Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-07
ODD INCIDENTS IN AMERICAN
 HISTORY
obD CASE OF WILLIAM rENNENT.

ODD CASE OF WILLIAM TENNENT.
 During the Revolutionary war two 6f the most ardent loyalists to the Amerieah cause were the Revs. William and Gii- Bert Tennent. Dr. William Tennent Mas the pastor of the First Presbytefian church at Freehold, N. J., for forty six consecutive years, and at his death 6h March 8, TIT, his remains were bufiea under the middle aisle of the church. He was ohs of the most faithful ministers 6i the day and his name is wiatfy known in connseti6n with curious pAysisiSk4s2t and psychological rhsh6mtH1, st NAasA he was the subject
 Dr. Tennsiit had aprAsa hifhskik eiassL y to theological studies lifatii Ais hsaith suddenly gave way. FSf tnfee days he remained in a cataisptic sttfs, e6fafh6hiS called a trance" of app4rent death of the body, while the interior life IS active He had become eHiaciated, His lifS vas despaired of, and one morning. Nhtie of his soul, he faihtsd and seesasd to ex- nire. He was laid out and treS6fatioaB were made for his funeral.
 pr. Tennent's physician, who Vas ab- sent at the time, was much gfievea upon his return. His skill dstsetsd Ayfhpt6fns Of life, and he desifsd d poatpSnefneht of burial. The body VAS cold ana sti6, there were no signs of life t6 the esaafs6h apprehension ahd his bf6thtr insisted that he should be buried.
 But the entreaties Of the physician pre- vailed; the funeral was bostp5ned. On the third day after his appAfeht aAath the people were AsseMA6ied to kafJ hifii. The doctor, who Rad been at his siaS from the beginning, still Insisted tbah applying reStoratives Ths h6df a6DSiht- ed for the burial arriYkd and the brother of Tennent impatieatly demanded that the funeral cereinonies should be per. formed.
 At that moment, to the alarm ef al present, MT Tennsht SpeAed his eyes, gave dreadful grSah ana felapaed again Into apparent lifelessness, This move ment was twice repeated after an inter- val of an hour, when life periiAnsntIS remained and the patient slowly reeoy- cred.
 MT. Tennent has left the feiIo%inF graphic account Of hts feelings Whiie hib body was in a state of cataIepsy: While Was e6hvsrsiiiE win ny brother on the state of my soul and the wears I had entertained for my future welfare, found myself in an instant In another state of e,-i.Ience under tie direction of Supreme Being, who or dered me to felie<F Him. I was accord tlSly WaHteu along, Knew not how, bDt beheld at distance an ineffable' glory the impression of which Oh my mind 1t Is impossible to cefafaunicate to mortal man. I saw an innuMerabie host of haS. 1 py beings surrounding the inexpressibis glory in acts of adorati6f4 and ioyods worship, but I did net see any bodily shape or reprssentatisn h the tlorisae 1 appearance.
 "I heard things unutterahit. I hears their songs and halleln3ahs ef thanksgi5. l Ing and paises with tinspeAkable raptufk I felt joy unutterable and fail of ElorS then applied to my conductor and rS uuested leave to join the happy threnk upon whieS he tapped me of the shouIdE, and said: You must re4iirn te the earth.
 Ir an instant I reeoitset ts have seeh
 my brother standing bSfsf6 me dispu{ Ing with my doctor rAk three days dur 1 ing which appsased Tfeiezs seemed t
 me not more than ten 8r twenty rni4uteS
 The idea of returning t6 tAis world 5,
 sorrow and trouble save me such q shees that I tainted r6peatediy.'
 This story is told in his 'Iiiee ef Wi
 liam Tennent" by no lass afl ehninen
 man than Elias Boudinet, LfA D. Tfias,