The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-01-16
MOTHER SHlPTON.
Who the Old Lady was, and Some.
thing About her Remarkable
Prophecy.
What a Salt Lake GsDtlaman Re-
collects of tho Old Verse,
The world to az end shall come
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| The world TO al end shall come
In elk ateeu hundred and eighty one.
The prophecy of Mother Shipton,
has been a theme to which persons
inclined to be surperstitious have re
CURED again snd again, for centuries,
as some claim. Certain it is that this
generation of the English-speaking
world has heard it often from infancy,
and the peculiar tnrllls 1t awakened
IN childhood days, aud the spells
which followed a repetition of It in !
youthiul hOurs, have not always been
vltisted with manhoOd's yeays. The |
old and uuaccounisble charm will at |
times end responsive chord Ia the
boscms OF some OF the most reason-
sble and sseady minded persons.
WHAT has brought it into particular
prominencs during the last two or
three years, however, is the sug
gestion contained il the last two
lines, that in 1881 the world would
arrive st the terminal depot on the
track of time--in fact, ths! it would
collapse, and We poor mortals would
return to our pre-mun0ane coalition.
Il has been told as jest all along,
but not q few have fels strange
questioning somewhere in the regioo /,
OF the heart, as to whether there
could be anything in the prophecy,
and this too, even when the MUD {
ould reject the idea VITA uuhesIts
tive disdaln. As 1881 approached,
this sensation OF the inquisltivs aud (
turn, aud which 1
finds its locus near the heart, :
grew more frequent, and more :
decided in its character, so that /
many, while still reisctlng the notion 0
as absurdly ridiculous, on the strength L
Of reason, have been led TO IN u
lnire whether they were in q fl con !
1itlon 10 be present at the entertain D
nent when the cartaio should rise e
IN the play of this collapse; whether o
t would not be better to petition for s
IN extension of time, Or 10 have toe 4
prophecy changed so as to read 1891. o.
n 1881. instead OF 1881, the later e.
ear being il too close proximity or p
many; or whelh (which Is lhe ?
question with q deuceily small uu,O- Il
Ter, aDd Only those OF vvry sinner d
titoas turn-it would not be adgis- 10
Die TO make the best use OF what J
title time remained, and rather than pi
IN any risks, turn ever a new leaf al
I'D make What preparation they ss
ould for the day and hour when s.
ature would bloG on hreaks and let Ei
3 sll loose at the city OF eternity du
WAT has, made the prophecy most ge
lausibie, 70 t1e fact that eysfytn ny re-
sclsred, save tnst contained il the AZ
st two lines of the prophecy. hss OF
cen verified, AID Sdmj ting ,hat va
lese lines Contain &alse prediciiJD, To
is certain - gain some cTedence
ON its association with truths. as It sbi
a notable fact the world over, thst ms
you would have he pass for the ga
in of truth, ail = GU have to DO is
hand 1t out with a roll or package
the genuine article. Thus il is
at some think OF the prophecy be-
use 1t is 1881; others wonder a. TO m
J truth, and sOme-ihe very few wh
we changed tscsiCs Gu IT. account. wi
Bat it is the fate Q! life to have our Y
Ds shattered; and the longer we wi
"a the more we learn thai we have EEL
} often been Worship ae a golden lie
II, and not Unfreqlen:ly a thing day
clay that greatly Tesem- Fri
% long cared 9uairnDed ~il
itch is the ptt Name subscribers by
ply to an editor who does not hap P
n to suit their tastes. Thus, 10 rug
; case of Mo,her Shiptoa's pro 6 L
ecy, the iconCcIast ias 5ce1 - pEe.
TX, and has alBe succeeded N nlu
,Sking down this iu:-a3 -iiUl. Il seCt
inns that this ALLEGED prop in
ad of having beer E-HsIL es..
] years ego By One &o.Ger SziC-
!, a then accTedued Ri3ch aisb !od 4
dentials TO prove = T l,gH oual6 hss
ions for the title, Il tbs V05k 81 an
glishmar, and the event OF ia
10 took place within thirty or forty
rs; while others claim that It
nmencsd years back with iey - y.
q, to which othsrs have been q. a
ed from time to time-as we must 80 -
IN, lioe upon line, Brecept upon L''o'
about half a century 49, 49,
it burst out into full blown S Su,'
phecy. So still there is q differ :
a Of opinion even among these sse'y
tsrers CT idols, butthe pefsis5eucy 80 r. :
} which they are at Eo-k On this
ing monument Of NJ 1the1 Ship;on, ~.
3 one to tie belief that The time S 49,
lot far distant gben It viii &c 80.
Jed of its woHGerm at, and exist No. ''sH
IS monument ofthe ersduiity = =
the keen and searching hu
J intellect concerning which we
so much from the lawyers plead
befors his Jury, from the polif- Il
on his stu0p, from the ioouo- .found
ca his hobby, from the edito! Land
il tripod. unde.
1t the prophecy. Ike all things Austi
are Glow in development, has not exszlI
stripped OF lis reverence yet; and fine
Lake is the possessor OF a gentle ejgn
who is prepared to declare t6e =
the statement which brings the ton '