The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1867-03-08

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Israelites, and be breathed out threat.
ening and slaughter among the dis
ciples Of JEFF. But. as he jourDeyed
Oh his way, be saw a vision, and
was miracuIously converted into an
Apostle Of the Gentiles. Then Georger
whose surname was Broughn, aud
John, whose surname was Backster,S
and Phlegming the publican, greatly,
Iejoiced thereat, and set themselves
up as teachers Of men, pretending.
to be great bodies, as in the days Of
jeff and the Philistinos George, es-
peeially, became very merry at heart,
I5or he felt that his neck was no long
esr iQ, danger, and he csaaed TO dream
aSepS lvherevith hia spirit was
lkfsn blgI and his sleep) broken him.
kSfBd John YaXed exceeding great,
aila bis house was fah Of riches; and,t
the Philissines, whose lives bad been
spared, 'hoarkened unto bin, and ho
bade them fear not. And Phlegming.
the publican followed after. E3T iiuN
But itqane 70 pass that one Brown
low, q Radical, became Chief iRuler in
the Mountain Province, and ho made
manyissgtpte heavy and grisyons 10
be borne by, the Rhilistines, but very
comfortable to Israel. Moreover hB
hand pressed heavy upon the disciples
and followers of JEFF the Seceshite !:
and he disfran chised every mothers
son OF them, and laid heavy oaths up.
ongtbeir coDscences. Then came to-
gethey George, John, and the publicnn,
to sec wherewith they could thwart
the Statutes Of BrownIow for they,
had gleat greed Of Office as aforetime,
Now SO it was, there was a Convenant
Sn Israel, which some called a Consti-
SUTTON; and this Constitution these
three men has cursed with mighty
edfseSandl had rent II in pieces, and
trampled thunder their feetin con-
temptnousanger, and the, fragments
thereof they had thrown unto the
four winds lof heaven, But now ins
their tribnlation and sore dismay they
the words Of this Con-,
stitption and the writing wherewith
it was written. So they set them
selves, to work, and gathered tho
fragments thereof, and plac-
cd then together, and said ono TO the.
other HBehoId our Refuge! And
thus tR Eimen who had broken this
great la$ of the land, and who by its
words we're unconvinced traitors, and
worthy Of a. fslon's death, now pre-.
tendcd{to venerate ii, and Vaunted
much dRtheirdOvotion thereto. They
wrote many words unto
the multitude to show that the Phihs.
tines were as good as the Isfaslites,
and though Israel had won the battle,ss
h was bat fair that PhiIisiia should
rules AND what one wrote the others
3ndorsede And many were the strange
i0etriDesthey taught. bat the peo-
llegq having been, deceived aOhce,st
ionld mot sbe deceived again and
hey Yot4& not hearken Unto John,
ind George and the publican, but
stood afar Of, and weRtnot with them;
or they, liked not false prophets, and
,emembered Korah, Dathan and abb
am, And they ,wonld have ceased
heir, talking long before, had not An
lrew, the lndecent, given them en-
Souragement, and made them prom
ses. SO they we're still minded to do f,
Svil, and continued to 60 after strange
gods. The law, also, they detiled
With their abominations, for rebellion
vas still in their hearts. But the end
IF these men, even the end Of George,
Broughn, Of John, snrnam-
ID Backster, and of Phlegming the
5avIican, il is written in the second
book '''s ''4 f'''.''''' 'o"