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and the last. I turned to see the voice, that spake with me, and I saw one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt with a golden girdle." One of the things which our Lord commanded John to write, is a most glorious promise, that he stands at the door of the human heart, ready to manifest himself, even to poor lukewarm Laodiceans; and that, if any man hear his voice and open-if they are made conscious of their need of him, so as to open their hearts by the prayer of faith, he will come in, and feast them with his gracious presence, and the delicious fruits of his blessed Spirit. Therefore the most extraordinary of all the revelations, that of St. John in Patmos, not only shews, that the manifestations of Christ run parallel to the canon of scripture, but also gives a peculiar sanction to the ordinary revelations of him, for which I contend.

Having thus led you from Genesis to Revelation, I conclude by two inferences, which appear to me undeniable. The first, that it is evident our Lord, before his incarnation, during his stay on earth, and after his ascension into heaven, has been pleased, in a variety of manners, to manifest himself to the children of men, both for the benefit of the church in general, and for the conversion of sinners, and the establishment of saints in particular. Secondly, that the doctrine I maintain, is as old as Adam, as modern as St. John, the last of the inspired writers, and as scriptural as the Old and New Testament, which is what I wanted to demonstrate.

An account of deceased persons being found under the earth who were embalmed and some remarks on the wonderful art.

As to the art of Embalming, it appears from a mummy, not long since dug up in France, that this was more completely understood in the western world some ages since, than ever it was in Egypt. This mummy which was dug up at Auvergne, was an amazing instance of their skill. As some peasants were digging in a field near Rion, within about twenty-six paces of the highway, between that and the river Artier, they discovered a tomb, that was about a foot and a half beneath the surface. It was composed only of two stones; one of which formed the body of the sepulchre, and the other the cover.

This tomb was of freestone; seven feet and a half long, three feet and a half broad, and about three feet high. It was of rude workmanship; the cover had been polished, but was without figure or inscription; within this tomb was placed a leaden-coffin,

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his decease; there are only to be seen some irregular figures on the coin: one of which represents a kind of star.

There were also some singular characters upon the bandages, which were totally defaced by those who had torn them. It should seem that it had remained for several ages in this state, since the first years immediately succeeding the interment, are usually those in which the body is most liable to decay.

On this remarkable subject, I beg leave to add an extract from a late author.

"I always apprehended that human bodies after death, if interred, or exposed to the air without any preparation to defend them from the attacks of it, would of necessity corrupt, become offensive and putrify. The art of embalming is very ancient, and was invented to preserve them from this inevitable consequence of death; but that they may remain unputrified for centuries, without any sort of artificial aid, I have seen so incontestably proved since my arrival at Bremen, that I imagine not the shadow of doubt can remain about it. Under the cathedral church is a vaulted apartment, supported on pillars; it is near sixty paces long, and half as many broad. The light and air are constantly admitted into it by three windows, though it is several feet beneath the level of the ground. Here are five large oak coffors, rather than coffins, each containing a corpse. I examined them severally for near two hours. The most curious, and perfect, is that of a woman. Tradition says, she was an English countess, who dying here at Bremen, ordered her body to be placed in this vault uninterred, in the apprehension that her relations would cause it to be brought over to her native country. They say it has lain here 250 years. Though the mascular skin is totally dried in every part, yet so little are the features of the face sunk or changed, that nothing is more certain than that she was young, and even beautiful. It is a small countenance, round in its contour: the cartillage of the nose and the nostrils have undergone no alteration: her teeth are all firm in the sockets, but the lips are drawn away from over them. The checks are shrunk in, but yet less than I ever remembered to have seen in embalmed bodies. The hair of her head is at this time more than eighteen inches long, very thick, and so fast, that I heaved the corpse out of the coffer by it; the colour is a light brown, and I cut off a small lock, which is as fresh and glossy as that of a living person. That this lady was of a high rank seems evident from the extreme fineness of the linen which covers her body. The landlord of the inn, who was with me, said, he remembered it for 40 years past; during which time there is not the least perceptible alteration in it. In another coffer is the body of a workman who is said to have tumbled off the church, and was killed by The fall. His features evince this most forcibly. Extreme ago

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state, and choose the company they would wish to keep in the other world. It is a common thing to make choice of their nich, and to try if their body fits it, that no alteration may be necessary after they are dead; and sometimes by way of voluntary penance, they stand for hours in these niches.

The bodies of the princes and first nobility are lodged in handsome chests or trunks, some of them richly adorned: these are not in the shape of coffins, but all of one width, and about a foot and a half, or two feet deep. The keys are kept by the nearest relation of the family, who sometimes come and drop a tear over their departed friends.

These visits must prove admirable lessons of humility; and they are not such objects of horror as one would imagine; they are said, even for ages after death, to retain a strong likeness of what they were when alive; so that, as soon as you have conquered the first feelings excited by these venerable figures, you only consider this as a vast gallery of original portraits, drawn after the life, by the justest and most prejudiced hand. It must be owned, that the colours are rather faded; and the pencil does not appear to have been the most flattering in the world: but no matter, it is the pencil of truth, and not of a mercenary, who only wants to please.

It might also be made of very considerable use to society: these dumb orators could give the most pathetic lectures upon pride and vanity. Whenever a fellow began to strut, or to affect the haughty, supercilious air, he should be sent to converse with his friends in the gallery: and if their arguments did not bring him to a proper way of thinking, I would give him up as incorrigible.

A TREMENDOUS THUNDER STORM.

The following is an account of a dreadful storm of thunder, lightning and rain, which happened at Athlone, Ireland.

1. A dreadful blast of high wind, suddenly shook and stripped the guard-house. 2. A terrible shower of rain, as if a whole river had fallen on the street, which being forced on by a violent wind, made a prodigious noise as it fell. 3. After the rain a dreadful and terrible clap of thunder. 4. A thick darkness ensued, that continued for half a quarter of an hour. 5. Continued lightning broke out without ceasing, so that heaven and earth seemed to be united in the flame; which was more terrible to the guards than all that happened before, and ended with three claps of dreadful thunder out of a fiery cloud

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