MISSIONARIES.
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Wieland, in his Agathodamon, conjectures
that in the infancy of the human race, men
did, as children do now, confound their past
dreams with real occurrences; that when
they had been dreaming of a dear friend,
they would think that they had been with
him, that thus has arisen the belief in ghosts.


That the visions Of religious enthusiasts
are only intense musings, is rendered more
probable by the accounts given by ST. The
resa, who flourished i'll Spain during the six
teenth century, and wrote her own life,
which is a curious example of the extent
to which this faculty may be acquired by
practice. She thus describes one of her
earliest, we believe her first vision.


Being, one day, in prayer, it pleased our
Lord to show me his hands only, and thev had
such an excess of beauty in them as / am
not able to express. Within few days al
so saw his divine face. Afterwards he
resolved to me the favour that might see
him all. Upon certain day of St. Paul,
whilst I was hearing mass, all this sacred
humanity Of Christ was represented to me,
as it used to be painted, after the resurrec-
ton. This vision, though it may be imagina
rs or representing himselfby way of image to
me, was never seen by me with the eyes Of
my body, nor indeed was another, but only
with the eyes of my soul.