Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-12-21
HYPNOTIC RELIGION
A PECULIAR CRAZE THAT IS AFFECTING AN
INDIANA TOWN.
Women Who Go Into Trance and Like the People
Imagine Vain Things"-One Convert Who
Says She Saw the Heights Of Heaven
and Depths Of Hell.

MUNICE, ND, December 20.-At mid
night Miss Ruth Hughes was again over
come at the great Woodwork revival, and
lies in the church in hypnotical condi-
ton, with her badly frightened parents
over her She is the young lady who lay
over seventy hours in a trance. y half
dozen others are spending the night in the
church building in frances. Many fear
Miss Hughes has this time gone to heaven
to remain.
The name of Mrs. Woodwork, who is
conducting this hypnotical religious craze,
is probably more familiar with the people
of this part of Indiana than that of any
other woman Mrs. Woodwork was born
of humble parentage, at New Lisbon,
Columbiana county, Ohio, July %, lSi5,
and was the fourth daughter of quite a
large family.
The Miss Hughes referred TO above has
been attending the Woodwork revivals,
and Monday of last week proposed TO a
Young lady associate that they induce an
other lady friend Of theirs to 60 to the altar
at the church and then they would go back
and laugh at their companion, but instead
Miss Hughes was persuaded by her friend
TO 90 to the altar Tuesday night where she
bowed in prayer, but some one raised her
, from the rostrum, and she went home
Returning the next night "wednesday
she again started forward at about y
o'clock, but she was unable TO get TO the
front through the crowded aisle, IN which
she bowed in prayer near her seat. she
saws she was not there over thirty minutes
when she seemed to lose all consciousness
of earthly being and fell to the floor in a
comatose state. She was removed TO the
altar. where she lay in her hypnotic condi-
tion for fifty-one hours and fifteen minutes,
in which time she was wholly unconscious
to all earthly things ana was left lying IN
the church apparently with all life gone
from her body, in which time no nourlsh-
ments of any kind were administered to
her.
She says, after being hypnotized, the first
thing she knew she was standing at the
gate of heaven, where she was met by the
Savior and her departed brother, who died
four wears ago, who bid her come IN, out
the Savior objected, saying He had work
! for TO vet do on earth, as He was coming
soon. and wanted her TO go back and warn
the sinners of the wrath to come. she
also saw her grandmother and recognized
her. although she died when the glrl was
Int two wears of age. The Savior had
many stars in His crown, was dressed in a
white robe, and looked an old man with
gray beard and long hair.
She was then taken 10 hell, where she
stood in dark space and saw the fiery fur
naces. with many people Kicking R0ou'
in awful horror of their fate. s saw
one Young man thrown in the furnace
where he writhed in agony, screaming al
the top OF MS voice with pain. The peo
ple were dressed as are those here. After
recovering from her trance Friday nlghi
she drank half 4 glass OF water, the nrsl
for over sixty hours, arose and walked
home as if nothing unusual had happened
and would not believe she had been en-
trarced so long until shown newspaper
She refused to talk other than state sh'
had been to heaven and mad.
beautiful vision TO relate in public the mex
night. All of the next day she refused u
take anv food or nourishment, saying th'
Lord was seeing that she did not want fo
ANYTHING. Saturday night she went TO th'
pulpit TO make her statement, but before
was finished she was again struck down
and Law in the second trance for twenty-on'
hours. seeing about the same vision she ha'
previously beheld, making total oil ninety
three hours she was hypnotzed. After 90
ing over 100 hours without food she re
gained her apetite on Sunday night, and at
n light supper all she cared for. She sale
she didn't feel sick, but just didn't care 10
ANYTHING, and didn't know why ono
since she stated that she seemed to lost
herself and could see or hear nothing TO
about five minutes, while she was vlsltlnl
neighbor. The young lady's mother state'
that she was not present when her daugh
ter was overpowered, but went that nigh
to the church and ordered the circus
stopped, intending to bring her daughte
home. but an examination soon convinced
her that something very mysterious wa
taking place, and she left there, where the
Lord had struck her down, as He woult
see that she returned all right, as He wa!
only delivering a great sermon.