A VOICE FROM A PRISON.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1776, 25 February 1888, Page 3

A VOICE FROM A PRISON.

A REMARKABLE LETTER.

Frederick Plummer a convict m Wellington PaoV, has written a remarkable letter to Dr. Phllson, aaklng bis forgiveness, and offering ouch restitution as is Id bis power. One of his .sentences was for sending threatening letters to Dr Pbilson. He claims to have acted In thin way ns the result of a iupernatural vision, for b> aajß.— " On tho- evening of the 31st of last month I received nothing short, of a dlreot communication to write ibis letter. It came m this wise. I had been kneeling humbly before my Maker, fervently asking Him to guide my. every thought arid word and act, to point out clearly to me the path He would hare me to walk, to ■trengtben me m my weak endeavors to do His will. Sir, not a thought of yon, Id any form whatever, had crossed my mind, and I think I may very truthfully e»y that it b at least ten months snoe yodr name occurred to me m any way as connected with my p>st life.. I could not have beeu lying m my hammock more than two or three minutes when the words 'Dr. Philson ; were distinctly pronounced atond as it ware to my mind, and with an emphasis which any words of my , own wonld be powerless to convey with my sense of heariDg. T have heard your name pronouueed thousands of times as you yourself must know ; but on this particular occasion I heard as I never heard belore, and God ouly knows whether it will ever be mine to hear the like again. It was He who spoke, and none other.-' Tts time now to obey. He who knoweth and judgeth all things knoweth wall what I have written here, and were it my lot to appear before His bar m one moment hence, I would not dare to retract one word of tt at which I have now written. Your name, sir, was alt I heard. I use this word because though no sound was apparent to the outward sense, yet 'he words were most distinctly audible to the mind. Restitution ! The demands of earthly justice 'twist you and T, sir, have been met to the full. This is not ail, for It 1b clearly apparent to me that there are claims other than those of the earth whose demands must likewise be met, and it is mine now to offer to you all that the word restitution can mean, and simply as bearing upon me and the wrong I did yon The jury found me guilty. A more righteous verdict was never proaouuped on earth."—" Dally Times."