The Indianapolis journal., 1885-05-31
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is filled, and God will fill it-fll it to overfowing
The woman of Samaria came out to draw water
but the Lord filed her pitcher from heaven and
she went into the city and told of it-became
street preacher. Yes she did, glory TO God! She
was child of God and they were compelled to
listen to what she said. Let us humble
ourselves. let US get down. What are we but
worms of the dust2 Why should we not humble
ourselves9 Thus saith the Lord you
cannot go back on it, / want to show you that
the noise that goes np from full heart TO God is
pleasing to Him. The Lord wants US to rejoice:
They rejoiced in the olden time, making loud
noise and weeping for JOY. That is the old fash
ioned religion. People seem afraid to open their
mouths in these times. They were not afraid
then, as we are. of having it called excitement.
They were the people of God, and theirs the old
time religion Christ is our burden bearer, let
US take burden to him. Don't think to
please the people here. Let US shout to please
our God; let US be happy Christians; let us
give our whole hearts to Jesus, remem-
bering that Jesus is our Captain, that
he fights our battles and has never lost a battle.
Never mind the mocks and laughs. the more
need that we should stand firm for Jesus. Let
US be filled with the joys of His salvation While
scores and hundreds are yours for eternal mercy,
others are damned. If any 60 down to nell
through your neglect or mine, how dreadful that
will be. We must be burdened for souls. Here
she stamped her foot repeatedly Yes. burden
| ed for souls God never sent us to this place
for nothing. Some say money is our object. A
| great many reports are going around.
60. where the Lord sends me if l don't
has sent US here to warn you of the life to come.
We will warn you faithfully, il spite Of all
designs of Satan. God help you to come to Jesus
and be saved God help us to get into line. If
we are not ready. let us get ready Like Nine
veh, IN less than forty days many of US are to be
sealed for heaven or for hell Oh, give your
hearts to God Let us get Nearer my God to
Thee; nearer to Thee
After the sermon there was singing and pray
ing. Mrs. Woodworth's method being to have
everybody pray at the same time and pray aloud.
This sort Of conglomerate prayer is very confus
ing to the disinterested listener, but apparently
has strong effect upon those who are engaged,
and the voices of the contestants rise higher and
higher, and they become more and more excited.
Suddenly man about twenty-eight years old
fell In what was called "a trance" His legs
and arms were rigid, while the muscles of his face
worked with every indication of epilepsy At this
incident the shouts grew wilder and wilder
but were confined to fewer than twenty persons,
the workers, most of whom were women, and
several of them we'll advanced in years. There
were cries of GLORY to God, another soul is
saved, and similar expressions. Mrs. Wood
worths face is working strangely and its color
has changed to grayish white. Suddenly she
drops into chair. Her face is turned upwards,
her eyes open. staring, the pupils dilated One
arm is raised above her head, the fingers, all but
one, the index finger, and that pointing up
| ward. Her other arm is rigid the hand bent in
an unnatural and uncomfortable position, the
index finger pointing to the floor She moves
the upllfted arm, the right arm, slowly above
her head, the pointing finger quivering. Her
teeth are clenched and the right side of her
mouth perceptibly drawn. This distortion gave
the appearance of a smile, but there was in it
more OF discomfort than of happiness.
One OF the workers explained that the rigid
evangelist was pointing heavenward with one
finger and toward hell with the other, and ooh,
dear friends, which way will you go!' After
this trance" had continued nearly three
quarters of an hour, Mrs. Woodwork, with
her eyes still fixed and unwinking, the pupils
walk the platform. AS she did so she sighed
repeated and family whispered 'Oh, Jesus"
'Oh, my God, and afterwards extending her
arms and then drawing them towards her as if
save the people" Many of the women who were
standing about betrayed great emotion at this,
some weeping and wringing their hands, while
others shouted and still others prayed. One
elderly woman gave shout and scream, and
throwing her hands above her head seemed as if
she had gone entirely deranged. 1t was some
minutes before she came out of it, which she did
with flood of tears, after which her face fairly
shone with happiness Mrs. WOodworth in
stead of recovering, went into another trance"
and afterwards into still another, making an
hour and three quarters in which she had been
in that condition. from o'clock until a quarter
of q The news went out over the city that the
evangelist was in trance, and though it was
the supper hour hundreds fiocked in to see her
men and women, young girls and boys; some
mothers bringing babies in arms, little one or
two tagging at the apron strings.
To add to the excitement. just before Mrs
Woodworth ''came out of hers young man
was taken and fell bloodless and rigid. He
was vigorously famed while the singing, and
praying, and shouting continued.
This young mans name was John Moon He
looked extremely silly as he was coming out of
his trance" which lasted nearly an hour
What did you seer was inquired of him. Il
did not see much of anything" was the answer,
~ ~ was so busy wrestling with the Lord"
writer was told by physician who
has frequently attended him. is an epileptic. and
frequently has fits. 1t was asked if Mrs Wood
worth did not take great risks in working her
ecstatic state frequently noted by medical
writer's, and not uncommon even when unaccom-
panied by religion 'Oh, no." was the reply of
worker, "she had one down to Pendleton the
other. day that lasted five hours. Besides,
if she died in one of em she would
go straight through the gates to glory"
'Well." said another, an able bodied man of
twenty five, Il dassent look her in the eye when
she has one Of them spells. feel il in my bones
that if I did it would knock me- I'd have one
sure"
1t was nearly half past in the evening
before Mrs. Woodwork had fully recovered from
her trance She did not 60 to the hotel where
she and her husband are putting up, though it is
only three quarters of square from the court
room, but ate sparngly of lunch that was
sent her. bathed her face, and soon afterward
opened the evening service
The court room was crowded, many going
away unable to. gain entrance. The services
were opened by the singing of new hymn, com
posed by Newton A. Trueblood, of Kokomo 1t
was sung to the air, "Let the Lower Lights Be
Burning and was as follows:
Jesus said to souls in sorrow
Come to me when tempest-tost
Help to-day, perchance tomorrow
Some poor sinner may be lost
CHoRUS-Come my father, my mother
Sin abounds in Christian lands,
Come my sister come my brother
Do not sit tuzith hands