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TESTIMONY OF DR. J. H. JUNG-STILLING. 135
deny myself the honour, Sir, of paying my respects to
you: your writings have caused me to regard you as a
very remarkable man. S. May I ask you where you are
from ? M. I am from Elberfeld, in the grand duchy of
Berg. Your writings contain so much of what is bean
tiful and edifying, that they have made a deep impression
upon me but the source from whence you derive them
is so extraordinary, so strange, and uncommon, that you
will perhaps not take it amiss of a sincere friend of truth,
if he desire incontestible proofs, that you really have
intercourse with the invisible world. S. It would be very
unreasonable if I took it amiss ; but I think I have given
sufficient proofs, which cannot be contradicted. M. Are
they those, that are so well known, respecting the queen,
the fire in Stockholm, and the receipt ? S. Yes, those
are they, and they are true. M. And yet many objec
tions are brought against them. Might I venture to
propose, that you give me a similar proof? S. Why
not ? Most willingly ! M. I had formerly a friend,
who studied divinity at Duisburg, where he fell into a
consumption, of which he died. I visited this friend, a
short time before his decease ; we conversed together on
an important topic : could you learn from him what was
the subject of our discourse ? S. We will see. What
was the name of your friend ? The merchant told him
his name. S. How long do you remain here ? M.
About eight or ten days. S. Call upon me again in a
few days. I will see if I can find your friend.’ The
merchant took his leave and dispatched his business.
Some days after, he went again to Swedenborg, in anxious
expectation. The old gentleman met him with a smile,
and said, ’ I have spoken with your friend ; the subject of
your discourse was, the restitution of all things.
’
then related to the merchant, with the greatest precision,
what he, and what his deceased friend had maintained.
My friend turned pale ; for this proof was powerful and
invincible. He inquired further, How fares it with my
friend ? Is he in a state of blessedness ?’ Swedenborg
answered, ’ No, he is not yet in heaven ; he is still in
Hades, and torments himself continually with the idea of
He
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