Evening journal., 1900-03-09

~ f'NHANd 0f~A oHI W as 9IQuAIlA
to Life by the Chief Of the Holy
Ghost and Us Society.
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 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
tion az 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 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
dreng building near by--a structure
Of stone-and has completed and
quite fully equipped a $4,000
brick building that is called "Bethes-
da" and which Is used as a hospital
for the healing OF persons by the pow
er 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 had
made the rounds OF the press, the mail
for Shiloh (the temple has a postofice
Of its ownl 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:
II had been m for several days at
Shil but ! was not very much wor-
ried ut first. Then I 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 Il was death Then for a
time ! was In darkness. It seemed to
me as though | was cropping about
somewhere and somehow. trying TO
End exit from some place In which
/ was imprisoned. Then IL seemed
that rose gradually out Of and above
my body. The L in me rose. don't
have any idea what this second self
looked like | never thought OF that
part | simply understood that l rose
above what 1 realized was the body in
which had dwelt. I could look down
\ upon IT, / could see the people gath
cred around It as II lay on the bed.
"fhen Mr Sanford came In and
looked at me and knelt OH was SC
afraid that he would pray loudly.
Voices we're something awful to me.
| felt | knew Just what all were thinking
about. didn't need words. He
prayed in a whisper That brought
quiet. Then It seemed to me that
was content to drift away. Some
force impelled me away from the room
and those friends. It seemed that !
went through valley Of darkness, or,
/ passing through a dark tunnel. / felt
| rather than saw that there was light
a great radiance-at the other end.
i Slowly drew forward into that light.
/ And as tho light cleaned brighter and
j brighter my joy grew more and more
i profound. knew that l was approach
ing the Kingdom os God Almighty.
/ was afraid Just a moment-there in
4 L 81 ~ Fa~r .
into the great, wonderful peace of God
that | shall never forget. | know
went almost to heaven. I 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
Il / was near enough to heaven for the
fragrance Of 1t to touch my spirit. Il
Il was beautiful
Then. from away back somewhere
came thinly and family the words, In
i the name of Jesus of Nazareth, Olive
Mills, come back
"And again was over the body from
which I had departed. The people
were gathered about. Il seemed to me
that this poor sunken casket OF hest
was some old, soiled, discarded gar
ment rebelled at putting It OF
again. But I knew that there wal
good reason for this command tha
had been laid upon me. After wha
l had experienced l was in no mooS
to withstand the commands Of God
SO went back into my body.
In the section round about Shilol
there are all sorts of expressions. Th'
clergymen of Lewiston and Auburn
A preached sermons on the matter, 70
it has excited much religious interes
u In these two cities. These clergymei
have been interviewed. All Of then
3 state their conviction that Mr.. Sand
3 ford is sincere. but misguided. Whei
the expression Of these opinions wa
1 laid before Mr.. Sandford he said;
These men. though honest in thei
intent, do not believe that God ca
! do this. They practically say 50
/, Therefore. it will never fall With
their experience to witness such man
festation OF the power of the Hol
Ghost. For II God should answe
doubt with success He would be pui
ting a premium on unbelief. and prat
tically dethroning faith. They who di
not see this thing stand counter I
. many other worthy Christians who di
Il IND, 49,