The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-02-17
Yours, respectfully,
Vu4si AOsPONEIUIIyi
j. 2. MoLANE.
SArrsRuRe. Feb. 18th. 1871


Rev. j. P. McLAxE:
Dear Bro:-I received yours Of the
9th instant, and also the copy of the
Conservative. My knowledge of the
circumstance to which you allude, and
which was first published in the Pitts
burgh Christian Advocate, enables me
to say that there is some truth in what
is published under the caption "Singu-
lar Circumstance" But in saying this
IGesire you to know, and all who read
the article, that three -fourths at least,
ofall that is there set forth as true, is a
fabrication of lies. In the fret place it
is stated hat the Universalists IA COM
pany of them met each evening in q
house near by for the purpose of dis
cussing their doctrines of belief" &c,
-"and that the opposition became re-
~ violent on Sabbath evening" Now
this is untrue and can be proven by
those who are neither in sympathy
with Universalists nor Methodists. 1t
is stated "the Pastor was ordered to
erase the names ofsome of their young
people from the Church records" This
may be true but they were not Uni
versalist parents. 1t is stated that with
the exception of Miss Taylor and her
mother, all the rest Of the family were
either members of the Universalist
Church or strongly in sympathy with
their doctrines. This is not true
The father is not in sympathy with e.
niversalists, and it is well known that
Miss Mary Taylor, the eldest daughter,
is o member of the NJ. E. Church, and
in full sympathy with that faith, and
was at the mourner's bench with her
sister Emaline at the same time. They
had united with the Church some two
or three years before this, but had falls
| en- from Grace. 1t is stated that she
took no nourishment whatever for
seven days" 1t is known and acknowl-
edged here that she took milk and SUI
gar mixed together, on Tuesday, and
her father believes it was continued.
On Tuesday Mr.. Henry Taylor, a
brother of the little girl, and who had
Joined the Uniyersalist Church some
three weeks before, was sem for, and
on entering the room where she uss
lying he was enjoined BY a Methodist
lady, a Miss Thompson. that she was
giving the UniPersalists fits" Up to
this time Mr.. II. Taylor, though atten-
ding their meetings, had said but very
little. There were no other Univers-
alists there at that time except a Mrs.
Kelly, who had said, after hearing the
sermon on the End Sabbath evening,
shat it was enough to. put any person
crazy that believed it"
Mr.. II. Taylor says land by the way,
he is one of those young men we a
believe6 when he approached her she
had her eyes partly open. He said to
her, "Emaline, do you know me -
To this she made no reply, but in about
ten minutes spoke in a low tone of
Of voice and said, "There is a hell."-
Mr.. Taylor asked her if she could see
into it. She answered, "No, thedoor
is shut" She also said shs "saw large
letters on the door," He then asked
her if she saw heaven. She said she
did, and that there were ten thousand
times ten thousand there. She then
commenced naming those she knew
After naming some FIVE or six persons
that we're deceased, including her
two little sisters, all being relatives of
The family, Mr.. Taylor asked her if she
saw q Mr.. Kuhns, Henderson, Dean
and q Miss Ann Smith, there? She
said she did, dressed in white. She
spoke of these without any signs of sur
prise or delight. She also spoke to her
brother of a Nv. Thomas, of whose
death she had heard before, but said
nothing of Mr.. White. She also re-
questedh her brother so chase Alexand-
er Woods put of the room this was a
colored boy that lived near Whites
station and being told there was no
such person in the room, she insisted
there was. The statement in reference
to Mr.. White being a Pres byterian
Minister is true. But he never was
Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of
Salisbury, and of course did not resign
his charge for another in Ohio. 1t is
stated that she was not acq0aiated
with the fact of his death. This is I'M
true. She learned this in the family
of Mr.. John McNalIps before the meet
ing commenced. She requested her
father to come and get on the boat
quickly IS he would be lost, saying
that 'the boat was running back and
forward from shore to shore, and it
was run BY Christ himself u
The father denies having said "that
if it turned out as she said with refer
enc to her coming back he would be-
lieve all she would say concerning a
future State"
1t is true that a large number of
persons were gathered on Sunday eve
ming to learn the sequel; but they
were not permitted to enter the
room.
= She Ass taken home on Monday,
much debilit&ted, scarcely able to
walk alone when passing through the
house she was seen catching for the
chairs to steady herself.
In addition to the above, I would
state that there are several rumors d
broad, one of which came to my ears