Evening journal., 1900-03-21
RAISED HERFROMTHEDEAD
Explanation of An Alleged
Wonderful Miracle. ~
SANDFORDTOHlSC CRITICS
Miss Olive A. Mills Asserts That Az.
ter Having Died She Was Brought
to Life by the Chief Of the Holy
Ghost and Us spciety.

Ter fidNlng Dteu enc WAS CIouSnb
to Life by the Chief Of the Holy
Ghost and Us speiety.
II the testimony Of all the one hun
dred and fifty inmates OF the temple
Is to be believed, the Rev. DR.. Frank
Sandford, Chief OF the Holy Ghost
and Us School. and leader Of the
worlds evangelization movement, with
its headquarters at Shiloh, Me-. has
raised from the dead Miss Olive A.
Mills, who has been for some time
dweller of the temple.
People in his section who have been
watching the progress of affairs on
the Durham sand hill are at q loss to
understand how this latest manifesto.
tion at Shiloh shall be characterized.
The scattered population about i5
composed OF hard-headed Yankee
farmers. The events OF the last four
or Ave years on the hill are almost too
much for their creduality and yet In
the next breath after expressing
doubts as to some things they will tell
the listener that they have found Mr..
Sandford and his disciples the best
citizens the town has had. They pay
their bills promptly; they feed the
hungry. All are welcome at the tenn
pie The persons who dwell there
devote themselves to q life based up
on all the precepts Of the Bible to the
letter.
In seven years Sandford has built
the great temple without passing the
contribution box. has erected a chill
draufc hrIdfno pror bvo ofrnotttra
of stone-and has completed and
quite fully equipped S25 600
brick building that is called 'Bethes-
da. and which is used as a hospital
for the healing of persons by the pow
or OF God.
In this building OF Bethesda was
wrought the alleged miracle that has
attracted such wide attention When
q bare outline OF the story had been
published in the local papers, and hat
made the rounds Of the press, the mail
| for Shiloh tthe te-ar,e has postoffice
of its own) increased to hundreds Of
letters daily People all over the Unit
ed States have been asking for addi-
tional facts and seeking corroboration.
Miss Mills has made the following
written statement:
Il
Shl but l was not very much wor.
ried at first Then grew worse. The
elders at Shiloh prayed for me- but in
spite of their appeals. know passed
out OF this life. I knew when my jaw
dropped. It was death. Then for a
time / was in darkness. II seemed n
me as though | was cropping abou
somewhere and somehow, trying to
find exit from some place in which
I was imprisoned. Then Il seemed
thst I rose gradually out of and above
| my body. The Il in me rose. / DOM
have any idea what this second sell
looked like. I never thought of thai
part / simply understood that | POSI-
above what realized was the body il
which I had dwelt I could look dowl
upon It. ] could see the people gath
cred around It as It lay on the bed.
"lhen Mr.. Sanford came in ant
looked at me and knelt On was 81
afraid that he would pray loudly
Voices were something awful to me.
felt knew just what all we're thinking
about. didn't need words. HI
prayed In a whisper That brough
quiet. Then It seemed TO me that
was content to drift away Som,
force impelled me away from the room
and those friends. II seemed that
went through a valley Of darkness, OF
passing through dark tunnel. | fel
rather than saw that there was light
a great radiance-at the other end
Slowly ! drew forward into that light
And as the light cleaned brighter ant
brighter my JOY grew more and NOR
profound. / knew that / was approach
ing the Kingdom o. God Almighty.
was afraid just a moment-there Il
the dark; then ! got out OF the fea
into the great, wonderful peace Of CO.
that | shall never forget. 1 know
went almost to heaven. I know
know that, for the JOY touched m
spirit. AS you approach a vinegar
you scent the fragrance of the grape
before you get where they are. Wei
/ was near enough to heaven for tn
fragrance Of 1t to touch my spirit.
was beautiful
Then. from away back somewhere
came thinly and family the words, 1
the name of Jesus of Nazareth. Oliy
Mills, come back
"And again was over the body froI
which I had departed The peopl
were gathered about. 1t seemed to m
that this poor. sunken casket Of fles
was some old, soiled, discarded ga
ment. | rebelled at putting it o
again. But | knew that there wa
good reason for this command thi
had been laid upon me- After whs
| had experienced l was in no moo
to withstand the commands Of CO.
So went back into my body.
In the section round about Shilo
there are all sorts Of expressions. I'll
clergymen of Lewiston and Aubur
preached sermons on the matter, fC
It has excited much religious interei
. in these two cities. These clergyme
nave been interviewed. All of the
state their conviction that Mr.. San
ford Is sincere, but misguided. Whe
the expression of these opinions VIZ
, laid before Mr.. Sandford he said
These men, though honest in the
intent. do not believe that God ca
do this. They practically say S
Therefore II will never fall with
their experience TO witness such mar
festation of the power of the Ho
Ghost. For IL God should answ
doubt with success He would be pt
T ting a premium on unbelief and pra
tically dethroning faith. They who d
not see this thing stand counter
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