The Columbus journal., 1881-05-18

drawn back to the ocean, in whose
heaving waves it sank from view
A third time, heard the mysterious
voice saying: Son of the Republic,
look aud learn | cast my eyes up
on America and beheld villages and
towns and cities springing up one
after another, until the whole land
from the Atlantic to the Pacific was
dotted with them. Again / heard
the mysterious voice say: Son of
the Republic, the end of the century
cometh; look and learn At this
the dark shadowy angel turned his
face southwark, and from Africa L
saw an ill-omened spectre approach
our land. 1t fitted slowly and
heavily over town and city of the
latter; the inhabitants presently set
themselves i'm battle array against
each other. As / continued look
ing | saw bright angel, on whose
brow rested a crown of light, on
which was traced 'Union,' bearing
the American flag, which was placed
between the divided nation, and
said: Remember, ye are brethren
Instantly the inhabitants, casting
from them their weapons, became
friends once more and united around
the national standard. And again I
heard the mysterious voice saying:
Son of the Republic, the end of the
century cometh; look and learn
At this the dark shadowy angel
placed trumpet to his mouth and
blew three distinct blasts, and TAX
ing water from the ocean he
sprinkled it upon Europe, Asia, and
Africa. Then my eyes beheld a
fearful scene. From each of these
countries arose thick black clouds
that were soon joined into one. And
throughout this mass there cleaned
a dark red light, by which | saw the
hordes of armed men, who, moving
with the cloud, marched by land and
sailed by sea to America, which
country was enyeloped 10 the vol
ume of the cloud, and | dimly saw
these vast armies devastate the
whole country and burn the villa
ges, towns, and cities that | beheld
springing up. As my ears listened
to the laundering of cannon, clash
ing of swords, and shouts and cries
of millions in mortal combat, again
heard the mysterious voice saying:
Son of the Republic, look and learn
"When the voice had ceased the
dark shadowy angel placed his
trumpet to his mouth, and blew a
long, powerful blast.
christianity light, as if of a
thousand suns, shOne down from
above me, and pierced and broke |
into fragments the dark cloud which |
enveloped America. At the same |
moment | saw the angel upon whose
head still shone the word Union,
and who bore our national flag in
one hand and sword i'm the other,
descend from Heaven attended by
legions of bright spirits.
"'These Immediately joined the
inhabitants of America, who, | per-
ceived, were well nigh overcome,
but who, Immediately taking cour-
age again, closed up their broken
ranks and renewed the battle.
Again, amid the fearful noise of the
| heard the mysterious
voice saying: Son of the Republic,
look and learn
"As the voice ceased the shad-
owy angel for the last time dipped
water from the ocean and sprinkled
it upon America. Instantly the
dark cloud rolled back. together
with the armies it had brought,
leaving the inhabitants of the land
victorious.
"'Then, once more, beheld villa
ges, towns, and cities springing up
where they had been before, while
the bright angel, planting the azure
he had brought i'm the
midst Of them, cried i'm a loud voice:
while 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 blazoned the word 'Union,'
be placed it upon the standard,
while the people, kneeling down,
said amen
"'The scene instantly began to
fade and dissolve, and l at last saw
nothing but the rising, curling va
pOr had at first beheld. This also
disappearing, l found myself once
more gazing on my mysterious Wis
itor, who, in the same voice I heard
before, said: Son of the Republic,
what We have seen is thus interpret
ed: Three perils will come upon the
Republic. The most fearful is Sec
Dnd, passing which the whole world
united shall never be able to prevail
against her. Let every child of the
Republic learn to live for his God,
MS land, and the Union
"'With these words the vision
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