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Show DEATH IS RARELY PAINHJU Itnt Oo'itntlona nf ApproarLtnit DImoIu Hon Am l.lttl Kiu.iitu ritjnlilaii. Descriptions of the icnsattouH of tliouo who thought they were about to die, but who puiued luto n more or lets ptofound state of unconnclounuoKS nml afterwunl recovered, though Intcnsa und rcnllLtte, ennnot be accepted us authentic portrayals of tho Ecu:atlons of tho dying, sinco theso perrons did not die, r.nys a medical writer In Koto rield'H Washington. Tho temporary suppenshm of all tho physical signs of llfo. ob lu n trniico or lethargy, may so exactly Kluuilato death that all may n;reo thnt tho person la dead, whllo yet that Indellnablo noiuelhing which holds the soul to tho body remains nml Is cupnblo of reinstating tho common phenomena of llfo. We have no reason to assume that the sensations experienced expe-rienced In pnssing Into thla statu of unconsclousncHS reu.'iulilo the nenin-tions nenin-tions of those who have nctually felt tho earthly house of thin tabernacle dissolved. I'licousclou.incss is not death. It only objectively rescmblos It. 1'hynlelaii'i nt thu bedntdo of tho dying, whllo holding tho lllclicrlug, wrnkenlng pulso boncnth the finger, etigerly watch for boiiio wonl or sign oxprviodvo of tho munitions of np-pi-oachiugdlbsolutloii. Nothing, however, how-ever, of value ever comes to us. In-deeil In-deeil many it llfo goes out leaving behind be-hind clout' Indications that thcro Is no appreciation whatever of tho great ovenJinilowlurf ehnngn that la upon It. even though the mind rcmalim clcur and nellvu lo tho lar.L A mother hearlne wo whisper nt her licsldo: "She Is .lying," opened her eyrniiil replied: ''I'll bo belter In a minute," though when tlio utinuta had elapsed she had given her lint sIrIi her luit lninl tbrtil) A lltlh girl clinging lo her father's hat lone sunny morning wild- ' IHipn, light the lamp. It lsgetlt.igoduvlt,"und iiiiinclintaly oxplroil. A young uisii as' 1: "Why do you all ery? I kl.nl I gee well soon, and foil l'ftjil; on his pillow, dead, l'lu-.tf epiiudiiiis show chnrly that tho putting on of hiimorltility w.isun-lei'itiiipiiulisl w.isun-lei'itiiipiiulisl by senbaltous ludtuiUvo jf tho change. In a great inujorlly of ca'.cs ilenlli Is preeeiled by a i-erlml of uiH-opscIoiiv new, muio or Icis luofoiuiil and of greater or les-t duration. In tlii il..U tho vital rpp.rk goon out paiulemly and without nny ovldoiicu of tho mind bo-lug bo-lug Illumined for u single Initnut liy rolurnltig eounclousni'hs. Deathbeds uru rarulv ualuful |