West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-08-06
GOOD FAIRY STORY,
The Wonderful Doings and Say
ings of a ear
Old Girl.
"hAt She saw on Ntstt to the spirit
WOrld->he Heals the Sick and Cause.
the People to stand in Awe of Her.

CoLUMBUs, Miss, July o. Mollie PEN
nington, the thirteen yesr-old daughter OF
Farmer George Pennington, at Vernon,
Ala Is creating an ,eXcitement in her,
vicinity that Is without. parallel i'm any
country since the coming OF Christ Early
In the spring Of the present year she be-
came sick. Physicians were called i'm and
administered remedies which failed 20 re-
heve her, and she continued TO lose i'm flesh
until she became very emaciated On the
l'th ultmo she was taken. with violent
paroNyms, and DrS.' Burns, Morton Saii7r'
Brown diagnosed ehe-tnsv ~ ltdfoNntiNSr-
She attempted to bite those around her.
ana then herself On the oath OF
june she told those around her that
she would die for an hour At the appoint
ed time she swooned away, and doctors ap-
piIed all available remedies without any
erect DR. Burns, who was present de-
clares the absence Of heart beats tbat the
pulse was still, and she presented every
symptom OF death At exactly sixty min
utes from the time She surprised them all
pS opening her eyes and springinC from tina
bed, where she had been confined for weeks
ana amazed them all still the more by
claiming she had just returned from Heay.
en- and that God had cured her and sent her
PACK onto the earth that she might verify
the statements OF the Bible. Her savings
then were so unnatural that many OF
the nelghhors were frightened away The
NaN hlltIWdIO Sne declared she Was "A
prophet ana disciple of Jesus Christ and
10y her wonderful sayings created much ex
cltement. Soon her name was reverber
ated through the old clay hills OF Alabama
ana the farmers dropped their plows and
Hocked To see. Every evening at appoint.
ed times she would preach TO them Several
clalm TO have been converted by her won
dertul teachings. She has since refused
20 attend public meetings, but willingly
answers any questions prOpounded her
by her callers. She eNpounds intelli.
gently any passage OF tho Bible that is
said TO her She describes god ar.
Tayed IN garments white as the
snow and around him thrOng his angels
all singing praises To Him with curious and
musical instruments. Her description of
heaVen Is as told i'm the last chapter OF Rev.
slaIlohs. when asked about the looks Of
the trees and rivers of heaven she snid /:
hN, don't YOU know the trees are the
throne or God and the- river lis TfIg n6ta.F
ceaSing HOW OF love, that each sinner
nay nay oe washed as pure and clean as
SAID, rosembled infants; vet they were
not OF flesh and blood, but a spirit
beautlful beyond comparison She cured
~ ~ Is ylalmed' two slckly babies who had re-.
Iused TO take the medicine OF the phvsi-
clans, and by single touch she restored
them To their mothers, laughing instead OF
crying, as she took them. She uses Ian.
guagc devoid OF rhetoric yet her meaning
can not be misunderstood. Rev. Thomas
Springfield, postmaster at Vernon. and
pastor of the Baptist Chnrch, declares the
glrl Is an lpspl1sd being, while others
denOunCe the idea that there Is nuv
thlhg supernatural about her On this
question there Is a great diversity OF opin-
ION among the intelligent people, while the
more ignorant regard her Hs thp mouth.
piece OF God and obey her commands The
fact that she has never heard but two ser.
mons, never went TO school. never a-soci
hted with religious people, and "A PRAYER
was never known to her before and the
wonderful things she has done, shows cause
for the excitement that is in nearly every
hOusehOld IN that part Of the countrY