Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1861-05-31
Remarkable Vision.
Yours truly


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Remarkable Vision.
The following singular vision wa
revealed to Joseph Hoag of the Society
of Friends, who was born in Dutches
county, New York, April %, 1862. HI
first appearI as Gospel minister whcr
he was abolt eighteen years of age, and
was acknowledged as such by the Society
of Frierls in the twenty-third year Of
his age In 1889 or 1890 be removed
with BIS family and settled at Charlotte,
Vermont, and was the first minister who
settkd in that town. He travelled extern
siyey as minister in all parts of the
United States, also in the Canadas and
Nova Scotia. He died at Charlotte,
Vermont November 81, 1916, in the
eighty fifth year of his age. 1t was
Will on his farm at Charlotte that he
ha}this vision;
In the year 1908, probably in the
eighth or ninth month, was one day
done in the field and observed that the
un shone clear. but mist eclipsed the
brightness Of its shining. As reflected
upon the singularity of the event, my
mind was struck into silence the most
solemn | ever remembered TO have wit
messed; for it seemed as if all my
faculties were laid low and unusually
brought into deep silence. l said to my
self what can all this mean. do not
recollect ever before to have been sensible
of such feelings. And l heard voice
from heaven say, this that thou seest
which dims the brightness of the sun is
sign Of the present and coming times.
took the forefathers of this country
from land OF oppression--I planted
them here among the people of the for
est sustained them, and while they
were humble blessed them, and they
became numerous people, but they
have forgotten me who nourished and
protected them in the wilderness, and are
into the very abomination and
civil practice of which the old countries
ire guilty, and / have taken quietude
rom the land and suffered a dividing
spirit to come over them. Lift up thine
eyes and behold And | saw them di- !
riding in great heat. This division be-
gan in the church upon points of doctrine. |
It commenced il the Presbyterian So
,iety and went through the various
denominations, and in its progress and
lose the effect was nearly the same.
Those who dissented went off with high
ieads and taunting language, and those
Who kept to their organized sentiments
ppeared exercised and sorrowful. When
his dividing spirit entered the Society of
friends it ragged in as high a degree as
ny l had before discovered, and as
ofore, those who separated went with
pity looks and haunting, censuring Ian
uage. Those who kept to their ancient
rinciples retired by themselves. tt
ext appeared in the lodges of the Free
Iasons and it broke out in appearance
Ike a volcano, inasmuch as it set the
ountry in an uproar for length of
me.
Then it entered politics throughout
ne United States, and did not stop until
produced civil war. An abundance
human blood was shed in course off
ne combat, the Southern States lost {
leir power, and slavery was annihilated
ON their borders. Then a monarchi-
al power arose, took the government of :
he States, established a national religion. ,
nd made all societies tributary to sup
ort its expenses. / saw them take
roperty from Friends to large amount.
was amazed at beholding all this, and {
heard a voice proclaim "This power s
nall not always stand, but with this
over will chastise my church until S
icy return to the faithfulness of their t
Thou seest what is coming 6
pom thy native land for their iniquity |
nd the blood of Africa, the remembrance
which has come up before me. This ]
ision is yet for many days"
| had no thought of writing it for I
any years, until it became such bur '
en- that for my own relief l have !
ritten it."
LARGE FLFECEs.-Mr. F. d. DOUG q
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