The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-02
REMARKABLE RESULTS
From Evangelical Work i'm Indiana
Conversions Accompanied With
frances.
Interesting Narrative of the Personal Ex-
periences OF the Converted.

Hartford City Qnd.) Special to the Commercial
Gszettel
A Mrs. Woodwork. an evangelist of New
Lisbon, o., has been holding series of meet.
iDgs here, ID the Methodist Episcopal Church,
Of wonderful curiositv. The meeting has
been in progress now about two weeks
Many OF the class termed scoffers are almost
afraid to go into the edifce. Every evening
the house is thronged with people to its ut.
most capacity, and each afternoon, at orlS
o'clock the following morning. Among the
conversions is a man Familiarity known
about town, whose name is withheld from
publication, man of convivial habits, and
who on this occasion was loaded to the
guards. Determined on breaking up the
meeting he marched within ten feet of the
pulpit, and began torrent OF profane abuse
until, as he says, his tongue failed him. He
sat silent, annoyed at being overcome by
woman who had caused this result, without
making any special effort In his direction.
he seems, as he says, when asked what his
sensations are like, not to understand what
1t ls but replies In an injured tone of
man VINO mas been personally affronted:
$50 up yourself and find out" All sorts of
theories are out as to the secrets of the
seems to be that of mesmsrism although
she blttel IL denies her power of mesmerism,
and says that 1t is truly the power of God.
If mesmerism it U.s. she must have some WRy
of securing private interviews with her sub.
lects and bending them to her WAYS after
wards, for she certainly does not have an
opportunity for it in church. In no
instance can the writer find out that
this has been done, and for this
reason we have to give it in that we
know not of what power 1t is. A strange
phase OF this revival and one not attendant
on the ordinary meetings is the prostration
or people away from the church. One young
woman went 70 al evening service and at its
conclusion went home, where she talked on
the usual topics before retiring. whole
night interviewed, and at breakfast the
young lady did not appear, She was found
sitting up In bed cold and apparently stiff
with wide staring eyes, her pulse barely per-
ceptlble and not able 10 speak.
When two or three hours later she came
out OF the so called trance she seemed great.
ly worried, and when rested told that with
one exception the scenes she had witnessed
were glorious. The exception was tina
OF q body Of angels marching down to
hell with lost souls. Viola McDermot is &
lady above the average height, with q very
pale face, which is saved from being plain
by pair of handsome dark eyes, which have
any thing but restfnl look when she is in
Af4CWCu OuC chiQ.
81 know as well as anything when the
trance is coming on, for have been in one
now five times My hands get cold as ice
and feel my arms stiffening. Ny eyes get
hald and the inside Of the church or room
gets smaller. The darkness begins at the
outer edges of the room and comes toward
me from all sides and gets closer. l get
more icy and stiff, and then the sight is gone.
l can't talk, ana dom want to talk. am
in both worlds-in this because can hear
everything that is said around me- aud the
other because / can see the great white
throne"
How does it look?" was asked.
81 hardly know how to tell you; it is
something like chair, only great deal lar.
ger than any ever saw"
Did you see anything else?"
Yes; golden streets with angels passing
around Though them. They are Installations
or psEadises, as you call them. They rise up
on each side, glorious and magnificent. The
light is not white, but radent and bright
oh, so bright and glorious 1 go there by
two wsys-one with nothing on my mind and
all is happiness; the other is to have a sin
ner to save, and then / am praying and
pleading for him. That is hard WORK, and |
suffer. My coming back is Just the same as
my going There is no time Of total un-
consciousness between. l am always very
much worried sfterward."
This young lady has been q member of
church about two years.
From the head Of the church. Sunday
evening the scene was a striking one The
more earnest ones swaTmed in the front
pews, with here and there group of chill
dren al over the churh. on hand from curl
oslty, as well as for the fun of the thing.