The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-02-11
A PEEP AT ETERNITY.
A Colored Lass Of 1e summers Journey
Through Heaven and Hell.
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A religious revival among the ooiored peo-
pie Of Bordentown, of some weeks durs-
ton, has been so violent in its tendencies OF
late as to cause general agitation in that
once peaceful place. The colored populs.
ton have gone absolutely crazy over a girl
l6 year of age, who was SO completely
overcome with religious emotion that she
fell into q stupor from which she did not
show signs of recovering for more than two
days. Now, having recovered, she sincerely
believes she has passed within the gates Of
both Heaven and hell, was introduced 70 the
rejoicings of one and the curses of the other
and then returned to the flesh that she might
furnish the solution Of humanity's great
problem.
The transition was effected in the African
NJ. Z. church, wherefrom the cries of
the sinners have been disturbing rus
tic sleep this many night. Levi johnson,
the exhorter, was in bis best form about 10
o'clock last Thursday evening, when Abby
McCloe, with a shout of Joy, leaped twice
toward heaven and then fell into the aisle
insensible She was gathered up and carried,
ike one dead, 70 the altar, and subsequently,
to her home, block or two away. The sup
position was that she was injured by her fall
in the church. Physicians attended, and,
finding she had sustained no bodily harm,
declared that she had gone away in trance,
and pronounced her beyond their ministrs-
ton. The humble household was filed with
awe. Colored clergymen Aocked to witness
this spiritual phenomenon.
"They sang and prayed for hours" said
| one of the family yesterday, "but il didn't
| seem to do any good. De Lord was taking
| His own time. There was a doctor here who
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her pulse and found it all right he supposed
she'd went away in trance, too. About
noon on Saturday she showed signs Of life
drank glass of water, but eat nothin'
until Monday, and all she had that day
was an egg and piece of pie. Last night
she made motions that she wanted TO go TO
church, and we carried her there in a chair.
| That seemed TO do her some good, for this
morning she talked like herself for the first
time and said she had been TO both Heaven
and torment She came down stairs to-day,
but had 10 crawl down, because her feet are
so sore she can't walk"
"What is the cause of her sore feet7" In
| quired the Record reporter, n whom this
statement was addressed
| "Walkin' through torment" was the re-
| ply. at was SO hot she burned the bottoms
Of her feet"
| By request, the reporter was shown up to
| a small bedroom on the second floor, where
the late tourist, an attractive mulatto girl,
was sitting in a comfortable rocking chair
with her scorched ~ and shoeless feet rest
ing on a stool.
When asked her experience while in the
transitory state she told this story in all sim
cerity:
We'll, / went through Heaven fret.
There l saw mother. my two sisters, and my
brother. l walked by them, but couldn't
get in the path they were in. Trey took me
in a room where there were many lights;
some were just lit, some part burnt, and 9TH
ers almost out. They took me
lin another room where there was sI
little angels sitting around. Then went to
another place-up steps, like. There sat q
large man writing with blood, and there wss
another one on his knees praying, Father
spare me few days longer He had long
whiskers and spoke cross and grum. After
left there everybody seemed to be shouting
rejoicing. 1 said: oh, mother, how j would
like to stay but she said: NO, ycu must x
back and tell them how things are here, snd
prepare.
Here the girl showed signs of her exhaus-
ton from long fasting, and after short res
continued:
"Then / started TO another place. 1t seemed
like a man who lead me. 1t was awful hot
and there was blazing up and smoking a
f something was boiling. People wer'
screeching for water; such screaming nevel
heard in my life. Little demons were run
ming around with clippers pouring something
that looked like hot lead down their throsts
and there was a big black man locked TO th'
floor writing in a book. They had mel
shoveling hot Goals and ashes back on th.
people as they rolled off. That's where m,
feet were burned. / did not stay there long
for angels that were around me all the tim
soon carried me back to earth.'
There must be something supernatural il
Bordentown exhortation when il can worl
such a wonder rs this
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