Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-03-15
A GIRL OF ANOTHER PERIOD.
A Young Lady who was in Heaven for n
Week returns to Earth on Sunday
Evening. t'LE. .-+

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The Rev. Ii. Sinsabaugh relates the
following singular circumstances: On
the 7th of November, Rev. Joseph N
Pershing, of the Salisbury circuit, began
a series of meetings at kelley's Station,
ON the West Penn. railroad, where the
Methodist have small, unfinished
church and very feeble society. The
few composing the church were ,dlsheart
ened and seemed reluctant to cooperate
with the pastor at the beginning Of The
meeting. However, as the work began
to take on more hopeful features, they en-
tered upon it with degree of cordiality.
While these meetings Were in progress in
the church, a company of .Universalists
met each evening in house near by, for
the purpose of discussing their doctrines
of belief. They indulged freely in ridi
culing Methodist doctrines and usages,
as also orthodoxy ia general, and did
their utmost to divert the minds of the
people from the subject of personal sal
vation. The pastor was ordered by GER
tain of them to erase from the church
records the names of some of the young
people who had j,ined the church, at the
same time ,hreatenin. their children with
punishment should they so to TIE altar
of prayer. p .- ,el -aa .-r sr.
Durlng the second Sabbath evening of
the meeting the opposition became very
violent, aud the prospect was SO dis
couragIng that the pastor had about con-
cluded TO close the meetings. \ sermon
was preached, however, aud peutents in
vited forward, when a young lady, Miss
Emeline Taylor, a daughter of Mr.. j John
Taylor, of White Station, a 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 Universalist
Church OF strongly in sympathy with
their doctrines. One of her brothers
took very leading part in their public
discussions She remained at the altar
quite length of time, appearing to be
calm in mind, and yet earnestly and de-
vouily 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 repeated several times
with distinct emphasis, "Oh, that
Jeaui!Jm place ocey there ~ She became
entirely unconscious, and was carried to
a house near by, it being thought unad
visable to remove her to her father 5
house, which was about three miles dis
tant. In this condition she remained for
seven days, in the meantime taking no
nouri.hment whatever. 3D..
Tn Tuesday she began to speak in a
low tone of 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
minister one was the Rev. II. Thomas
of the Pittsburg Conference, the other
was the Rev. White, of the Presbyte-
rian Church, once the pastor of the
church at Salisbury.
Many expedients were used to restore
her to consciousness, among which were
singing and animated religious services,
but all without the desired effect. On
Friday her friends became very much
alarmed owing to the opinions expressed
by the physicians, that having been so
long without food, she would never be
restored 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
Saviour has not told me-" At different
times she had spoken Of her Saviour as
present with her as her guide and instruc
tor. Shortly after this she told them
that her Saviour had just informed her
that she might return to earth on Sabbath
evening at nine o'clock. This statement
occasioned a joyful surprise to her anx-
ieus friends. The father said that should
it thus come to pass he would believe all
she would say concerning 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 eyes
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 III
like manner, and at precisely nine clock
she opened her eyes, spoke a greeting to
her friends, began praising the Lord and
called upon those around to join her in
praise for His great mercy. When
asked if she was hungry, she replied that
she was not so in the least; that she had
been fed with. milk, aud indeed her
strength was so wonderfully renewed
that it seemed as though she had been
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