ran across this on Thomas Paine and thought it was interesting :
Paine was set to be executed, but escaped it by some freaky chance. “While in prison, Paine narrowly escaped execution. A guard walked through the prison placing a chalk mark on the doors of the prisoners who were due to be sent to the guillotine the next day. He placed a 4 on the door of Paine’s cell, but Paine’s door had been left open to let a breeze in, because Paine was seriously ill at the time. That night, his other three cell mates closed the door, thus hiding the mark inside the cell. The next day their cell was overlooked. “The Angel of Death” had passed over Paine. He kept his head and survived the few vital days needed to be spared by the fall of Robespierre (July 27, 1794)” ~Wikipedia Paine was eventually released after the American minister, James Monroe, put pressure on the French government. Paine may not have believed in God, but I consider this divine intervention.
Here is the site it came from :
http://www.historyconfidential.com/2011/03/how-thomas-paine-kept-his-head/
Paine was set to be executed, but escaped it by some freaky chance. “While in prison, Paine narrowly escaped execution. A guard walked through the prison placing a chalk mark on the doors of the prisoners who were due to be sent to the guillotine the next day. He placed a 4 on the door of Paine’s cell, but Paine’s door had been left open to let a breeze in, because Paine was seriously ill at the time. That night, his other three cell mates closed the door, thus hiding the mark inside the cell. The next day their cell was overlooked. “The Angel of Death” had passed over Paine. He kept his head and survived the few vital days needed to be spared by the fall of Robespierre (July 27, 1794)” ~Wikipedia Paine was eventually released after the American minister, James Monroe, put pressure on the French government. Paine may not have believed in God, but I consider this divine intervention.
Here is the site it came from :
http://www.historyconfidential.com/2011/03/how-thomas-paine-kept-his-head/
