The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-05-10
Tbe Gimes, Mem BLOOMFIELD, }Da.


nishing usAhe following singular document
purporting to be vision, has had the man.
uscript in his possession for over twenty
five years. He is confident that it had been
written some years pevious to that, but if
even written twenty-five years since, the
reference to events, which, at that time
were not even thought possible, and which
have since taken place, renders it at least
worthy of being classed as "curious doc
ument," and we accordingly here give it to
our readers:
JOSEPH HoAG's VISION.
"About the year 1903, in the eighth or
ninth month, l was one day alone in the
field and observing the sun shone clear but
mist eclipsed its brightness AS reflect
ed on the singularity of the event. my mind
was brought into silence, the most SOL
emn | ever remember to have witnessed :;
for all my faculties were low and unusually
brought into deep silence. | said to myself
what can all this mean? | do not recollect
ever before to have been sensible of such
feelings; and | heard a voice from heaven
say, This that thou ee'st which dims the
brightness of the sun, is a sign of present
and coming times. | took the forefathers
from land Of oppression; planted them
among the people of the forest | sustained
them, and while they were humble bless
ed them, and they became numerous peo-
pie but they have become proud and lifted
up, and have forgotten me (who nourshed
and protected them in the wilderness) and
are running into every abomination and
evil practice of which the old countries are
guilty, and have takan quietude from the
land and have suffered dividing spirit to
come among them. Lift up thine eyes and
behold: : and saw them dividing in great
heat. This division began in the Presbyte-
rian society, and went through the various
religious denominations, and in its progress
anG show its effects were nearly the same
Those who dissented went off with light
hearts and taunting language, and those
who kept to their first sentiments appeared
exercised and sorrowful And when the
dividing spirit entered into the society of
Friends it ragged in as high degree as
any, and as before, those who separated
went off with lofty look and censuring,
haunting language. And those who kept
their ancient principles retired by them
selves. 1t next appeared in the lodges of
the Free Masons, and broke out like vol
cano, until it set the country in an uproar
for length Of time then it entered poll
tics throughout the United States, and pro-
duced civil war, in which abundance of
human blood was shed in the combat. The
Southern States lost their power, and sla-
very was abolished; then monarchial pow
er arose and took the government of the
States and established national religion,
and made all societies tributary to it's sup
port. saw men take property from friends
to great amount. / was amazed at all
this, and heard voice proclaim, This
power shall not always stand, but with it
/ will chastise my church until they return
to the faithfulness of their forefathers.-
Thou seest what is coming on thy nation
for its iniquity and the blood of Africa,
the remembrance of which has come to me.
This vision is yet for many years, but il
has become such burden that have writ.
ten it,"