Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-03-27
A VISION.
A True Account of the Vision of
JosephHOag, ST., TheWar of Creeds,
of Sects, of Societies, and of the
Rebellion FOretOId.

Keokuk Gate City.
There is large settlement of Qua
kers in the vicinity of Salem, Iowa.
For years many of these Quakers have
preserved copies of what Is knows as
"a true account of ] oseph Hoag, Sr s
vision" This individual was num-
bered with the dead years ago, but
his memory still lives. Joseph Hoag's
vision occurred in the South. He
afterwards moved to Iowa. The Qua
kers, we are informed, have great
faith in the prophecy. The copy from
which the following was obtained was
written over thirty years ago. There
is yet to be fulfilled the monarchical
government, founded on religion, and
the after events.
In the year 1903, probably in the
eight or ninth month, | was one day
alone in the field and | observed the
sun shown clear, but a mist eclipsed
the brightness of it shining. AS 1 re-
hected on the siAgularity of the event
my mind was clothed with silence,
the most solemn | ever remember TO
have witnessed, for all my faculties
werslaid low and unusually brought
into sileace. l said to myself, what
can all this mean? [ do not remem
Der ever to have been sensible of such
feelings. And l heard
VOICE FROM HEAVEN
saying, ''This that thou seest that
dims the brightness of the sun is a
sign of the present and coming time
| took the fathers Of this country from
the land of oppression. l planted
them here among forests. | blessed
them and sustained them, and while
they were humble fed then and they
became numerous people, but they
now have become proud and lifted up
and have forgotten one who nourished
and protected them and are running
into every abomination and evil prac-
tice of which the old country was
guilty of and taking quietude from
the land and have suffered dividing
spirit to come among them. Lift up
thine eyes and behold Them" and l
saw them dividing In great haste,
This division began in the church on
points of doctrine. It commenced in
the Presbyterian society and went
through the various religious denom-
nations and its progress and close
were nearly the same. Those who
dissented went off with high heads
and haunting language, and those who
kept original sentiments appeared ex-
ercised and sorrewful; and when the
dividing spirit entered
THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS,
it ragged in as high degrees as in any
l have before discovered and as before
thoss who separated went with lofty
looks and tauhtiug censuring Ian
guage. Those who kept ancient prin-
ciples retired by themselves. 1t next
appeared in the lodges of the Free
MasoDs and set the country in an up
roar for a length of time. Then it
entered politics throughout the United
States and it did not stop until it pro-
duced civil war and abundance of
blood was shed. In the course of the
combat the fourteen States lost their
power and slavery was annihilated
from their borders. Then a monar-
chial government arose and establish
ed a nation of religion, and made all
societies tributary to support its ex-
Penses. was amazed at beholaipg
all this. and heard voice proclaim:
This power shall not always stand,
but with this power will / cha-tise
my church until they return to the
faithfullness of their forefathers.
Thou seest what is coming on thy
native land for their iniquities and
the blood of Africa, the remember
ance OF which has come up before
me. This vision is yet for many days"
l had no idea of writing it for many
years, until it became such burden
that for my own relief have SO writ
ten. JOSEPH HoAG, SR.