The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-02-03
PUBLISHED BIZ REQuKsT.l
From Pitts. Christian Advocate, Jan. 24th,
singular Circumstance.
BY REV. II. sINsABAUaH.


! body, / cannot tell, or whether gu
of the body. L cannot toll ; God
knoweth3 such an one caught up to
the third heaven"
1 have been requested by many
persons to give TO the public an ac>
count of 4 veTv singular circum-
stance that has transpired recently
within the bounds of my district
| shall give you names, dates, and
facts, allowing your readers 10
draw their own differences ; and,
desiring that any who may be in
credulous rs 10 The facts may have
the privilege of ascertaining their
verify ; as there are, perhaps, more
than a hundred persons in that
neighborhood, who will readily
bear witness.
On the 7th OF November, Rev. ].
n. Pershing, of tho Salisbury clr-
cult, began Il series of meetings at
kelly's station ON the West Penn.
Railroad, where the Methodists
have a small, unfinished church
and a very feeble society. The few
composing the church were dishear-
tened and seemed reluctant to CO.
operate with the pastor at the be-
ginning Of the meeting. However,
as the work began to take on more
hopeful features. they entered upon
it with a degree of eordlality.-I
While these meetings were IN pro-
gress in tho church, a company Of
Universities met each evening in u
house near by, Cor the purpose of
discussing their doctrines OF belief.
They INDUCED freely in rIdlculing
Methodist doctrines and usages, as
also orthodoxy in general, and did
their utmost TO divert the minds of
the people from the subject of pers-
onal salvation. The pastor was or
derod By certain of :hese 10 erase
from the church records the names
of some CT their young people wh3
had joined the church, at the same
time threatening their children
with punishment should they go to
the altar OF prayer.
During the second Sabbath eve
ming Of the meeting the opposition
became very violent, and the pros-
pect was so d~lscouraging that the
pastor had about concluded TO close
the meetings. A sermon was preach.
ed, however, ami penltents INVITED
forward, when a young lady, Miss
Emeline Taylor, a daughter of Mr..
John Taylor, of While's station, a
young lady of quiet and amiable
disposition, came forward for pray
err.
With the exception Of her mother
aud herself, all the members of the
family were either members of the
U~niversalist Church Or strongly IN
sympathy with their doctrines. One
of the brothers took n very leading
part IN their discussions. She re-
manned at the altar for quite q
length Of time, appearing 10 be calm
in mind, and yet earnestly and de-
voutly looking for the mercy of
Sod. About nine o'clock. her pray
or seemed 10 have been an
swered. Her face wore an express
sion of uAusual brightness as she
looking upward repeated several
tunes with distinct emphases, 40
that beautiful place oyer there
She became entirely unconscious
and WAS carried to u house near by,
it being thought unadvisable to re-
move hor TO her fathers house.
which was about three miles Ills
tant. In this condition she remain
ed for seven days, in the meantime
taking no nourishmont whatever.
On Tuesday she began TO speak
in q low tone of voice and for hall
an hou- told of :hc scenes of anoth-
or world, after which she remained
silent for several hours. She spoke
of having boon conducted 10 the
place Of lost souls, had heard their
IwaiIings Of despair, ard was then
conducted TO the gates of heaven
Her description of what she saw
and heard, was so vivid ard trans-
porting, that the large company
present wept freely. She spoke of
those whom she had known, who
had died, and who were recognized
in glory, clad in shining raIment
with unknown names on their FORE
heads. She called them over by
name, one after another, incluLin.
the names of all the children she
had known who had died, with ali
those. tokens OF surprise and delight
that attended an actual greeting OF
long absent friends.
The first of whom she spoke wero
Two ministers, one was the Rev. A
II. Thomas, of the Pitt burgh Com
ference, the other was the Rev. Mr..
White, ofthe Presbyterian Church,
once the pastor of the church at
Salisbury, but who some years be-
fore had resigned his charge for
another in Ohio. He vas not known
to any present as deceased; but up
on inquiry it was found that he had
died a few days before. OF this ev-
emf, neither Miss Taylor, nor any
nembsr Of her fathers family had
heard.
Persons were recognized there
-whom she did not expect to see.
while others for whom she inquired
she was informed wero not among
that number. Many other things
concerning another world, were
written down and r lying before
me, expressed IN language most
beautiful and appropriate, but
which If gwen would treepass upon
the columns of Jour paper.
Many expedrents were used to re-
store her to consciousness, among
which were singing and animated
religions services, but all without
tho desired effect. On Friday her
friends became very much alarmed,
owing to the opinions expressed by
the physicians that having boon so
long without food she would never