Spanish Fork Press | 1907-06-13 | Page 6 | Speechless from Religion

SPEECHLESS FROM RELIGION Young Woman Falls In Trance and Converts Many Sinners DCS Moines IaMiss Prudence Van Glider of Perry while In attendance attend-ance upon a religious meeting there and during a fervid address by Mrs Lndd wIfe of Judgo Ladd of the Iowa supreme couit fell to tho floor was tendered speechless and has remained mute for 18 days MIls Van Glider Is said to retain her mental faculties but Is dumb and confined to her bed bo big rigid and unable to turn over Her jaws are set Sustenance Is admlnls tercd by moans of a tube inserted between be-tween her teeth The phenomenon presented by the abnormal condition of the young worn an has excited great curiosity Many people from Des Moines have visited Miss Van tilldor Some of these are stated to have been converted suddenly sudden-ly by tho subtle Influence exerted b > her Recontly she was visited b > Rev A B Senseny former pastor OJ the East Side Wesleyan church whc Is reported to have been Impressed deeply by the young woman Mrs Ladd whoso powerful appeal is supposed sup-posed to havo precipitated tho trance Into which Miss Van Glider passed Is a member of the Pentecostal mission on tho South Side