Las Sabinas, Volume 4, Number 1, July 1978 Page: 40
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She first became interested in this religion while living
on Market Street when neighbors began to have prayer meetings in
their homes. "At first I went out of curiousity. And I laughed
at the people rolling around on the floor with the Holy Ghost.
But I kept going back even when my husband forbade me to go."
"I remember never thinking of God as real and wanting some
sign that he was. We didn't have screens on the windows at home
and my sister and I slept under a mosquito bar hung over our bed.
We didn't dare touch the bed before we said our prayers.
One night my sister kneltdown and instead of saying 'Hail
Mary, and the Father, the Son and Holy Ghost', she crossed herself
and said one, two, three - then jumped up and said, 'Oh, Gladys,
see what I've done. I don't believe my prayers got past that
mosquito bar!"
About eight months ago Gladys became ill with headaches and
stomach trouble and was placed in the hospital. While there she
began to experience strange visions, things that might have been
explained by her illness or the medication. However, when she came
home, even more unusual things happened. Once she prayed for a
sign and was rewarded with the appearance of Porly Broussard, her
first husband now dead, lo, so many years.
"Only God could bring back a man dead and in his grave so
long. I got up and walked to the middle of the room and I prayed
'God, what are you?' and inside me I heard 'I am Love' and the
greatest joy in world came over me. I can't tell you how I felt.
Oh, it was wonderful."40.
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Orange County Historical Society (Tex.). Las Sabinas, Volume 4, Number 1, July 1978, periodical, January 1978; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth255383/m1/48/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Orange County Historical Society.