San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-15
THINKS SHE'S IN HEAVEN.
A Pennsylvania Girls Remarkable
Feats While in a Trance.

A Pennsylvania Girls Remarkable
Feats While in a Trance.
Special Dispatch to the Globe-Democrat.
HARRISBURG, Pa, February H.
John Bodmer, an employee of the steel
works at Steelton, near this city, has
long been known as the wickedest
man in Steelton. He has a wife and
two daughters, one strikingly
beautiful girl of Is. Some weeks ago
Rev. d. w. Keefer, pastor of the
Church of God, at Steelton, started
revival meeting in his church. The
Church of God is one of the many
curious religious denominations pecu-
liar to this order of Pennsylvania. 1t
is of the Dunkard order, and evangel-
zeal in the strictest sense. In some
way wicked john Bodmer was
induced to attend one of these meet
ings, and he became interested in
them that three weeks ago he was
converted. John Bodmer's CONVEX
sion was followed by a tremendous
religious "awakening," and the little
church at SteeltOn has since been
crowded nightly and 200 converts
have thus far been made.
AS soon as John Bodmer received
the blessing" as the term is in the
Church of God, he began laboring with
his two daughters to induce them to
follow his example, and they finally
attended the meetings. A week ago
Friday night both received the bless
ing" A few minutes after Lille was
converted she fell into a state of
trance. Her eyes became fixed and
her form rigid at though in death.
AS this condition is a common one
among 'mourners" when they re-
ceive the blessing in the Church of
God, nothing was thought of it. She
remained in the trance so long, how
ever, that she was carried to John
Parthemores house, not far from the
church, where she has lain ever since.
She has returned to consciousness
at intervals, but is unable to stand or
see. She insists that she is in
heaven, and that all about here are
angels. She has taken no nourish-
ment in all that timc, except the
juice of two or three oranges and
dish of ice-cream. Her cheeks re-
main full and are high in color. The
most curious part of the phenomenon
is that the girl-who is hardly able to
read and who, her father declares,
has never to his knowledge seen the
inside of a Bible, because he never
had one in the house until his con-
version-in her conscious moments
refers to chapters in the Bible and
will repeat passages nearly literally.
She answers nationally all questions
put to her, but frequently while talk
ing the singular riEor overcomes her
and she sinks back into the trance
state.
On Thursday she came out of the
trance and said: "Auntie will be
here at o'clock
An aunt of hers lives in New York.
No one expected her in SteeltOn that
afternoon, but on the arrival of the
train at the hour mentioned by Lille
she appeared at the Furthermore house.
Soon afterward the girl mentiOned
the name of neighbor and said she
was fetching her some ice cream.
Lille has frequently come out of
trance and said that such and such
persons were in Steelton, arrisburg
and other nearby places, and inquiry
elected that such was the fact, al
though the girl could have no knowl-
edge of it.
Several Harrisburg and other ply
sicians had visited the girl and stud
led the case, but are unable to eX-
plain the phenomenon by physical
laws. She complains of no suffering,
but her words and the expression of
her face denote the greatest peace and
happiness.
Hundreds of people from the village
and the surrounding country have
fOcked to Parthemore's house to see
the girl, and the profound impression
it has made is manifested by the
throngs that besiege Pastor Keifer's
church nightly, seeking religion. The
pastor spends most of his spare time
at the side of the Bodmer girl. He
himself seems overwhelmed over
what he calls an lawful demonstra-
ton of the divine spirit"
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