Vincennes Gazette, Volume 15, Number 13, Vincennes, Knox County, 28 August 1845 — Page 1

S-'iiSr fvUl? s2?Ss?!2 - J N :-u-v' TRUTH WITHOUT FEAR," vos-r v ? c .

fJI IRIS TFIES

Cr, tha nem2rkab!e Disclos-irea of Lady Oonccraiaj anatlior World. By the He v. II 3i::iT Yorxo, ir?s.'cjm Minister. England.

KECOMMEM) A T O h Y N i )T I C E S. noM the t v e viT-rjr utu iusbos tniriof. Extract of it Idler to the .lathor from ine itcu. st it u; ion 1SH. Jiicinrd jre'Jm:, dale A laHunt, lloxion, June I'J'i. "I (Sink vou wii! do w in publishing l..n ti:rra-;va v. inch v e i kindly smniate to ;nv p i r -i I I ; 1 1 It is ii altogether of an ex y e;irr.K't-;r; and whi;e a maHi s niviJ noon cur credulity, il can : 1 to MwaU-Mi ri'( is thought. l 'faslrs in t;.e :n::!s of a!! who a i-i! it re a.; it w no attention. i a ;ty is f.eart:i? o'lii) !)!! ti; st t'i. v .'o-'i oi m.n ti;ea wi. l rs imn' is H iUt !y di "S'-i.ilu -1 tl, that -jvrev m?vi? t rk in :i'.wre-s, cud t ) coiivinoe mm L,e ca. - ! iii to repusa.ou. Extract t f a Idler from the II v in .it id M niches' er, iir.nat o.. 111. ! in-r a few d.. vs ?i u co in comnanv where our in-ereslitig littie book, 'Tlie 1 nfan-e. rem ale,' u as t i :e su lo-r e t i I' u ver-Ttiiou. a remark was mnle ni 1 to mt ntion liiat I was in whi :h the a where t;o- youn r p Tij rei ie !, about exTraordmarv oc 'sirHie lima w!i"ii if if-rie to:i,v pi ice; and not omy rec-ln-ct-e the exeitement it prodijeed, but souu1 add at on a I Circt): extinct s not stated bv you.' i. AO' fRn-ICtFNT. The disclosures of Mcs 1)taieed in ih-? f illowing pae;e , eonire tluis y t'i at' I and urgent request ot several valued friends. If they !:! ai'd exejie a more' diuen' att'-nnou t eternal t'nn the wr trr will grralv roj oice. and the design of their publication bt fu'l v a i oui,'iiiil. II. Y. London, Ju, IS 1 1. ?;;;:f Ae.; Mm D eX'.'tted coni xvhs not at , F Tilt: TWCLFlir EU'TtOS. . whose disclosures have b-rabie interest and u:euirv. .1 i'uagoi ltive; but possessed firieu so ri- tv of mind, and ha 1, for gome jjpni" pr; 10113 to bf ing en (rs nc lived a t c-r bog to the gospel of Christ. Xor t'li she ever varv her statements of what toe ! shph an i heard in the spiritual w or.ij; t r. ahe.ouj 1 cose:y rateenize l !iv 1 several p-rso'is on the subject, she invariihiy gave ;h-j sa.ei'1 testitu uiv, an-l in a sliott lone brfore her d-ath ?-!em u'y attested it- truth t the author in the prefer.e of ?everal wirufsjes. Her attend mt. to whom she first made lb" ilni'Iosure?. were a'so persons r.f cstabh'saod rehgi-u character, we!! kno-vn t- lh writer; and s ) fir from being a party to an imp mre. they pirved ercat relucpoice to have Miss J) 's comm iii.-r. uo'i m ,.j - j-miic, knoA in j, ;.s they I. i. that such com-jo.nicaiions ciu'd not but t'o cply ( tiei t s.-inc parlies with whom w 're on terms of fnends'op, and I, i. on 't they !i'aniiestiv wi ne s p - r wori; II fe-i i r the s.'une rea-on litis sma'J as no: i!ip'53.a d cooner. 1 I i posii 1c tint some persons may 01 tducational pr jndice against the os,- osers .Miss 1 . triey having fio ii their iiifmey. been tauglit to regard as suoer-iitious ail belief.in supernatural manifestatioiis: but ihe prejt: ; 1 1 1 C e of can );i. however pop-ilar and inlliieiitia . i not a' ways in the side of truth.; for it led th o Je ws, in opposition to the clearest evidence of the Mess'iahsliip of .Tesus, to reject and crucify t'ohr lowly King. lucre (lu'iiv mav. -ro!mblv, arise from the in fmence of philosophy which dogmatically siys, tliat such aw event as the following uarraMve d-Hils could not have tak-n place; but human philosophy ts not a sure guide; for it le i the Greeks to despise the preaching of the cross1, and to regar.d as foolishness what was the whilom of (5 oil: It is re h'y admitted lint the event involves mvsteries not to b explained bv rnan. whatever be the culture of his mind, or the ;rasp of bis intellectual faculties-.-but if we era not to believe any thing which we can not coniptehcn 1. we must sink into atheism and universal belief. N r is it improbable that others may skeptically iii ynro, ' What object is to be secured by such an event?' But this inquiry, very properly, assumes that shortsighted man is oapabl- of seeing the end from the begiuniT!, and of fully no b'rstanding all the mind of God. Osj 'ct of" th- greatest mon)fff"frta'!no a:conp'is'ied by a, although from our limited powers of comprehension, wo may per-j ceive tliem not. The present is a day ofj 1 i . 1 . .. 1 : . c 1 popular siiepticism npm i:ie su-j-c 01 supernatural in anifestatioti, both in the wotl 1 and in the church. It is now con sidered weak and .superstitious to give credmee to Mich tilings; and somo of the followers of Wesley do not hesitate to laugh at what they erdl his 'proneness to superstition.' because he believed in them. I think, therefore, that I can conceive an important end to he promoted bv tho disclosures of .Mis I) : end I shall n- t be astonished if similar . occurences be permitted to rebuke tha infidelity cf the present ft". The author is happy to state thrt, a!

tiio' s m nave pertisci tne pa n;ili wiili

iiepurai iiiinu', n.i tai l a u wn wu:i a . - i i . - i - i s.it'tT, oiiiers, n uu uiesJUi ui Vio.i, have derived from it imioh ;iiruu.ii ron tor ie bad heard of in my nerSiMi- in ditrjrent

prats ot t:ie c.mtjtrv w no havc, on rea l- wto n it ntaned bv tlie aiuel that attt ndin it. been aw.iketis 1 mid uhimatcly led i ed her. yet s'ae ssiJ that seeing tliem was the Saviour: so far tiifreforo, has t'! de-: t o knovv tiiern. She described th se re

sign of the publication been aivoai plis!iol. in tee present edition the ftutnor Iihj aJded the cae of Ann Atierton. who was eniranee i in to ami :n me o t very similar to tliose of .Miss I) Lou lo i, Dec, 13 i I. i , . . t i tsures Tiie word trance, explained in the Lo:iJ.n tCncyel .p.edi.i. fij:ii!te3 a tempo - raiy absence of the sou1; a rapture: a slate

in which thd soul ;s rapt info vinous of found her inoes too r::.r:h!y for that purfuture or d.Mant things. And according pose. While tlms f ivored, tiio missiotnto the leifhrd ParklfuTTf, flie word tnt-sni jriea already referred to, nod other happv a sabred ecstasy, when, the us? of the spirits, sa they glided past her, sweetly external tenses beinr suspended, (J,d re- smiled, and said they knew whence she veals something i:i a peculiar nnuiier to j came, and if faithful to the. grace of (Jo I.

:ns servants, v : ported out of t: uo:nenen fn'l d io are uii ii taken or transin dves. 'J'iiisis p:ie m v.--t-rv, ami tiie rcaluv it wmcit some persons hav e doubted; but, fun' w lihou ; :u consideration. Ialii'ti is ""3i J lii have b -en in a trance: and hivnigtul iiis eye-j one tied therein, we ar1. told that he "saw tin; visions of the Almighty, and knew the knowledge of the Most High.' iVrter was also in a trance noon the houe top, t which place he had r -Hired for prayer, an i received symbolical instructions relativo to his fulure ptoeeeooii,-, v me iientues. And l . nil is i sUiio-t'.i to have been in a trance. ut wl;ct..er in ( 3 l.odv or out of the body it. r-.-slJ not tell; (,., only knew;' but he 'was caught up into paradise, aad hear 1 iin :p"ak;,i),e Word-, 1 . w !ei'!i is not lawi.il S:n:e that period t r a man to utter tlo re have been wtdl-atteste J instances of indiv'hhuls who have been in a similar state; some of which are on record in several hig'dv re-spectab!e publication: and the I Lowing singular relation is intended to add to ti.t ir iHiiobt r. While residing in a British colony as a missionary, I was called one evening t visit Miss t) , who was said lobe dying. .Mrs. 1 oung by whom she was met weekly for religious iii'truction, feeling a deep interest in herspintual welfare, accompanied me to hr resilience. We 1 1 found her in the chamber of a neat little cottage, exceedingly ill, but confiding in the merits of Jesus: and-after spending s me time with her in conversation and prayer, we commend o her to God and ionk our departure without tlu least hope of Mcing her again in this life. Soon af ter we left she set-mod to die; but as the u-sual signs of death, whidi so rapidly developed themsoives in that country, did n i appear. I.t r friends concluded that she was in a trance, and anxiously waited to -o e tiie end. She remained in this state for -evera! days, during w .hi eh period we freq lendy visited her: and the only indications we could perceive that life was not xf.net were a shght foaming at the mouth; an I a litllo warmih about the region of the h iart. She wai watched, wnh urea: int-rcst both night and day; and after being in this state fr ne .rly a weeit P!e opened her eyes and said, 'Mr. C is dead. Mer attendant, thinking thai siie was under the influence of delirium, replied that she was mistaken, as iie was cot only alive, but well. ) no!' sai 1 she: be is dead; for, a short time ago, tis I pas ed the gate? of h-li, I iw him descetnl into the pit, an 1 tiie bine flame cover him. Mr. B is also dead, for he arrived ai heaven just as I was leaving that happy place, ami 1 saw its beautiful gates thrown wide open to receive him: and I heard the host of heaven shout, 'Welcome, weary uigrim; Mr. C was a neighbor. ut a very wicked person: and Air. B , who lived at no great distance, was a good old man, and for many years had hecn a useful and consistent member of the ' 'hi.ireh of God. The parties who heard Mis- D--s stardmg and confident statement", immediately sent to make mqtiiriesi about the two fridivMuals alluded 10, and found, to their niter- atiM:hrrretrt, that the former hid dropped down dead about half-an hour before, while in the act of tying his shoe; and t.hr.l about the same time the lat'er had suddenly passed into the eternal world. For the truth of these lads I do solemnly vouch. She then went oil to trli them where she had been, and what she hail seen and heard. After being sufficiently recovered to !eae the house -she paid us a visj;; and Mrs. oung. as we 1 as nvself, heard from her own lips the following account of what she had parsed through. She informed us that, at the t::ne she was supposed to die, a celestial being conducted her into ;he invisible world, and mysteriously unveiled to her the realities of eternity. first to heaven: but she was '.old that as she yet belonged to time, she could not enter that rl.rio.is place, but onto b itwmch she represented a; tchni ely exceeding in beauty and splen. door the most elevated conceptions of ui rlal?, and who?? g ory no language, could describe. She told us that she beheld the Saviour up an a throne cf light and glory, surrounded by four and twenty ehlers.and a gree.t multitude which no man can nuince ih- well knrm- account of the trsace rf tlie Rev. William Tonnent. a teamed and emi. needy pious minister of the Presbyterian church.

in.". wiii.m .-',e r.-eii.'ii'z ; J pMri i i . . aret, aa l pi panels. a:ul annsUes rihI 1 1 a r ivr", an i su uic misi.nihrr'S i!it had used in that O'l'ony, besides manv otiiers wiimn me ineiiti.'uod and allium 'h iluise n.irties ' Initial spirits as beirijr variously employed an aithoue;n she f-dt herself itrulequate to convey any definite idea of the nature ol thai employ men:, yet it appeared to be adapted to their mental tastes and spiritual attainments, bhe al-o in for me I us that she heard sweet an 1 most . enranturin J mut such as sheliad never heard before j atvi mad ft several iiUempts to c'ivo us some idea of its melodious character, but she would in a short time b e a ' I m i i tod in j to th-i r delightful society. All the orders i f heaven to in perfa.'t and blessed mrImoiiy cared to be directed in ail their m 'iveuints bv a in vsterious influence ! proceeding from the throne of (lod. She was next conducted to a place -whence she had a view of he, which she described in tne most ternhr. language and declared that the horrid shrieks of lost sjiiri.s sttil seem -d to soiiii.l in her ears. As s:ie appr-xi -lied the burning pit a tretnetid.tu dlort waa m .!e to draw her into it; but she f.-lt hers-lf safe under the .roteoti"ii of her guanban angel. S:ie r-icogmzed many in that place of torment whom she ha I known on earth, and even sonic who had been thought" good ( ' irisiians. There were princes grid peaHu:s, rich mid poor, learned and unlearned, writhing together in one dreadful unquenchab'e tire, wh-re all earthly distinctions and titles were forever at an end. Among them she bdield a Mis W ii iv ho tiad occupied a prominent .station, but had d:e 1 during the trance of this young woman. She said that when Mis V saw her approach, her shrieks were appalling beyond the power of lan guage to describe, and that she ma le n des perate b it unsuccessful e If r t to esca Tiie punishment of lost souls she repre sented as symbolizing the respective sins which had occasioned their condemnation Miss W , for instance, was con dernned for her lovo of money, which I trad fvrry reason to -belfg-m-t-ssnts- h'f k veiling sin; and she seemed robed in a gar ment of gold, all on rire. Mr. O whom she saw, was lost through intemperance; and lie appeared to be punished by devils, administering to him some boil1 )g liquid. She s.aid there was no avrnpaiiiy among those unhappy spirits, but that unmixed haired, in all its frightful forms, prevailed in every part of the fi--ry regions. Sh beheld parents and children, husbands and wives, and those who ha-,1 been companions in sin, exhibiting every mark of Jeep haired to ecu other's society, and heard them in fiendish ticcrnts upbraiding and bitterly cursing one another. She saw nothing in h-il but misery and despair; she heard nothing there but most discordant sounds, accompanied with weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth. While she gazed upon this rev. ling scene, in oiy 3Hi!s arrived from earth, and were greedily seized by innumerable devils of mous'ious shape, amidst horrid fdiouts of hellish triumph, and tortured according, to their crimes. This foaiful view of the state of the lost agrees w ith the testimony of S. T.. whose case is recorded in Mr. We-ley's Jo-ir-na!. She tells us that while in her trance, the place of the condemned was unveiled, and she -saw vast numbers who stood up cursing and blaspheming God, and spitting at each oilier. And manv were ma king balls of fire, and throwing them at one another.' She also 'saw many others who hail enpa of tire, out of which they were drinking down flames; and others who held eirJs of fire in their hand, and seemed to be playing with them.' From the gaieof hell Miss I) was conducted to another position, whence she ha 1 a view of heaven and hell, and earth: and she described earth as appearing like a vast stage crowded with human beings, and full of confusion and blood. From this stage persons were continually stepping oil"; ami others were rapid!' approaching its edge, and would very soon disappear, amongst whom was Mrs. L . an intimate friend of ours, who died a fortnight afterward. Other persons whom she named, wtre represented as near the edge of the stage; and although quite well when she made this communication, did, in everv case, shortly afterward leave this probationary state. One of trie davs in which Miss I) lay entranced was the holy Sabbath, and she told us that she knew where I and my coiieage preached on that day; from each chapel she perceived holy incnse rise, which she !e-scni-e .1 as migong together and coming up before the throne; then taken by the Saviout and presented to the Father, while angels and all the company of heaven rejoiced together. She also slated, that during one of Mrs. Young's visits to ihe housA where she lay entranced, sha saw her sitting by her bed-side, reading to the family a chapter out of St. John's Vol. iii. pp. 3T4-33S, Am-r. Edit.

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- , Ciuspel. an;! thtn saw her kneel down ai:d

- ' pray wiihtijem. Siie like wisp gav us to utuirstdtid tnat tiintltr, utider none ol us (orifn or nnnhtkatiuns, is rov ' lion to tjie vision or iiuvements ol spirituat 1113. etie was next taken to a puira where she saw the moral tat 3 of the world svmA fe holding a premiio-nt ' situation in the church, was represented as j sitting under a tree nf most luxuriant and I beautiful foliage, with a lon tuba in her Imoutti, by which she was drawing people I to her. and the conducting an-jel informed ! .Mi.s 1) -that the tube imhcated the p 1 we r of this female's persuasive language, the foliage ot the tree Iter religi us profession, ami its trunk the state of her heart. On looking at the trunk, she beheld that its corn was rotten, and full of venomous reptnea. Miss Dtold this to the. innate m question: an I from the 1 unchristian temper she manifested on the occasion, and her subsequent conduct, she fully proved the correctness of the representation. Another female, a professor of religion, highly respected f.-r her apparent piety, was represented to her as having yiel led to temptation, and withdrawn lir heart from God; and w hen her backsliding was announced in the world of spirits, iMiss D looked towards the Saviourtand thought she perceived the appearance of blooi trickling from his wounds.! as if 'crucified afresh.' (fleb. vi. )'; When Miss 1) was at our house, she sent for this female, and, in the presence of Mrs. Young anil myself, told her" the above; and, according to her penitential acknowledgement, but to our utter astonishment, it was a correct view of her spiritual state. Miss I) had likewise Cha- ukoojI -condition and perilous clrcuinst ances of a yojnj nun brought before her. lie was in possession of religion, was represented aa assailed by a very plausible temptation, and would make shipwreck of the faith if be did not resist it. She made this disclosure to him also in our presence; and after some evasion on the subject, be appeared greatly agiia ted, and declared that such was his templation, although he had mentioned it to no one. For some time ha resisted, hut fi1 1 1 1 1 naily ell into tiie snare; and his experteuco proved the correctness of Miss 0 s commmunication. A lady whom she named was represented to her as attired in the purest white, and surrounded by a number of little children, whom she -ftiri vhv-u u-aah i - -) re water, that they too might be white and clean; and the angel told her that th lady's robe was indicative of her purity of heart, and her holiness of life, and that her employment symbolized the nature and efT-'cts of her exertions in the church of God. 1 was well acq minted with this lady, and could bear wanes lo the correctness of this nictun-; (or she was, in my opinion, one of the holiest of women, and was exceeding 1 ly iiseiui to ohimren and young people; indeed, t :e honored instrument of bring ing many of them to God. Another lady she described as standing at the entrance 01 tb,.-" path leading to eternal life, with a book in her hand, and crying lo the gid ily multitude, 'Come back, this is tfao way, Come back, and walk therein.' This' ia Iv. who was we'd known to the writer, had made manv sacrifices for the cause of Ghrht, and waa, 1 believe, doing what she could to bring poor wanderers beck to God. Manv other tilings were mentioned by her, but which I cannot no .v so distincdy remember, as lo warrant my making any 1 r- 1 t im record ot to.em here. I here was a strange unearthlmess about this young woman, af- . 1 ill in ter ttii3 remarKauie event. 1 reviousjy, her disposition was rather sullen, and ther was n impression of sourness on he countenance; but the change produced by this occurrence was manifest to all who knew her. Her temper became the most amiable, an 1 her countenance, was lighted up with more than ordinary jov. But, strave to say, in a few mouths she allow ed herself to be exalted above measure through ihe abundance of the revelation and consequently lost much of her glory. but the rod of affliction led her to recover her forfaited enjoyment, and in about three years alter this trance she died happily in the Lord. No person is, perhaps, more disposed o scrutinize an 1 to reject the disclosures of what are called trances and visions than myself; yet, when they furnish so many marks of genuineness as those of Miss I) , I think they should be allowed their proper weight and influence in con firming and illustrating the doctrines of revelation. There is nothing in Miss I) 's disclosure inconsistent with that Book which is to be a light unto our feel, and a lamp unto our paths, and by which we are to regulate our faith and practice; but, on the contrary, there is tha most perfect accordance. The Word of God informs us that there is a world of spirits into which men enter on quitting thh life, and are happy, or otherwise, according to their moral character; ami if the herd should, in some cases, for reasons best known to himself, lift the veil which conceals from our view that spiritual region, we ought not to reject the light thus let in upon us, but rither avail ourselves of its assistance for the better understanding of ".She now in the plate of ymbol.

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ottier state ot ex sience. W ith resprt to the locality of the world of spirits, coejeeturo Las betn b.isdv hod fiunfiiliv cuijdoved S.nn? suppose that it is the sim; others thai it is in tiie centre of tho vast nniverse, attr netin an I jovernine; all the celestial bodir? in their revolutions: but the opinion which to me anj pears the most plausible is that of its being in te atmospheric region, and con sequently all around us. It is true we perceive it not, because our 'senses a-re holden.' Our physical nature is supposed to be the veil separating between us and the invisible world: but when this veil is removed by the ham! of death, our souls will at once find themselves in thai world, and discern things which, though now present, are not seen, b-cause spiritually discerned. Tnis view of the subject seems to be countenanced by the Scriptures. The' mountain appeared covered wiih spiritual beings when the Lord, in anwer to the prayer of the prophet, opened the eyes of his servant, or drew aiide the veil. ("J Kings, vi, IT.) Stephen, ai t:ie time he was about to suffer martyrdom, 'saw the heavens open, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.' Believers are to be 'caught up to meet the Lord in the air;' and the ministering spir .5 which 'minister for them who sha'l be heir of salvation,' 'do always behold the t tee of our Father which is in heaven.' They do not leave the spiritual world to perform their ininhtraiion?, but aie in heaven, it would seem, at the very time tuey are 'encamping round about liien. that fear the Lord.' It is true tint this view, as well as odwrs, relative to the abode of separate spiiits, involves dill:ulues .tiQt to be. spired in this imperfect stale; but it nevertheless appears to receive some sanction from the word of God. and is. in my estimation, more consistent with the condition of being entranced than any other opinion he d on the subject. It is also a very generally received opinion, thai spirits know each other in the invisible world. The rich man knew Abraham and Lazarus; and the Apostle, rtfeiring to a future state, tells us that ihen shall we know as we are known.' According to the testimony of Miss D , she knew, without being informed, the variou." beings she met with in the world of spirits. It appears to be a region of knowl edge intuitively obtained, without any la borious effort or inquiry. This view of ihe tubjjict is csiulaled. to. sisikaierror into the hearts of those who, by their ne!1 ect or influence, destroy souls, as it supposes they will know their victims when they shall meet them i.i the worid lying beyond the tomb; but it is a view well adapted to excite pleasurable emotions in ihe breasts of those w ho 'turn many unto righteousness,' as it encourage? the hope of reeognui-ig their 'spiriuial children' as their -crown of rejoicing 111 the presence of our L uil Jesus Christ at his coming.' Tii ere is another opinion, etileitaine I by some persons, which does iioi appear to be without foundation in ihe Word of God, that the inhabitants of eternity know wiiat is taking place in this world. The temptations presented o the mind by wicked spirits, Uia guardrausbTp'of nugehc beings, tiie crowd of witnesses represented by the Apostles as looking from their p'aces ot rest upon Christians running the race set before them, and the joy fell in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. certainly very strongly countenance the oninion. This also agrees with Miss? I)- - statement. for she told us most distinctly that the state and circumstances of the population of our globe were fully known to the inhabitants of the other world. How startling is the thought! What manner of persons ought we to be, in all holy conversation and godliness? If earth is without a covering to eternity, with what circumspection ought we to walk! Now, if these things be so if there bp a state of fulura rew ards and penalties, on which we must enter on leaving this stnte of trial; how important it must be freter nal things exert their dua weight and in fluence upon us, t!i3t w hen wef-ol on earl! we may bo received into everli-ting hah ilations! Were we to judge of tiie rela tive claims of time and eternity by il" general deportment of men. we shouh conclude thai the former was far more im peraiive than the latter; the peiisbm body more valuable than the immortal soul and the pleasures of sin. which are but for a season, more to be desired than ti oe unfading joys which are at God's right hand in heaven. One of the persons that Miss D saw in torment had been in the habit of violating the Christian Sabbath bv matters ot worldly business. 1 more than once reproved her for it, warned her of her danger, and exoried her to flee from the wrath to come. She acknowledged the propriety of my remarks, but, like many. pleaded br eecular engagements, and expressed a hope, thai, at n i very !.-iant pe riod, she Would be able to rrlire from business, and attend to her son). Unhappy woman! Procrastination has ruined ma ny a soul, an l it ruined hers far, w hile she was about to realise ail that h-r earthly mind bad long snd anxiously desired. the messenger of death suddenly and unexpectedly blighted all her hopes, abruptiy put an end to her mortal hie, and Mis D saw her :n hell lift up her eyes,

vtm vvisr. t iat they under-;.-.),! w,h that they W 0 ! I C' 'Usui IT i:i r e n l; : I! e tJ r . arc von prt jnrpd u or!. if I f i ; rnife-u' . yen s. ior ano'her re not f-r, except ve rrpmi ve all I isi. it unoe. teviiig. you are not ior, without Gob it is imp us'lale to phas-j God,' and 'lie that beiieveth not sha'l be damned.' If tinre gene rule, you are not for 'except a man be bom again h a can not see the kingdom of God.' fun'tdi, von ait not for 'without holiness no man shall see the Lord.' Sueh is the testimony of God. 'Hi- that hath ears to hoar 1 ." it- r. let m 'earl Burying- Alive. In France, there has been much discussion recent!-, in relation to premature interments. Le Guem. author of a work on ihe subject, lias petitioned ihe King and chambers for the adoption of measure to pre vent tiie occurrence of this horrible calamity. Among the cases enumerated is that of a young b male, in one nf the provincial towns, who lir-d twice in her life been in a trance, from which she tiad recovered. She died, as it then appeared, for three physicians, who w-ro called in to examine the body of the young woman, declared that the was po-i;ielv dead. . Considering, however, what had previously occurred, the auihori.'ies of the place permitted the body to be kept above ground for brie week, unles decomposi ion .should in the meantime take place. The week passed without any symptoms ot decernp ;s"aion, and three days more were allowed but at the end of that time the inbummation was peremptorily ordered. Tiia body was in ihe colnii. ihe lid of which wes about to be nailed down, when another young female, who had been a school companion of the supposed deee-ased, kneit down to ki-s her lor the last lime. As she remained in this position for nearly five minutes, her friends be-am.' alarmed lest grief an 1 agitation should be, erne too great, and were about to tear her fr-.ei the body, when she warned them otf with, her hand, exclaiming, at the same tiuu, 'File n'est pas marte.' In kissing the lips of the supposed corpse this female had fancied that the body had breathed, and breathing in her turn into her men tli, she soon convinced herself that her imagination ba l not deceived her. In ten minuiti. it was evident to ai! present, bythe application of a glass over the mouth, that the breath had not depatted entirely from the body, which was then lemoreJ from the coffin and placed in a wr.rni bed. In an hour, by the use of restera.ivas, tho poor girl, who was before n i..e phut of being consigned t an untimely tomb, wa able to speak. Iler statement was a harrowing one. She said that sh ail along had been quite conscious of what was passing around her, but incapable of making the least sign to show thsl she was not dead. She had even heard the bP lolling for her own funeral. She reeovmed entirely, and lived several ye-irs. Stturdai Courier. Gen. Jackson's last Will and Testr.incut Lx tract froiii n letter from Nashville. datfd June 7th, to a gentle-man in Washington City. 'd'he last will an 1 testmnent nf tin o!I hero was this day approved in our county couri, and of public recud. He com mences by giving bis body to ihe du-t. whence it came, h soul to God that gave it, $c., devoting his estate, fir-o 10 the. payment of two debts, viz: one of$J. (K, with interest, borrowed of Gen. V auehe, of New Orleans; another of s:10,i 0 , with interest, borrowed i f Biair & Rives; and tho balance to his son, Andrew Jackson, Jr., with the exception of a few servants to his grand children. 'The sword presented him by the State of Tennessee, he gives to A. J. Done!son, (bis nephew, now charge d' affairs at Texas.) The sword presented lorn a! N. Orleans, ho leaves to Andrew Jaekeuti Coffee, the son of bis oh friend General Coffee. The sword and pistols which ha carried through the British and Indian wars, he ieaves to Gen. R. Armstrong. The pistols of Washington, by him given to Laf ayette, and bv L-ifa et'o given to .h 'lson, he leaves to G Washington Lafayetie. Sundry other presents made him. during his f rig and eventful carepr, are lull with his adopted son, with instructions to him, that in the event of war, they snail, upon the restoration of peace, lie distributed among those who have conducted themselves most worthy of their country in the opinion of their 'countrymen and the ladies.' It is dated, I think, in September, 18 1 1. and revokes a will made by him several ears before. Corns. As every one seems to be familiar with thes,; pamful excrescences, wo extract the following mode of cure which is well worth trying: 'Take a ema'l piece r f flannH which hrt not yet been washed, w rap or sow it armir. 1 the corn or tor one thickness will ho sufficient. Wet the flannel where lb place) is, night and morning, w- l fine s wee t od. Renew th fi 4 on el weekly, tol t the same time pare the corn, which w.il soon disappear. tC7To him that toils ihe. way is seldom wanting.

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