The Massachusetts Spy

A remarkable instance of the effects of religious enthusiasm is now creating a considerable excitement in the northern part of Philadelphia. A young lady in a high state of enthusiasm suddenly fell into a swoon, and remained in that condition for several days. All efforts to arouse her were ineffectual. Her eyes were fixed, immoveable, and her pulse feeble. Her friends believing her dying, procured medical assistance, and she was at length, with great difficulty, called back to a consciousness of life. She awoke from a dream; said she had been in Heaven and Hell, and told marvelous stories of her discoveries in the course of her migrations. The living and the dead were seen by her in their appropriate state of enjoyment or suffering; and all that was mysterious to her early senses was made plain. These things of course have excited much surprise among the credulous. We understand her visions have been recorded and will shortly be published.

Philadelphia Sentinel.