Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-12-07


SAMUEL ". KING, Agent.
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Vision Extraordinary.-MR. EDlToR:-
Having been schooled from my earliest youth
to despise all superslitous notions of hobgob
Inns, spooks ghosts dreams, and modern mir
acles and Visions my natural penchant is to
disbelievc all supernatural explanations Of
things difficult to understand, by comparing
them with ordinary things. But all things
which we can see with our eyes, must and will |
make an impression on the mind Hence. |
concluded to give you the best account Of my
late vision, and if, in your opinion, its perusal
will pay ink and paper, you are at liberty to
spread it before yonr readers,-and if you or
your readers can explain the vision 10 me,
will be ever thankful. Having cut down
tree, in It's fall il lodged in the fork Of another
tree, to my great disappointment. As was
looking up, great light came into my face,
and looked with impunty into the vast i'm
mensity of endless space, and beheld Three
Spirits, whose foreheads we're respectively
letiered as the spirit of Fdnaticisnl Hate and
Repen &C. BY their restessness saw that they
were in great pain, and as they appeared like
unto mortals, drew near them, in my en-.
tranoement, and found them in travail. And
they gave birth to three other spirits, like unto
themselves, whose foreheads we're lettered
Intolerance, Strife, and BLOOD. And
as soon as they were born, an irrepressible
conflict ragged between them, and the parent
spirits were actively urging on the conflict
In the far distant space, l saw three other
spirits, representing Justice, Coneiliaiion and
Peace, quiescently looking on My curiosity
being aroused by their apparent ages, and my
eyes intensely fixed on the conflict, the spirit
OF ianaticism drew near me and said. "Why
stand you here idle, See you not that my
progeny is in danger, even unto destruction2'
And | ventured to ask, "Whence came YOU,
and whence your authority2" And immediate
ly the spirit answered and said 81 am from
time immemorial led the pirgrim fathers
to Plymouth Rock the first church and school
house in New England were founded in me
am the prolific parent of all christian en-
lightenment in America. discovered all the
ills in society moral, civil, social and political
and prescribe remedies. banished and hung
the early moral lepers and herelics of New
England, abated Salem Witohcraft, checked
intempsranee, and mean to destroy slavery
catholicism, and all churches and govern
ments not founded in the true PnritancAl
faith, and those other spirits, Hate, Repeage,
Intolerance Strife, and Blood, are my legit-
mate progeny, wherewith accomplish my
ends, morally and politically" and at this
point the conflict was fearful among the other
con.ending spirits, and when / again looked
up beheld vast multitude Of beings, like
unto man, eontending in deadly coui4et. The
thunder of cannon was terrific, the ain and
clatter Of small arms was like the ron Of a
hurricane, the slain and wounded lay seatter.
cd over vast plains, in countless numbers and
still the spirit Of fanRticism was urging
on the conflict Cities were piiagAd or
burned; vast territories of fertile lands
laid waste, and universal devastation lad in
the trail of the contending spirits, and the
streams Of water were turned into blood, aud
the shrieks of terrified widows and orphans,
with want and starvation in prospective, was
like milestone on the finer feelinga Of my
manhood, and still the conflict went on. Bat
at this juneture the spirits of justice, coscila-
tion and peace, made an approach towards
the eontending parties, accompanied by vait
hosts Of spirits, like unto themselves, each one
carrying a small piece Of paper in his hand,
but the eontrabands Needed them not Yet
dauniless they advanced, and marched be-
tween the contending spirits and cast all lheir
small pieces Of paper on one heap, and g
great was their number thar the heap Of pa
per grew like mountain, and completely
separated the oontending spirits from each
others sight, aud Immediately the eonfliel
ceased, and a great calm ensusd, nthe realms