The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1863-09-30
A WONDERFUL VISION.

w nat mere relate Is true. That which
have seen, | have seen; and that which
know, | know. Let all the people read
what is here written, and ponder the won.
derful things which l have witnessed in q
vision. For much of that which | have
seen in vision, will be seen in the reali-
ty, bv all, in the fulness of the evil time
which is coming and which now is. For
voice hath said, "that which thou
seest, write"
My son, our first born, the object Of
our dearest love and most affectionate care,
whom we had reared in the ways Of vir-
tue, and educated with the view to an
honored life, was among the dead at Get
tysburg. We brought him home-to
that dear hearth by which he had grown
to from infancy TO young manhood--to
the home which he had left but few
months ago in the glow of health and
the enthusiasm of hope. We had bro't
him back, a maugled corpse, with n ghast-
ly wound on his fair brow-hardly TO be
recognized now, even by the loving
mother who had borne him, and who be-
walled him with unceasing lamentaiton.
Dead And my house was filled with
the sad faces of neighbors and friends
who had known and loved onr boy, and
who came now to condole with us in the
hour of overwhelming sorrow.
He was buried. And | returned to
home which was saddened forever, to that
familiar room, where, in the years that
were past, my boy had so often, from in
fancy to manhood, sat on my knee, or by
my side. How dark it seemed! How
dolorous
And sleep bad often fled from me- My
eyes, which had refused to weep, seemed
rs if they were sered, and blessed sum-
Der came not.
All through the dreary bours-hours
which seemed ages-of that awful night
waited, and watched, and knew not re-
bose. That long night wore away at last
md day of fasting succeeded; and the
lolorous night came again.
AS l looked out of the window to the
North, a great light, neither of the sun,
Tor moon, nor stars, but brighter and
learer than midday, illuminated what
eemed vast plain, upon which the mi
Iutcst object might be discerned with a
learness which was wonderful.
And as l looked, | beheld the coming
f great host, marching to the sorrow
ul sound of mufflod drum. As they
anne nearer, and glided past, remarked
hat there was no sound of footsteps
'here they trod. Then l knew they were
pectres, the shadows of the countless
cad, fallen in battle. Their garments
'ere soiled and torn. And | observed,
'ith shudder which thrilled horribly
trough me, that the death-wound was
pom every form, and that each ghastly
ace was the face of corpse. Great God
iere was an arm shot away; and there
cash on the forehead; again, an eve
all burst with shot; and yet again q
emple crushed as by a blow Of gun
arrel. And as the specter-host gided
y, | heard voice saying, "Woary, in
eed, wilt thou be gazing; for days and
ays must elapse marching at this forced
march which thou beholdest, ere this vast
rmy OF the dead can pass" turned
way in horror, and prayed that l might
c spared spectacle which seemed to
.eeze the very blood in my veins. But
ow | knew, as | had not known before,
hat multitude had fallen in battle.
When | looked again the vision had
hanged, and lol in place of those griz-
y shadows, | beheld great pool of
Iood. 1t was so large that ships might
de on its crimson pillows. And congre-
atcd, by the hundred thousand, all
round the wide circumference of its mar
in, were women, palid and fearful, each