Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1877-02-01
"And I behefd the villages

town and cities of America increase
in size and number ill ut last they
! covered all the land from the
Atlantic to the Pacific and their
, inhabitants became MS countless as
the stars ofheaven or the sands of
the seashore. And again / heard
the mysterious voice saying. Son
of the Republic, the end Of GEN.
tury cometh--look and lesrn!'
"At this, the dark, shadowy
angel place trumpet to his mouth
and blew three distinct blasts, and
taking water from ocean sprlnkIed
it out upon Europe, Asia and
Africs.
"Then my eyes looked upon a
fearful scene. From each of ftbose
countries arose thick black clouds.
which soon jointed into one, and
drought this mass cleaned a deep
red light by which | saw hofdes Of
armed men, who, moving with the
cloud marched byland a d sailed by
sea to America. which country was
presently enveloped in the cloud.
And l dimly saw the vast armies
devastate the whole country and
pillage and burn villages, cities
ard towns that I had beheld spribg
ing up. AS my ears listened to
the laundering of cannon, clsshing
Of swords and shouts and cries Of
the millions in mortal combat, /
again heard the mysterious voice
saying, Son of the Republic look
and lesrni'
when the voice had ceased, the
dark, shadowy angel pleaced his
trumpet once more to his mouth
and blew q long, fearful. blast.
'lnstantly light, ss from q
thousand suns, sbOne down from
above me, and pierced and broke
to fragments the dark cloud which
enveloped America. At the same
time l saw the angel on whose
forehead still shone the word
UNION, and who bore our nation-
al iag in one band, a sword in the
other descended from Heaven, at
tended by legicns Of bright spirits.
These immediately jointed the
inhabitants Of America, who, l
perceived were well nigh over come
but who Immediately taking cour-
age, again, closed up the broken
ranks and renewed the battle
Again. amid the fearful noise Of
the conflict. l heard the mysterious
voice saying, Son Of the Republic
lOok9and learn
"As the voice ceased I. .thes sba-
dowy ange, for the last time dip.
ped water from the ocean and
sprinKled it on America. Instant
ly the dark cloud rolled back, to.
gether, with the armies it had
brought, leaving the inhabitants
! Of the land Victories. Then once
more ! beheld the villages, towns
and cities sprInging up where they
had been before, while the bright
angel, planting the azure stand
ard he had brought in the midst
Of them, cried in a loud voice to
the inhabitants; While the stars
remain and the heavens send down
dew upon the earth, so long shall
the Republic last.
"And taking from his brow the
crown on which still blazed the
word UNION be placedit upon the
standard, while all the men kneel-
ing down, said. 'Amen!'
"The scene instantly began to
fade and dissolve, sld / at last
saw nothing but the curling white
vapor I had FIRST behcld. This dis
appearing, / found myself gazing
once more on my mysterious visitor
who, in the same mysterious voice
that | had heard before, said: Son
Of the Republic, what 70 have
seen is thus interpreted: three per-
lie will COZ e up q the Republic
The most fearful is the second,
passing which, the whole vorld
united shall never be able to pre-
vail against her. Let every child
Of the Republic learn to live for
his God, his Land aod Union!"
Such, my friend" concluded
the venerable narrator. "were the
words ] heard from Wasbingtcn's g
own lips, and America will do well
TO profit by them. Let her remem.
Der that IN pcion she has her
strength, in disunion, desti ucton.
The latest luxury,a silent shave.