The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-06-21
State Historical Society
.IaaeDh moag,e Dream.

The following vision has been pub
lished by as before, but we republish
it by request OF 8 Friend. Joseph
Hoag was a Quaker, and this dream
is generally looked upon by them as
remarkable, to say the least:
In the year 1903, probably in the
eighth or ninth month, was one day
alone in the fields, and observed that
the sun shone clear, but that mist
eclipsed the brightness of its shining.
As I reflected upon the singularity of
the event, my mind was struck into q
silence the most solemn ever remem-
Der to have witnessed, for it seemed as
if all my faculties were laid low, and
unusually brought into deep silence.
said to myself, fs What can all this
mean? l do not recollect ever before
to have been sensible of such feeling.''
And heard voice from heaven say /:
"This that thou seest which dims the
brightness of the sun is sign OF the
present and coming times. ] took the
forefathers OF this country from land
of oppression. planted them here
among the people of the forest. sus-
tanned them, and while they were
humble / blessed them and fed them,
e
but they have now become proud and
lifted up, and have forgotten Me, who
nourished and protected them in the
wilderness, and are running into every
abomination and evil practice of which
the old countries are guilty; and have
taken quietude from the landk and
suffered a dividing spirit to come
among them. Lift up thine eyes and
behold" And i saw them dividing in
great heat. This division began in the
church upon points of doctrine. 1t
commenced in the Presby terian Soci-
ETY., and went through the various
religious denominations, and in its
progress and close the effect was nearly
the same. Those who dissented went
off with high heads and haunting Ian
guage, and those who kept TO their
organized sentiments appeared exer-
cised and sorrowful.
And when this dividing spirit en-
tered the society of Friends, it ragged
in as high degree as any had before
discovered; and, as before, those who
separated went with happy looks and
haunting, censuring language: those
who kept to their ancient principle s
retired by themselves. It next ap-
peared in the lodges of the Free
Mzsons, and it broke out in appearance
like a volcano. insomuch as it set the
country in an uproar for q length o.
time. Then it entered politics through
out the United States, and did not stoI
until it produced q civil war, and ar
abundance of human blood was shed
in the course of the combat. ThC
southern States lost their power, anC
slavery was annihilated from theil
borders. Then a moDarchial power
arose, took the government of thu
States, established q national religion
and made all societies tributary to sup
port its expenses. I saw them TAX
property from Friends to a larg,
amount. was amazed at beholdinI
all this, and heard a voice proclaim
&c This power shall not always stand
but with this power I will ehastise N,
church until they return to the faith
fnlness of their forefathers. Tho
seest what is coming on thy nativ
land for their iniquity and the blood G
Africa, the remembrance OF which ha
come up before me-" This vision
yet for many days.
/ had no idea of writing it down fc
many years, until it became such
burden that for my own relief hav
written it. JOSEPH HoAG.