The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-03-30
From the Pittsburgh Leader.

the Ith OF November, the ReV. JoSepi
Pershing, of the Salisbury circuit, be
gan series of meetings at Kelly's Sta
ton, en- the West Pennsylvania RAJ.
road, where the Methodists have ;
small unfinished church and feeble so
ciety. The few composing the church
were disheartened, and seemed reluct
ant to co-opperate with the pastor al
the beginning of the meeting. How
ever, as the work began to take on more
with a degree Of cordiality. While
these me etings were in progress in the
church, company of Uniyersalists met
each evening in house near by, fol-
the purpose of discussing their doctrines
of belief. The INDUCED freely In rldl-
cul1ng the Methodist doctrine and usages
as also orthodoxy in general, and did
their utmost to divert the minds of the
people from the subject of personal sal
walton. The pastor was ordered by GER
tain of these to erase from the church
records the names of some of their
young people who had jained the
church, at the same time threatening
their children with punishment should
they go to the altar of prayer.
During the second Sabbath evening
of the meeting the opposition became
very violent. and the prospect was so
very discoura ging that the pastor had
about concluded to close the meeting. A
sermon was preached, however, and
penitents invited forward when a
young lady, Miss Emeline Taylor,
daughter of Mr. John Taylor, of
Whites Station, young lady of quiet
and amiable disposition, came forward
for prayer.
With the exception of her mother and
herself, all the members of the family
were either members Of the Universal
ist church or strongly in sympathy
with their doctrines One of her broth
ers took very leading part in their
public discussions. She remained at
the altar for quite length of time, ap-
pearing to be calm in mind, and yet
earnestly and devoutly looking for the
mercy of God. About o'clock her
prayer seemed to have been answered.
Her face wore an expression of unusual
brightness, as she looking upward, re-
heated several times with distinct ems
phasis, "Oh, that beautiful place over
there !" She became entirely uncon-
scious and was carried to a house near
by, it being thought unadvisable to re-
move her to her fathers house, which
was about three miles distant. In this
condition she remained for seven days,
in the meantime taking no nourishment
whatever.
On Thursday she began to speak in
a low voice, and for half an hour told
of the scenes of another world, after
which she remained silent for several
hours.
The first of whom she spoke were
two ministers, one was the Rev. A. Ii.
Thomas, of the Pittsburg Conference
the other was the Reverend Mr.. White,
of the Presbyterian church, once
the pastor of that church at Salts
burg.
Many expedients were used to restore
her to consciousness, among which were
singing aud anlmsting religious services,
but all without the desired effect. On
Friday, her friends became very much
alarmed, owing to the opinion expressed
bp the Physicians, that having been SO
long without food she would never be
re tored. The effort was made to give
her some nourishment, but in vain.
She was asked whether she would ever
be able to rise, when she replied, My
Savior has not told me- At different
times she had spoken of her Savior as
present with her as her guide and In
structor. Shortly after this she told
them that her that she might return to
earth on Sabbath evening 1T clock.
This statement occasioned joyous sur
prise to her anxious friends. The ia
Their said that should it thus come to
mss. he would believe all she would say
of the future state.
On Sabbath evening large company
of the neighbors had gathered to learn
the sequel. There was no clock IN her
room, nor any way in which she could
mark the flight of the hours, for her
ewes had remained closed from the first.
At three minutes before nine she raised
her right hand, and waved it as If giving
farewell to persons vanishing in the dis
lance, and then raised her left hand ii
like manner, and at precisely nine clocb
she opened her eyes, spoke greeting t
her friends, began praising the Lord
and called upon those around her Il
ioin her in praise for His great mercy
When asked if she was hungry, she re-
nlied that she was not so In the least
that she had been fed with milk ant
honey, and, indeed, her strength wa:
so wonderfully renewed that in seemed
that she had been feed by an unseel
hand.
The original paper on which thcs
statements were written, as they fe
from her lips, is in the hands of Rev
II. Pershing 1t is most remarkabl
narration of events. and description Q
scenes that she still AYERS were as rea
to her as any other in her whole life
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