News from the invisible world; a collection of remarkable narratives on the certainty of supernatural visitations from the dead to the living / Impartially compiled from the works of Baxter, Wesley, Simpson, etc.

Ottway, T.

Date:: 1844

Credit: News from the invisible world; a collection of remarkable narratives on the certainty of supernatural visitations from the dead to the living / Impartially compiled from the works of Baxter, Wesley, Simpson, etc. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$Extract$ from the Lfe of Mr. Morris, if MiiHchestur. Uri>o one d«y by myself, near the garden, and en- fageu in meditation and praytr, 1 observed a l>eauti- ui white bird, about the size of a pigeon, soaring to- wards the skie<. 1 saiil to myself, “ U that I could fly to heaven, as tlutt bird mounts the air !” 1 had scarce spoken these words, when the clouds divided, and enc!o>«,l the bird in an instant, so that I could see it 110 more. This made such an iinjiression upon my mind, that I dropped down and prai-ed the Lord. 1 afterwards |>oiider«;<l the thing in my mind, not car- ing to mention it to any one. One of my intimate companions was a young gen- tleman of agreeable manners, and 1 was excessively fond of him. We were attached to the exercise of dancing, and liad spent bluster Tuesday in tliat cm- plo^ent, with our aci^uaintaiice, at a public house, with much mirtli and jollity. The Saturday evening after, 1 dreamed that the young gentleman came into my room, and with a ghastly countenance thus ad- dreti>-d me; “John .Morris, I am coiuu to warn you, that if you do nut rejiciit and amend your ways, you will die in a short time, and share the same fate of mi-ery and distress into which I am now involved.” 'J'his alanned me in such a manner, that although asleep, 1 arose up in my bed, and said in the name of the laird, who are you? Are you such a one ? men- tioning his name. He replied, “ 1 um. ,\re you dead t He answered, “ I am.” When did you die, and of wliat disease? He answered, “ l-Lrly this iiight. Then relating the particulars of his disorder, informing me tliat he first felt it in his ham, and that it re.vcheJ his heart in twenty-four hours. He farther declared, that Iris soul arose out of the body, as one awakened from sleep ; that two evil companions were ready to receive him, the one on the right liaud, and$