The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-18
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blankets on the ground, impatient for the
un to rise so that the Qualification may

blankets on the ground, impatient for the
begin.
Strange stories of the doings of these
Zealots circulate about the region. A meet
ing or especial ferVor was held the night
before The Union representative arrived
1t began early in the evening and continued
win growing eXcitement until one of the
women: Ieaping TO her feet in the ecstasy
of spiritual emotion, fell to the ground in
a trance The preacher explained that she
had the power"
THE POWER"
Don't profane her by your touchv he
shrieked as some of the uninitiated bent
over the PROSTATE figure. So she was left
in Inconsistencies, with eyes staring va
cantly and limbs as rigid as in death
Some time after midnight the woman re-
covered. She did not appear to have suf-
fered harm from the five hours stupor.
Others lapsed into Inconsistencies for a
few minutes at time at intervals through
out the evening. No attention was paid to
them. When they came to" they took up
the hallelujah with the chorus.
Seml-lapses We're common. This seemed
to be a paralysis of certain parts Of the
body. One man raised his arm in suppl
cation, stretching to his full height. He
gazed for a moment toward the sky. He
shouted and called on God to save him.
Then his arm grew rigid. A sacrilegious
spectator tried to pull it down. 1t might
have been broken, but the muscles would
case of mesmerism, although those who
saw it attributed it to divine power
On this same night there was baptism
in Canandaigua lake. The candidates were
stripped and immersed. They did not seem
to feel the chilly water in the least.
One effect of the promiscuous conversion
to the Holy Rollers is in the disturbance
of domestic relations. One man adopted the
faith and left his wife, who was among the
unsaved He could not live with her for
fear of contamination.
Yet all who join the Holy Rollers do not
remain steadfast. AT one of the meetings
last week Eastman was preaching OF what
might be done by faith. u myself could
part waters and lead my followers as we'll
as Moses" he said.
At this juncture one of the fold whose
doubts, had begun to take violent form
shouted: Il don't believe it,"
The preacher looked at the backslider. 81
can" he repeated. Il could part the waters
Of Canandaigua lake."
Details of what followed are somewhat
meager. The result, however was that the
Holy Rollers are now one less. The unbe-
lever was not allowed TO stay.
During the latter part of April one of the
members of the sect became i'll. 1t was aft
erward learned that he had pneumonia. His
friends who were not of the faith asked
that something be done for the man, but
the Holy Rollers are fatalists of a pro-
nounced type, and would not oppose the di-
vine will by petty human acts. The man
died, and the incident created no little COM
motion in the vicinity at the time. There
was even talk of indicting sorne of the Roll
ers who would not allow a physician to
minister to the dying man. Nothing was
The Holy Rollers creed embodies doc
trineS which were conspicuous half Il GEN.
fury ago. 1t is belief that converts are
made by fear, as is evident from the class
of people to be found at the tent meetings
1t is q strange fanaticiSm. Dread of eternal
fire is the thing of frightening prominence.