Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-05-02
1T WOULDN'T WORK.
The Water ObstinateIy Refused TO
Become Wine.

SPRINGFIELD, April "a miracle
meeting Of Mrs. Pauline King, the col
ored woman who tasted for 40 days, was
held at Oak Ridge park, Sunday after
noon. She had advertised thai she
would turn water into wine. When
Mrs. King invited unbelievers in the
audience Of 500 to fill stone lars, one Of
them unhesitatingly went TO the front,
selected an eight gallon one, and headed
. procession to q neighboring well. II
was as much rs he could do 10 get back
to the pulpit with the jar. All the jars
were ranged In line on the front Of the
platform and spectators Of all sizes, con-
ditiOns and colOrs, crowded around the
platform until they were packed to-
gether as close as sardines in box. Mrs.
King was neatly attiFed In a cheese
cloth dress. She wore bridal suit and
a wreath Of roses on her brow, while
her bosom furnished a background for
. bunch Of peach blossoms. Exercises
were opened by . deciple from Mrs.
Woodworth's faith-cure hand, who
dlscOursed upon his conversion and the
wonderous powerof the Lord. After
he had led the audiencei In several songs,
he was. followed by Mrs. King, who in
formed the congregation that she had
not come out to the park on her own
vOiitlOn, but that 1t was at the instance
Of the Lord. She alleges. that three
years ago the Lord appeared to her In a
vision and told her He was going to
take her to heaven and send her back
again as an example to the people OF
this world. She told her husband but
he would not believe 1t. Miss Laura M.
Webb, of Chicago, said she had been
testify to was that Mrs. King believed
that water would be turned into wine
Singing then commenced, and as the
audience made a break for the front II
was noticed that quite q number com.
menced to tumble in their pockets as
though they had bottles concealed
about their persons. Song after song
was sung, and there was straining OF
necks to keep the vessels in view, and
the jar tenders had to time and again
push impetuous ones back. They nearly
sung themselves hoarse and still the
water retained its natural color, giving
not the slightest indication that it was
going to develop into catawba, port or
cherry. Then Mrs. King sunk onto her
knees and prayed most earnestly for
the Lord to turn the water into wine
She reminded Him that she had come
to the park to give Hin an opportunity
to preform miracle, and she wanted
Him to come and show His power and
quicken unbelievers. Tears rolled down
her cheeks, but still there was nc
change in the water. During her fer.
vent appeal Mrs. King several times
cautiously peeped from under her eye.
lids to see if the water was turning, and
with more earnest words she closed heI
eyes in the hope that when she opened
them again she would see thirsty ones
fighting for dippers that had been pro.
vided for the wine drinkers. Her sup.
plication was In vain and she again in.
vited the congregation to sing, which
they did, but still there was no wine.
There were plying expressions among
those present, and these reaching her,
she said she was not discouraged. She
knew the Lord could do it. After she
had declared the meeting failure. the
water was passed around in a dippel
and nearly everyone present took sup
to see If they could not detect the pres
ence of the intoxicating liquid, but
there was not the least semblance there
of.