The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-09
THE Upton REVIVAL.
Misrepresentation by a Reporter.
an Indianapolis Paper Taken 90 Talk
Gard from Cttizsns OF Upton.

TIrror. Ind May The following, dated
Upton, Ind May o. are extracts from very
loose and fass report OF the great revival
now la progress here sent 10 the Times OF
your city;
TnroS, Ind, May6.-For some months past Mrs
Maria IS. W0odw0fth. an evangelist OF Hartford
City, Ind, has been creating considerable stir by
the ko.caltd power she claims 10 possess OF send.
ing people into frances which enables them, while
VOID os The lowey yesions a. The cssa nav ~
she has been hltting from town 10 town for some
time, aud has lately swooped down On Upton. n
deienselets town OF 100 Inhabitants. Ia order TO
thoroughly investigate the matter. a Times re-.
porter came here we're yesterday aud followed tue
Inv hefa,e NV @ cnsd me eausea
OF slnRing and exhoftlon were heard. The n carer
one drew the louder grew the uproar until the
open door OF the church was reached. when the
racket became overp0werlng. The interior
OF the sacred building presented weird
sleht. Eyery aallaole space was occupied by
were singing NJ the top OF their voice. some were
singing one hymn, some another; Others were
loudly exhOrting. and one poor fellow was charg.
ing about the room bowling dismally. The whole
effect was hardly calculated 20 be soothing to the
ayersse ear, but the interested parties seemed 10
Above the heads OF the audience appeared the
evangelist, standing on chair. Her face. OF a
6allOw yellow color was Get of by high piO rod.
| Ing cheek bones. Jet black hair was piled up on
| top OF her head, aud beneath rather high eye
| brows relied TWO constantly moving black eyes.
| the hsuTe. Her arms were never quiet; her sup.
pie fingers were always convulslyeiy wOi king, aud
| as sue sang, Der whole body kept time 10 the
music. AZ short intervals she Inopped the flo wing
Precipitation from her face and took fresh breath.
Banked up behind her were the converts OF both
/ MOST OF them were sanctIrnoni Ous-Iooklng young
cOuntrymen who, with uplifted eyes aud hands,
sang lusuly In the swelling ehornses Ia one part
| and feryently praying with uplifted hands About
her were grouped the other young people, all In
to work themselves up 20 the highest pitch OF ex.
element In which state they were apt to 90 oil
into unconsciousness. IL any one manifested any
trance.ltke symptoms he was immediately sur
| rounded by q crowd OF shrinking converts, who
did their best TO make him lose what little reason
dened to decree Of insanisyy snd toe nervous sys
TEN being taxed to an extent which II was unable
TO bear suddenly gave way aud the victim sank
| h0urs
That Is all there Is In the matter. Itisab.
ture stupendous deception. There is eYl.
IDENTIFY nothing OF divine interpositioa IN It.
The above item does a great injustice to
Mrs. Woodwork apd the church aud people
OF Upton. The writer had the dIspeasure
| OF seeing "A beafdless youth on the streets OF
Upton Tuesday, and Wa learned since that
he was Times reporter. This reporter was
certainly labor'ng under hallucinatioa,
aud seemed TO have 40 regard whatever for
tbs truth Had he investigated matters he
would net have written suck an incendisry
article concerning the meeting and tho good
pt 0ple Of Upton Mrs W0odWorth Ia from
Sy racuse, Ind. not from Hartford City as
he stated, and II the ignorarus reporter bad
made en- effort TO ascertain ths facts In re-
gard TO Mrs Woodwork or the meeting he
could have told the truth.
Mrs. Woodwork has never claimed TO pos.
sess the power OF sending persons into
frances and visions: che claims lie Is the work
of Almighty God. She invokes the Almighty
10 send the power To smite down the wicked
as IL dead, and the the Lord has answered
her prayers in our midst. To G ID she gives
ell the praise. frances are not the object Of
her meetings. Salvation is her theme.
Christ and him cructisd il her story. To
say that the revival services that accompany
the frances are "mere accessories is a base
and vile misrepresen tation. As for the
! statement that no educated persons take
stock in the meetings that is another false.
hood, as the church is jam full at all times,
and large part is composed of the most
highly educated and literary people of Tip.
ton and vicinity. The statement that crops
and business have been neglected on account
OF this meeting is also false
Business continues Just the same as It did
before the evangelist came. The meeting is
! having n wonderful influence upon our
community anu uuCn EOOu Is De10g &C
complished. AS far as remuneration is con.
cerned it Is a matter OF no thought to the
evangelist, as she declines to 90 where any
price is offered her. The meeting is being
in6orsed by the best people OF Upton and
the surrounding country, ss the names at
tached indicate. In the language OF the
evangelist, there is terrible rafting OF dry
bones.
CARD FROM CITIZENS.
We, the undersigned citizens of Upton,
take pleasure in highly recommending Mrs.
Woodwork as q sincere, dy-like, Christian
woman, and indorse the workings OF the
present revival which is now being con-
Quoted in Upton. We have each read the
sourrilous article in the Indianapolis Times
of Thursday, May I, 1885, and pronounce
the gist OF 1t as being fslse.
A. Cone. Minister.
q. Hendricks, Jeweler,
J. s. Dickey, M. d.,
J. u. Fish. Teacher.
J. .. Behymer, Editor Times,
nj. W. Pershing, Editor Advocate,
William NJ. Grishaw. Merchant,
b. w. = Ressler, Farmer,
). u. Oglebey Merchant,
". K. Oslebey, Attorney,
Dan Waugh, Judge of Circuit Court,
j. ~. Fippen, Prosecuting Attorney,
T. b. Bates Sheriff,
J.. L. Bunch, Clerk OF Court,
Levi Young, Merchant,
ID. &, Jones, Mechanic,