The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-30
GIRL SAYS
SHE SAW HEAVEN
Also Visited Father. Via
Wanted Water
(Greenvilie Reflectorl

The following story is furnished
by MI. Ihos. l.. Willingham. Of \yiIsnI'
N. c., formerly of GreenVille. ''
/ was at Black Creek, n. 9
little town about six miles so,rb
Wilson, n. c., and Mr.. A. A. Ayroo,.-
q young merchant at that point toi5
me that his sister, Mrs. Addison Tyh1
lives near Kenly, N. c.. had reranti,
told him of a little girl who had
very strange vision | expressed . d.
sire to see the child and see if coTIa
get her to tell me the story IF ban
vision from her own lips. The yonnq
merchant told me hat his brother Wa
going over near there Saturday ana
that / could cry likely get him -
take me to the place where the child
lived. This was done.
l found things as they were stated
to me: | found a small girl. who viii
be eleven next January. | gave her q
Sunday school paper which she
seemed to appreciates; but said thar
she couldn't read.
spiritual things are spiritually dis
cerned;' there will be some peop)e
that will question the truth Of this.
as for myself, [ find no explanation
Of the story; I merely state the facts
as they we're given to me from the
mouth of the little girl herself.
Her parents are in very humble cir
CuIIiSL1lICSS 4 las udO III AQNan-
tageS whatever. Her parents are ten
ants on Mr.. Addison Wigs farm. near
Kenly. Her father died some years
ago and her mother having married
a second husband. She says, in her
vision she saw her own father in tor
ment. She says that h was sick in
bed for two weeks with scarlet fever
and was very low at the time of her
vision, not having eaten anything from
SY1n6or Till TIIrCGor III oanth nr
came in the room where the child
lay and heard the little girl break out
in a laugh any say Mama, | am re-
lieved of pain" This young girl is
named Smithie Elizabeth Deans, but
is generally called Elizabeth or Liz
zie. Lizzie vent on to tell me: Il was
up there with Jesus when l rose from
Jesus was the one that came to me.
I said Lord, there is Jesus and !
said Lord Jesus please heal my pain
and He said I will and eased il. And
He took all my feelings away and left
the body lying there IN the bed, and
I could e it as He took my spirit
away. When I got up there to Hea-
ven, I said that I did not want TO go
back, and He said-(Jesus n God
we're begging of me') to go Jack and
tell my people and warn them how
to do"
Although this little girl had not
eaten anything from Sunday till
Thursday and had been very low with
scarlet for two weeks, after the
Great Physician had visited her she
got right up and to use her own WoroS
again "ea Il big mess Of collaTds ana
some chicken stew"
Papa is in ormen and asked me
to bring a drop Of water to put on
his parched tongue. God has water
the people up there want nothing 10
eat. Mama wanted me to go visiting
today, but I told her no, that some
people would be here to see me TO-
day. Next after / got to Heaven !
saw God, saw sc many pretty things
A lady that was also in the room,
while I was recording the above, sala
to Mr.. William Aycock and myself
that we ought to have heard her ta!H
lust after her vision, of the pretlS
things that she saw and she looked up
and said, Il can see it now. GOO say
what to say right now, / can't ak an1
tell them unless what He says ITl!
them. He told me last night cou'U
not stay here long" 49,
I have the names Of two ladies ~
ing in Wilson that she says th&I sac
has q message for. People are IIocN-
ing out there to see her.
Il do hereby certify to the taHt VA
the above is true. w. +. AYco1N'
Black Creek. N. c."
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