"I only know that I experienced a great shock through my entire
system, as if some mighty bond had been rent asunder. For a moment
I was dazed and lost consciousness. When I awakened I found myself
standing beside the old body which had served me faithfully and
well. To say that I was surprised would only inadequately express
the sensation that thrilled my very being, and I realized that
some wonderful change had taken place. Suddenly I became conscious
that my body was surrounded by many of my friends, and an
uncontrollable desire took possession of me to speak and touch
them that they might know that I still lived. Drawing a little
nearer to that which was so like and yet unlike myself, I
stretched forth my hand and touched them, but they heeded me not."

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"Then it was that the full significance of the great change that
had taken place flashed upon my newly awakened senses; then it was
that I realized that an impenetrable barrier separated me from my
loved ones on earth, and that this great change which had taken
place was indeed death. A sense of weariness and longing for rest
took possession of me. I seemed to be transported through space,
and I lost consciousness, to awaken in a land so different and yet
so similar to the one which I had lately left. It was not possible
for me to describe my sensations when I again regained
consciousness and realized that, though dead, I was still alive.

"When I first became conscious of my new environment I was resting
in a beautiful grove, and was realizing as never before what it
was to be at peace with myself and all the world."

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"I know that only with the greatest difficulty shall I be enabled
to express to you my sensations when I fully realized that I had
awakened to a new life. All was still, no sound broke the silence.
Darkness had surrounded me. In fact, I seemed to be enveloped in a
heavy mist, beyond which my gaze could not penetrate. Soon in the
distance I discerned a faint glimmer of light, which slowly
approached me, and then, to my wonder and joy, I beheld the face
of her who had been my guiding star in the early days of my earth
life."

One of the saddest sights witnessed by the seer at a death-bed is the
tortures