Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-11-22

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to feel as one dying, or rather to ex-
perience the sensations which / hav Q
sometimes imagined accompany dis
solution / did not think, / did not
reason, did not move; all we're alike
impossible. was only conscious OF
gazing fixedly, vacantly, at my com
panion. Presently / heard o voice
saying, Son of the Republic, look
and learn while at the same time
my visitor extended her arm east
wardly. I now beheld heavy white
vapor at some distance rising fold
upon fold. This gradually dissipa-
ted, and / looked upon a strange
scene' Before me lay spread out in
one vast plain all the countries of
the world-Europe. Asia, Africa and
America. l saw rolling and tossing
between Europe and America the bill
lows of the Atlantic, and between
Asia and America lay the Pacific.
Son of the Republic, said the same
mysterious voice as before, look and
learn At that
MOMENT BEHELD
dark shadowy being like an angel
standing or, rather, floating. in mid
air between Europe and America
Dipping water out of the ocean il
the hollow of each hand, she sprink
led some upon America with her right
hand, while with her left hand she
cast some upon Europe. Immedi-
ately a dark cloud raised from each
of these countries and joined in mid
ocean. For while it remained sta
tionary, and then moved slowly
westward, until it enveloped America
in its murky folds. Sharp flashes of
lightning cleaned through at inter
walls, and 1 heard the smothered
groans Of the American people. A
second time the angel dipped water
from the ocean and sprinkled it out
as before. The dark cloud was then
drawn back to the ocean, in whose
heaving waves it sank Fl ON view. A
third, heard the mysterious voice
saying: Son of the Republic, look
and learn / cast my eyes upon
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 1 heard the mysterious voice
say: Son of the Republic, the end OF
the century cometh; look and learn.
At this the dark shadowy angel turn
ed her face southwark, and from
Africa I saw an ill-omened specter
approach our land. It fitted slowly
and heavily over town and city of tn.
latter; the inhabitants presently set
themselves in battle array against
each other. AS I continued looking
l saw a bright angel, on whose brow
crown of light, on which was traced
Union bearing the American flag,
which placed between the divided
nation, and said: Remember, ye are
brethren. Instantly heinhabitants,
casting from them their weapons, be-
came friends once more and unitef
around the national standard. And
again l heard the mysterious voice
saying: Son OF the Republic, the
end of tina century cometh; look and
leara.' At this the dark shadowy
angel placed trumpet to his mouth
andFblew three distinct blasts, and
taking water from the ocean he sprink-
led it upon Europe, Asia and Africa.
Then my eyes.
BlHELD FEARFUL SCENE.
From each ofthese countries arose
thick black clouds that were soon
joined into one. And throughout
this mass their 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
enveloped in the volume of the cloud.
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