The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-11-29
Peep in,o the Future.


-yV0 "A Peep into the Future.
How m any Of us would like to read
the iuneprned volume ofthe great future,
and kno ~ w bat is 10 reserve for us. or
how many d-sires are now experienced
to know when, or how, the pteseus insur-
rection. bu ming with such fury IN our
once h~p2y ODD peaceful country, will be
termiusted. The Proph, tic age passed
awsy2 with the dawn OF the Christian era !,
md the songs Of the Aogtlic choir.
heard by the shepherds, who watch
Ell their flo us on the pi ms Of Beth.
lehem, on the night Of the incarna-
.ian,, as they her4lded the birth Of a Re
deemer, W. as the inauguration Of a new
period of tins in the worlds history.
when dreams and. visions were to give
way 1before1the lille and power Of a new
and better condition of things la the
few years succeeding SO memorable an
epochs the one from which was to date a
new order OF time. Tie earth was to be
pregnant with wonderful events, the
tssnsplrmg Of which was to be the occa-
sion ots conyulsing the social world ,as wei
rs sOf striking terror to the heart OF the
Roman Empire. the then mistress of the
wur,dslg The ecd-veiopnenta of the scheun,
OF ofredemp.ion, sollong hid den in the Wis
ions of sthe prssphets, had It's cuFmnalion
in the tragic scenes ef2Galvafy, and the
drama of real HE. enacted around 4he
tomb in the garden OF Joseph O; Ara
msthea. when rendiaga tomb, the
falling Of the so.Iiers as il dead. III 4 /
guarded i,,land the coming forth of the
crucifi ID. dead and Buried 5 ,v,or to liie
WAS, in attfatare time, TO be the evidence
upon " kich the new -bor;i hopes Of NJ an
kind were. to rest.g for deiivrrance, IRON
SIN and guilt The future hereafter, was
10 be a sealed book, known only to the
mmdsof the Great Omniii.ns, and only
tobe made known to US, as events in then
every dayeoccurrencee made their imp.es
sionnpnn each new page of the world
history. True. Sybyls aud AstrolageTs
have sprung up IN every age. who profes.
sei.one by alspirit OF prophecy, and the o
ther BY tracing outtlle stars that gem the
blue vault of Heavens fair dome, tt
fereteH Jul ure, events, and To read the un
opened pagesof the volume of the grea
hsreattsrs hut the sup.rstitlons ofa Pagan
philosophy surrounded by all It's myths
aud shadows. have given way beforesthe
more enilg bsvned and scientific researche,
OF modern and Christian minds, SO thai
The. future all blank,oand only by the
progress ofdime ID o. we make marks up
on its pages. olBui we are apt, leach o. US
to think, that we can look into the fui ure
and although candid enough to adm
that We are NO prophet, neither the chill
dren OF prophets, yet We make predic
tions, and if7Iiey happen to be realized
swesaIesvsin enough TO imagine that til
mantle of some seer has fallen upon u.
aud that W.T., by tracing aout the lines i
the paims of the hands, consulting til
grounds in our tea cups, or cattii.g an
counting the cards in u pack, can rea
the. scl,aracters. and portray the com ip
events Of the future. And we have eve
heard offsotne Of our good old DANES
,exhilaratel by the infnence of their tes
,hay.. upon Consulting the grounds
their cups. actu diy read what is to /
the termination OF The great rtdetlson.-
But we nave been lead 10 hi writing b
n,eng one orund prediction going I'll
rounds IN the papers. having bearin
upon the wicked rebellion at present or,
gressng in our country, said 10 ha,
been made by an old physician, living
Providence. in France. Io a work en-
iii e1 tie "Seven C,nturies os propn
cy." n rhyme, this one. among mer
others, is iouLd
Among others his prophecy 81
hundred years before its occurrence)
the execution Of Charles /, of Englan'