The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-22
MRS. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
She Talks Freely Of Her Pretended Pos
session of Supernatural Power.
The Danger of Sinners She Points Out in Her
Moments of Catalepsy-The Power
Makes Girl Wild.

Mrs. Woodworth's invitation to the ministers
and church people Of the city to come out to
her meetings and be converted has not been ac-
cepted yet, Tor among the five hundred people
who composed the audience last night there were
probably not fifty church members and Rev.
Rice stood alone as che representative OF the
ministers of the city. Many of those
present confessed they had never
been in the inside OF church.
After the opening of the meeting with song
by Mrs. Woodworth's colored female associate,
Mr.. Bogart talked few minutes saying: 'The
preachers are like mechanics working at their
trades. If we are Christians we will be led. ]
want TO see the work here in Indianapolis
snatched from the hands of the devil" He then
asked every person who wished likewise to stand
MP. and about fifty people rose to their feet
Miss Porter, who was converted several nights
ago, spoke briefly She said she had been saved
by going into 8 trance and could sin no more
King the reformed blacksmith, followed her
with his experience since he had been converted.
Referring to the disgraceful scene around the
altar on Monday evening, he said: "Low as
have been. never was so low that went to a
meeting of this kind and disgraced myself"
Mrs. Woodwork then addressed the meeting.
She said: God has provided wonderful things
TO his children, and am living witness of His
power. / am here in Indianapolis because He
sent me. He sent me here much as God sent
Saul of Tarsus, out to preach the gospel do
not take single step without His help. When
went out to preach the gospel God told me that
signs and wonders should follow me, and
they have. These visions / have and yours
here are nothing more than God has promised
He promised that we should visions in the
last days and we are now living in the last days.
'They shall dream dreams and see Visions He
says. and if you will only get the power of God
you will have them No woman or man has
ever been able TO God with the naked eye,
but when we go into trance we have the spirit
nal eyes, and we can and do see Him. tell you
we live IN the latter days, and am going to talk
TO you on that subject some of these evenings
If We don't have visions and dreams we are not
Christians. have seen wonderful things while
In these frances. He has overpowered me in many
ways / have seen the past. the present, and
the future. Talk about these frances being the
result of exhaustion. Why, have found my
self stiff in my chair. and unable to speak.
have lain for hours in bed, perfectly stiff and
rigid. tell you if you will come here you will
be healed. At the meeting this afternoon, felt
but it came 1 felt my frame tighten up. felt
like was dying. I got stiff. I knew where
was, but l had power in nv limbs.
" While Ell in this condition a. | saw plain
people standing all around me who were not
saved. see the same people here tonight l
saw one old man, whose locks were very gray;
God told me he not saved If he is here to-
night be knows who it is. God told me it was
this mans last chance. If point out person
1t is life or death with You. If you do not come
and receive the power you pass the dead-line.
If point you out, and you drive off the Spirit,
you are as sure of hell as / am of
heaven. Many times when I am out
in the congregation the power comes
upon me, and cannot speak. if
! am talk ng to you when the power comes on me
In this way. Il is life or death with you If
you go back this power you are going back on
power tonight" She closed her plea with the
remark Now, sinners, we want rush for the
altar, and while the former converts sang
I'VE sailing home to glory.
Weare going home"
Persons from all portions of the audience came
forward and gathered around the long mourners'
bench, on which Mrs. Woodwork walked to and
fro, and implored God to ''send down the power
Not over twenty-five sinners came forward when
Mrs. Wood worth said there must be more in the
house. and requested the singers to sing that
stirring song"
FBefore this time another year, you may be found
In some lone graveyard, Oh Lord. how longs"
The song had the desired effect. and a half
dozen more crowded forward to the bench of sal
walton. When there were no more penitents
20 pray, and soon q chorus OF prayers rang out,
hs previous evenings Soon there were the
usual number of frances. The majority of the
subjects, however, were persons who have been
falling over for several nights. One young col
ored man, j. W. Watts had such violent at
tack Of the power that it took five men to hold
him, and when he was laid out on
the platform it was with difficulty
that he could be kept from
pounding his brains out. The trance season
lasted fifteen or twenty minutes, and as usual.
when IL was over. all those who had been at
eaked professed conversion, and jumped and
shouted for JOY. The closing song was being
sung when one OF the associates of Mrs. Wood
worth had sudden attack of the power, while
standing the platform, and sprang out into
midst of the audience. She fought like tiger,
and darted hither and tither through the audi
enee knocking women down and upsetting
chairs. At last several men attempted to hold
her. but sGinger Ale" who happens to know just
how the whole meeting should be managed.
mounted a chair and called to themi 'Let her
loose--Iet her rum" They did as directed Rev.
Rice pronounced the benediction, and he had
hardly finished when the wild Girl suddenly
quieted and was ready to assist Mrs. Woodwork
Ia preparing to start for home
At the afternoon meeting yesterday Mrs Mar
bin, seventy eight years of age, who has been
Jane for several years from the effects of fall,
went into trance. and when she came out of it
said she had no lameness in her leg She threw
away her crutcb. and ran about the rink shout
ing for Joy. She not at the meeting last
night.
Rev. j. j. flights Death.
Revs Tincher. Duncan and Halstead. the COM
mittse appointed by the Methodist ministers OF