happen. 1t seems un-
kind to say the least, that the
humble Christian has to see his
body racked and torn for a demon
stration along a line SO spiritual.
but such was the case and 1 have
since been the subject OF many
similar accidents in which the ends
attained related to changes in life
that ! thought improbable. At the
end of three hours 1 came back to
the body. the same as Jesus did
at the end of three days.
Jesus said to the thief on the
cross, while both were suffering
agonies, This day shalt thou be
with Me in Paradise" That settles
it. That thiefs whole heart and
soul were poured out to Jesus, as
were Mary Magdalene's previously.
He forsook all. One day is with
the Lord as a moment. The thief
fulfilled a long time in a short time.
The grace Of God" appeared to
him for the first time in his life
and he did not despite unto 1t. AS
| with the thief and Jesus at death,
so with me-there was no he'll. nor
anything pertaining to IT. There
was not a moment in which there
was anything but life. with occur
rences following each other from
to p. M. each occurrence occu-
pying exactly the same space of
time that we are accustomed to
measure events by on earth. To the
Christian the dark valley of death
looms up only in his imagination
prior to dissolution. To him there
is not a moment of actual death.
/. Pity is that so few know.
npOuN lcCN lEOul lne tdI
two angels six feet tall met me,
porated in a spiritual body. This
was agreeable to the statement of
the Apostle Paul-"There is a
itual body" The angels were
know them. I was somewhat sim
II a QTl ly hAI h.,N - ~
that my outfit was not, as yet. COM
pleted. Ali my individuality was
preserved entire. 1t was not swal-
lowed up as IL ] were a part only
''cf one great whole" as a poet
has said. The earth was lost to
sight and sound. The gentle
music Of the spheres" came ting
ling to my ears. The atmosphere
was roseate. The day was very
cloudy, but knew no clouds
| The escorting angels took posi-
tions about ten feet away on either
side of me. with my head about on
line with their knees or feet. Each
OF them held one hand outstretched
downward, beckoning me on. and
the other aloft indicating the up
ward course to be pursued. This
course was exactly in the direction
Of the North or Polar Star. My
body was lying with head toward
the northeast face downward. The
bodies of the, angels were bent
slightly forward and my body was
bent slightly more than theirs. Not
a, word was spoken, yet we clearly
understood. each other in a way far
superior to earth's intimacies. The
smiles of delight that played over
the angels couhtenances charmed
me beyond anything I had known in
life. I thought IL they alone con-
stituted heaven and filled in long
eternity. would be entirely salts
ted and supremely thankful. Ny
own smiles fell far short of theirs.
We moved apparently about ten
miles an. hour. but IL may have been
less or more, as It is difficult to
estimate speed in the air where no
Ioojects are passed. However, there
was not the slightest brush of wind
against our faces. The power by
which we moved was to me exactly
similar to, that which / have sx-
perienced In dreams when levitated.
The angels did not appear to be
winged, neither was I. The ques-
itfon Is. do angels escort the de-
D-tine souls generally? Presum-