Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1900-02-20
RAISED HER TROMTHDED
Explanation of An Alleged
Wonderful Miracle. --
SANDFORDTOH HIS CRITICS
Miss Olive A. Mills Asserts That At.
ter Having Died She Was Brought
to Life by the Chief Of the Holy
Ghost and Us Society.

ter Having Died She Was Brought
TO Life by the Chief Of the Holy
Ghost and us Society.
II the testimony OF all the one hum
bred and fifty inmates OF the temple
is 10 be believed, the Rev. DIR. Frank
Sanford, Chief OF the Holy Ghost
and Us School. and leader OF the
worlds evangelizatlon movement, with
Its headquarters at Shiloh, Me-, has
raised from the dead Miss Olive A.
Mills. who has been for some time a
dweller OF the temple.
People In his section who have been
watching the progress OF affairs on
the Durham sand hill are at loss to
understand how this latest manifesto
ton at Shiloh shall be characterized.
The scattered population about is
composed OF hard-headed Yankee
farmers. The events OF the last four
or five 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.
Sanford 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 a life based up
on all the precepts of the Bible to the
letter.
In seven years Sanford has built
the great temple without passing the
contribution box. has erected chill
dren's building near by-a structure
of stone-and has completed and
quite fully equipped $4,000
brick building that is called 'Bethes.
da," and which is used as hospital
for the healing OF persons by the pow
CIR OF God.
wrought the alleged miracle that has
attracted such wide attention. When
a bare outline OF the story had been
published in the local papers, and had
made the rounds Of the press. the mail
for Shiloh (the temple has a postofice
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 confederation.
Miss Mills has made the following
written statement:
II had been III for several days at
Shiloh, but 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
ont OF this life. | knew when my jaw
dropped. II was death. Then for
time | was in darkness. IL seemed to
me as though | was cropping about
somewhere and somehow, trying to
find exit from some place in which
| was imprisoned. Then it seemed
that rose gradually out OF and above
my body. The Il In me rose. don't
have any idea what this second sell
looked like. / never thought of that
part / simply understood that ! rose
above what | realized was the body in
which had dwelt. could look down
upon IT, could see the people gath
cred around IL as IL lay on the bed.
"Ihen Mr.. Sanford came in and
looked at me and Lnelt Oh! was so
afraid that he would pray loudly.
Voices were something awful to me.
felt knew just what all were thinking
about. | didn't need words. He
prayed I'm n whisper. That brought
quiet. Then IL seemed to me that |
was content to drift away. Some
force impelled me away from the room
and those friends. Ii seemed that |
went through valley of darkness, or.
passing through dark tunnel felt
rather than saw that there was light
great radiance-at the other end.
Slowly I drew forward into that light.
And as the light cleaned brighter and
brighter my joy grew more and mora
profound | knew that | was approach.
ing the Kingdom Of God Almighty. |
was afraid just moment-there in
the dark: then | got out of the fear
into the great. wonderful peace of God
that | shall never forget. know
went almost to heaven. | know
know that. for the Joy touched my
spirit AS you approach a vineyard
you scent the fragrance of the grapes
before you get where they are. Well,
| was near enough TO heaven for tho
fragrance OF 1t to touch my spirit. Ii
was beautiful!
Then. from away back somewhere.
came thinly and family the words. In
the name OF Jesus of Nazareth, Olive
Mills. come back
"And again was over the body from
which | had departed. The people
were gathered about. II seemed to me
that this poor. sunken casket of flesh
was some old. soiled, discarded gar
ment. ! rebelled at putting 1t on
again But | know that there was
good reason for this command that
had been laid upon me. After what
| had experienced | was in no mood
TO withstand the commands of God.
So went back into my body.
In the section round about Shiloh
there are all sorts of expressions. The
clergymen of Lewiston and Auburn
preached sermons on the matter. for
Il has excited much religious interest
in these two cities. These clergymen
have been interviewed. All of them
state their conviction that Mr.. Sand.
ford is sincere, but misguided. When
the expression of these opinions was
laid before Mr.. Sanford he said:
These men, though honest in their
intent. do not believe that God can
do this. They practically say so.
Therefore. ii will never fall within
: their experience to witness such mani
festation OF the power of the Holy
Ghost. For IL God should answer
doubt with success He would be put
ting premium on unbelief. and prac-
tically dethroning faith. They who did
not see this thing stand counter to
many other worthy Christians who did
see il. | never enter into contro.
versies with the churchmen. / have
no patience with hair splitters. don't
preach. l practice. And, therefore,
the Holy Ghost does by me as He
agrees in His Book to do by every
man who will follow out His COM