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Show SAW HEAVEN AND HEUjy VISION Iowa Woman Saved as by Miracle, Tells a Wonderful Wonder-ful Tale. FIVE DAYS UNCONSCIOUS, DESCRIBES SENSATIONS Moved by Unseen Power, She Declares, to Tell Wbat She Saw. "I saw both heaven and hell while I lay thcro dying. Heaven was most beautiful. beau-tiful. My family thought I was dead for flvo days, and during that tlmo the vision appeared. Now I am moved by an unseen un-seen power to toll tho people on earth what I flaw."-Mrs. Lottlo Clark. DES MOINES, Sept. 23. To die, to bo received In hoaven and hell, to bo resurrected resur-rected and told by God to preach what 3hc saw to the people hore below, are tho strange experiences related by Mrs. Lottlo Lot-tlo Clark of -101 Southeast Seventh street, who a few weeks ago was restored to health by a miracle, while on her deathbed. death-bed. From her visit che claims to have learned that the world will soon como to an end. tho water turn to oil, and tho whole set afire. At tlrst few people believed even tho story of the woman's remnrkablo recovery, recov-ery, after sho had lain In a death stupor for live days and physicians hnd given her up. But now tho members of tho Presbyterian mission, by reading the Bible, have been convinced not only of tho miracle of her recovery, but also of the truth of her wanderings through heaven and hell. Mrs. Clark had never read tho Bible, but sho told of things which tho Blblo proclaimed, and so confident confi-dent now arc the neighbors that she had been called upon by God to teach them that sho has been invited to preach at the Southeast Eighth street Presbyterian church next Sunday Vision She Saw. "I am positive that I saw a vision accorded ac-corded to fow here below," said Mrs. Liaric yesterday, as she fondled the babo born Just prior to her own second birth. "It Js dally becoming clearer, and a few nights ago I was compelled by some mysterious mys-terious power to preach what I havo scon whllo dead." Mrs. Clark, during her visit to heaven, claims to havo received messages from people she knew to relatives on earth. An old fisherman of South Seventh street, who had died but a few months previously, previ-ously, sent a message, she says, to his daughter, asking her to forglvo his wrongs here below. "Heaven Is a wonderful placo," said Mrs. Clark. "I crossed the Black river before reaching tho gato at which stood St. Peter. "I saw and talked with God," sold Mrs Clark, "and after seeing both heaven and hell was ordered to return below and preach what I had seen. Heaven Is divided di-vided Into two parts, the first tho most beautiful. Back from the gate are thrco thrones. In the center sat God. on tho right was Jesus, while to tho left is Gabriel Ga-briel Ho had his big trumpet. From the throne 1 passed down a hill, covered with the most beautiful grass. At tho foot of this was a magnificent park, were pooplo were lying about. Here Were Fountains. "Here were fountains, the water sparkling spark-ling llko diamonds In a lake near by were gold fish of lnconcelvablo beauty. Through this lako the pcoplo walked without difficulty, tho waters apparently parting as they stepped upon them. Here grew fruit of every description, with splendid forests, and water of tho ocean near by People of. different nations seemed to have separate places, and In another part wero cannibals and heathen. I also saw queer-looking pcoplo who 3ccmcd to como out of the ground. "In tho second part of heaven was a beach, whloh appeared cool and Inviting, and peoplo spent their tlmo walking alone It. ,M"Holl 1b a horrible placo, but not at all llko It is usually pictured. Below a hill Is a sandy beach, but tho sand Is rod hot vm, tno wator which laps tho shoro io boiling. Tho peoplo thcro havo their faces drawn up In horrlblo agony and their hands aro clasped as If In awful misery. I ohuduer even now when I think of It. "In the first part of heaven tho peoolo aro all attired In biblical white, whllo' In tho second they wear bluo robc3 with golden stars. "I had no guide through tho Journey, out St seemed as. if pleco by piece these things were shown me. End of World Near. "I was told also during my vision that the end of the world was'not far distant. The exact time of tho mlllonlum was not told to me. but It will bo soon, I am sure, and tho peoplo hero below had better bet-ter get ready for It. "Tho way tho end will como was shown to mo us In the revelation. Tho grass and leaves will wither up, whllo tho water turns to oil and all will burn togothor." Mrs. Clark had other rovclatlons during her vision and sho dwells upon them for hours nt a time. Next Sunday sho intends in-tends to preach by dlvlno call in tho Presbyterian church at Eighth and Allen streets In South Des Moines, and hundreds hun-dreds will lloek to hear her |