Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-03-31


opc | America in its murky folds, Sharp
htshes orlichtning now cleaned through
out il at intervals, aud heard the smoth
cred groans and cries OF the American
people.
"A second timo the angel dipped
from the ocean, and sprinlied it out IA,
before. The dark cloud was then drawn
to the ocean, into WHOSE heavy waves it
sunk from view. a third time ! heard
the mysterious voice, = Son OF the Re
public look and learn"
80 cast my eye upon America, and
bcheld villages, towns and cities spring
ing up, one after another untl the .whole
land from the Atlantic to the Pacific was
dotted with them.
49, At :hls the dark, showery angel
turned his taco southwntd, and from AZ
rica sawAn i'll omened specific approach
ing our land It tlltted slowly and heav-
lily over every village, town and city OF
the latter; the inhabiMnts otwhith pres
emily set themselves in battle array, one
against the other. As continued look
ing, | saw bright angel, on whose brow
rested II crown of light, ON which was
traced the word Union, bearing the
American flag which he placed between
the divided nation and said, Remem
bcr, We are brethren !"
80 Instantly, the inhabitants, casting
from them their weapons, becume friends
once more, and united around the ma
tionul standard. And again heard the
mysterious voice, "Son of the Republic.
the second peril is passed and
learn"
:" And beheld the villages, towns
and cities OF America increase in ~ilo aud
numbers, TIL at hast they covered all the
land iiom the Atlantic to the Pacific,
and their inhabitants became us countless
as the stars in Heaven, or II, the sand up
on the seushure. Aud uguin hemd the
mysterious voice saying, " Son OF the
Republic, the end OF II century comoth-
,ook aud learn"
- AT this, the dark, shadnwy angel
placed II ttumprt to his mouth aud blew
three distinct blasts, aud taking water
from tho ocean, spllnkled IL out upon
Europe, A,ia aud Africa.
- Ihen my eyes looked upon fearful
Gene. From each OF those countries
arO-e thleh, buck cloud, which soon
Joined into ono and throughout tins
nnss glcamed dark rcG dsht, 10y which
| saw hvrdes ot armed meu, who, muv-
ing with the cloud, matcuod by and and
alled Dy ssa to Amrl lca, which country
was presently enVeopud ia the volume ul
tuc cloud. Aud ! dimly saw these vast
"a tnle, deNusuttc The Whole country, and
pilIHso and barn the VnIlgr, cilics ana
tpwaa had bone.d spDmsug up. a.
my ears Ii tened to INC ,nundeIug ot
cannon, Gushing OF swords, aud crleo oI
tne nIuIuu, III mortal combat, again
heard the mysterious voice saying -"Son
ol the RepuUue look and learn
- Whom the voice had cen. ed, the
dark, shadowy angel placed his trumpet
once more 10 his mouth aud blow IL long
and ,rurlul bn-t.
Instantly light as f,om Il thousand
suns, shown down from above me, and
| pierced and broSe into fragments the
! dn k cloud which enveiopel America. --
| AT the same moment | saw the augol up
on whose forehead still shown the word
| UNION and who bore our national lag in
one hnnd aud sword in the other, de
! sceadng from Heaven, attended by le-
| glons Of bright spirits. These lmmrdi-
uteiy joined the inhnhitants OF America,
who, | perceived. taking courage ugnin,
closed up iheir broken ranks and renew
ed the butte. Again amid the fearful
noise of the conflict head mysterious
voice saying" Son oil the Republic, look
and Ieurn."
49, a, the voice ccased, the shadowy
angel, for the last time, dipped water
from the ocean and sprukod II on Amei-
lea. Instantly the dark cloud rolled
back, together with tho armies it had
brought, leaving the inhabitants Of the
land victorious. Then once more | be
/ he'd the vllnges, towns and cities spring
| ing up, whore they bad been before, while
the bright angel, plnnting the azure
standard he had brought IA the midst OF
them, cried in loud voice 10 the inhabi-
tnts WhIe the stnrs remain and the
heavens send down dews upon tho earth,
50 long shall the Republic Ia,t."
So And taking from his brow the crown
on which still b,azed the word UNIoN, he
placed it upon the standard, while all the
neople, kneeiug down, said, Amen =
So The scene instantly began TO fade
aud dissolve and nj last saw nothing
but The rising, curling white vapor | had
first behed. This also disappearing, /
found myself once mere gazing apon The
mysterious visitor, who in that same
mysterious voice, | had heard before
said " Son Of the Republic, what you
have seen j. thus Interpreted, three perils
will come upon the Repub ic. The most
fearful Is the second, passing which the
whole world united ,hsl never be able 10
prevail against her. Let every chid OF
the RrpdbIc learn to live Tor his God, his
Land aud Union"
50 With these words the Ggure van
ished | started from my sent, aud telt
that bad been shown the birth, progress
and destiny OF the Republic OF the Unit
ed States"
- Such, my friend" concluded the
venerable narrator were the words /
bad heard from Wa.hngton's own lips,
and America would d. well To profit by