The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-04
COULDN'T BULGE THE SINNERS
THEY WE'RE BENT ON HEARING
THE STORY OF HEAVEN.

able Description of Her Visit
There-Everything Was Gold and
White-She Went on Train-The
Congregation of the Bryan Rap
fist Church Excited over the Girls
Visions.
/ Emma Jane Perrymore gave an account
OF her trip to heaven to a crowded house
at the First Bryan Baptist church in
| Yamacraw last night.
The account published in the Morning
| News of her story of her trip to hell ex-
cited such general interest among the col
ored population that there We're twice as
many on hand as the church could com
fortably hold. albeit it had been an
nounced that only Christians would be
admitted to hear the story, it being a
message to Christians The first story
! was denominated a message to sinners.
The church officers committed the over
sight Of letting in everybody and attempt
| ing to clear the sinners out afterwards,
which they found to be an impossibility.
! The sinners were there to hear the second
message, no matter what stories they had
| TO put up in order to remain. 1t is to be
| feared that a good many put themselves
! in danger of meeting the fate of the liars
whom Emma Jane found hung up by their
tongues in hell.
short song service was first held and
a collection was taken up. A report had
been put in circulation that the trance
! stories of the Perrymore girl were not
! original with here, but were gotten up by
| the master or some of the officers of the
church for the purpose of arousing inter-
| est and helping to raise money The re-
| port was Indignantly denied by Pastor
| Griffin and Deacon w. H. Royal. They
| asserted that the girl made these state
ments by her own desire, and that no one
mad prompted her to do so.
After the song service the sinners were
/ requested to leave the house. There was
! diminishing the crowd appeared TO in
| crease. The deacons went around trying
10 Spy, out the sinners, but were not able
| 70, ma anybody who would confess them
| selves as such. Deacon Royal announced
| mat he had been an officer of the church
| Tor years, and he found people in the
house making claims to religion VINO
! were surprise to him. The deacon in
timated that there was some tall lying
| being done. 1t was decided rather than
| postpone the hearing of the message, 10
| allow all present to remain, the sinners
being notified that they were considered
| of themselves
As may be imagined, the girl allowed
| ner imagination very liberal scope in Civ
| ing her second message. Before proceed
| ing TO heaven she gave the back sliders a
| hit. She saw the back sliders she said
| chained down to the floor fiat on their
faces, and proceeded to illustrate their DO
sition by stretching herself out fiat on the
| moor on ner face, causing great excite
ment, with groans from the congrega-
| tions.
The girls story would be considered
blasphemous by more enlightened persons.
! When she left hell, she said, she flew I'M
| ward TO heaven, where she met the Lord
| who gave her a long white robe trimmed
| with gold. gold shoes a starry crown a
| sword and a pair of white wings. She
was next given long roll of paper with
to take this away up to Father Houston.
a former pastor of the church, who occu.
pea very high place. She flew up on
| her white wings from mansion to man
SION to, where Father Houston was, and
showed MIN the paper. He took it and
signed his name to IL and then sent her
back to king Jesus" On the wav she
met her brother and her sister who died
before she was born, her mother and
e 81 tha n and several Of the members
The girl gave really thrilling ac-
count 81 her second meeting with the
LORD. She knelt at his feet, she SAID
while the angels gathered around and
sung. Her name was changed to Mary
and the angels sung Mary bowed SO
low" She sang the song in a very good
| voice, and followed it with another
Jesus Called me Home" Deep inter-
est was manifested by the congregat.Je
and several sisters were on the point of
shouting. The girl declared that she
was converted under that song when
she heard IT in heaven week ago. She
seemed to get out of heaven somehow
and next found herself in a very queer
| place, where she found herself walking
| around in dark hovel, carrying a heavy
| iron. She was inspired to drop the iron
| and went outside where she found her.
| self at a station of the heavenly railroad
waiting for the gospel train. The rails
and crossties were of solid gold, and
| when the train came along it was all
gold, too, trimmed in white She got
| on board with her spiritual mother, Bet
tie Simpson, and Pastor Griffin, who
When the conductor came through the
train they We're all given passes to heav-
| en-. After getting there they were all
| seated at an endless table of solid gold
| where they had everything to eat and
drink that could be thought of.
| Il wasn't hungry the whole time / was
| in the trance because / was eating all the
time l was in heaven" she said. From
this on she gave rather rambling ac-
count of what she was doing in heaven
| while her friends were singing and praying
around her. Some of the songs which
| she said she heard in heaven and which
| she led the congregation in singing were
What You Going to DO When the Worlds
on Fire" and Il m Going to Sit Down to
! the Welcome Table"
After finishing her experience she was
| received as a candidate for baptism by a
unanimous vote of the church. The MEM
bers were then invited to come forward
and shake hands with the new convert,
/ which invitation was generally accepted
The date of the baptism has not yet been
set, but when it takes place there will
undoubtedly be large crowd in atten-
dance.
"Aunty. do you believe that story?"
| Morning News reporter asked of two old
sisters as they were leaving the church.
'Sholy does, every word of it, they
both replied. They seemed very indignant
at the idea of anyone doubling the story.
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