The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-30
MRS. W0ODWORTH.
An Interesting Interview With the Noted
Female Trance Evangelist
A Permanent Tabernacle to- be Erected
The Windfall wOrk-The Tent-The
frances, Healing of the
Body, Etc.
Special Sentinel Letter. J

I5pcClel oeQll1el Letter.I
LoGANsPoRT, Ind, June 2j.-AIrs. Wood
worth, the noted trance evangelist, was at
the Murdoch Hotel. when seen by reporter.
She looks very much like the portrait of
Mrs. Garfield. She is about forty years old
and handsome. She stated that she and her
husband were Just back from Lake ManItou,
where they had been recuperating for sew
eral weeks. While there, Mr.. Woodwork
purchased twelve acres of land upon which
he intends to erect a permanent tabernacle
for campmeeting purposes. The first meet
ing will be held this summer, for month,
in the later part of August extending
through September.
''We closed our work at Windfall last Sun
day, and the three weeks were very success
ful" said Mrs Woodwork 1--WE will next
hold meeting at Perkinsville, near Mobiles
vile. / have been in this work for over five
years / was converted when fourteen years
old, and ever since that time there has been
something within me that called me to
p-esch the Gospel. l resisted until / was
thirty-fye when 1 could no longer with
stand it. 1 entered the work and God has
blessed me. In the last eighteen months
my meetings. l have no idea how many
have come to the Savior through my humble
work. My work has been mostly confined
to Indiana, although | have been in eight
States. We carry a tent that will accomO-
date 5000 people, but at Windfall more than
$1,000 people attended,
what is the secret of your power as an
Evangelist
Il can't tell you, save that have faith in
God and know that He will bless the work.
1t is all for the love of God. We demand no
money. All that we receive for expenses is
what my husband gets from the refreshment
stand"
What do you think is the cause of the
frances into which your converts often fall?'
was next asked.
'In the manner that account for the same
manifestations set forth in the Bible. A
score or more of them may be found there
1t is the spirit of God. l preach the Word
as il was preached by the apostles. At the
services | conduct you can gee the very scenes
described in the Bible. The righteous are
blessed. the converted are carried away in
frances or shout the praises of God and SCOT
fers are stricken down. Scores of times have
1 seen those who have come to ridIcule the
meetings felled to the earth and robbed of
their power of speech for hours This is the
way God has of cobvicting and converting
This IS the way Saul OF Tarsus was brought
10 the fOid.
DO you believe you can heal the bOdy?n
Not /. out God through me can. | know
such to be fact by practical demonstration
on several occasions. At Wlndfall last week
a man named DOggett came to my meetings.
For fourteen years his left limbs were so
affected that he could only walk with the aid
of a cane or crutch. l asked him if he be-
lieved that God could heal his disease. He
said he had faith. l asked him to kneel in
prayer and others of US gathered round him
and prayed and in few minutes he jumped
up shouting praises to God. He threw his
cane and orutch away and has been a well
man ever since. At Greentown a young
mute named Mccoy went into a trance at
my meeting and when he came TO ne tried
hard to tell on his fingers of having seen
a vision of heaven and bell. At a
subsequent meeting we held a special
prayer service, at the close of which he
sprang up and shouted Glory to Godr
Since then he has been learning to talk with
marvellous rapidity. l am an ordained min
lister of the Church of God. The worst
enemies l have are the UNCONVENTIONAL
preachers
In speaking of Jones and Small, Mrs.
Woodwork said that they were doubtless
doing much good, but in a different way
from her. They were too much given to
make their hearers laugh and applaud.
J. f.. SUTTON.