The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-02-22
RAISED HER FROMTHEDEAD
Explanation of An Alleged
Wonderful Miracle,
SANDFORD TO HIS CRITICS
Miss Olive A. Mills Asserts That A.
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 hun
dred and fifty inmates of the temple
is to be believed, the Rev. DR.. Frank
Sanford, Chief of the Holy Ghost
and us School, and leader of the
worlds evangelization movement, with
it's 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 loss to
understand how this latest manifesto
tion 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..
Sandford and his disciples the best
citizens the town has had. They pay
their bills promptly; they feed tho
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 Sandford has built
the great temple without passing the
contribution box, has erected a chill
dren's building near by-a structure
of stone-and has completed and
quite fully equipped a $25 600
brick building that is called "Bethes.
da," and which is used as a hospital
for the healing of persons by the pow.
CT of God
In this building of Bethesda was
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
ior Shiloh (the temple has a postofIlce
of its OWN increased to hundreds of
letters daily. People all over the Unit.
ed States have been asking for addi.
tional facts and seekin.. corroboration.
Miss Mills has made the following
written statement:
81 had been i'll for several days at
Shiloh, but | was not very much wor-
ried at first Then | grew worse. Tie
elders at Shiloh prayed for iue, but IN
spite of their appeals I know passed
out of this life. ! knew when my jaw
dropped. It was death. Then for
time | was in darkness. 1t seemed to
me as though I was cropping about
somewhere and somehow, trying to
find exit from some place in which
J was imprisoned. Then It seemed
that rose gradually out Of and above
my body. The T. in me rose. | dcn't
have any idea what this second self
looked like | never thought of that
part | simply understood that | rose
above what | realized was the body IN
which | had dwelt I could look down
upon it. | could see the people gath.
cred around it as it lay on tho bed.
Then Mr.. Sandford came in and
looked at me and knelt. OH was so
afraid that he would pray loudly.
Voices were som ethlng awful to me-
felt knew just what all were thinking
about. | didn't need words. He
prayed in a whisper That brought
quiet. Then 1t seemed to me that
was content to drift away. Some
force impelled me away from the room
and those friends. 1t seemed that I
went through valley of darkness, or,
passing through a dark tunnel. ] felt
rather than saw that there was light
great radiance-at the other end.
Slowly ! 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 a 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 the
fragrance of it to touch my spirit. It
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. 1t seemed to me
that this poor, sunken casket of flesh
was some old, soiled, discarded gar.
ment rebelled at putting IL on
again. But | knew 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
II 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. Sandford he said:
"These men, though honest in their
intent, do not believe that God can
do this. They practically say so.
Therefore. 1t will never fall within
their experience to witness such mani.
festation of the power of the Holy
Ghost. For II God should auswe.
doubt with success He would be put
ting a 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 it, | never enter into contro.
versies with the churchmen. | have
no patience with hair splltters. don't
preach. ! 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,
mands, not in their own roundabout
way, but in His direct path. Let us
be cautious how we strive to make
God out q liar"