The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-08-20
THE ARK or THE COVENANT.
Some Startling TRANSACTIONS from the Roll
of Parchment.
Hundreds of Letters Asking About Its
Certainty Received BY the Citizen.

The article published in last
weeks CITIZEN giving an interview
with Mr.. j. w. MADDEN, and a de
scription of the wonderful box in
his possession which he claims to
be the long lost ark of the covenant,
has occasioned an inquiry not al
together anticipated by the publish
ers of this paper. Every mail since
Friday brings dozens Of let
tiers to the editor of the CITIZEN
from the most scientific people all
over the country. One peculiar fact
of this most unexpectedly volumni
GUS correspondence, is that fully
One-third comes from ministers of
the gospel, of all denominations. OF
course it Is impossible to reply di-
rectly to all who have inquired, as
our time and finances would not
justify, but we take the CITIZEN as
the medium through which answers
will be given. The gist of the curl
Gus who have written us is, "Can it
be possible that you have seen the
veritable ark of the covenant?' In
answer we say we don't know
whether we have or not; but we do
say that we have seen Mr.. Hadden's
petrifed box, the contents of which
point unmistakably to its being of
divine origin. AS we stated last
week, the CITIZEN has in its posses
sion some of the translations from
the roll of parchment found in the
bOx,and to satisfy those who doubt,
we give some of them below. Our
Hebrew friend has been unremitting
in his study of the translation and
we feel safe in vouching for its
correctness. The first book in the
parchment and the one from which
Mr.. Hadden permitted him to copy
is called Moadem, and from the
limited amount copied it is impossi-
BILE to say whether Moadem lived
prior or subsequent to the time of
Moses; but from the name and his
writings, it is inferred that he was
the most renowned prophet that
succeeded the great emancipation OF
the children of Israel. We give be-
low only few Of the prophecies of
Moadem.
In the third verse and second
chapter he says: "a part of the
earth shall be visited by famine and
disease, and part of the earth
shall have plenty" The fifth and
sixth verses same chapter read ::
"And the part of the earth that is
stricken with famine and disease, and
the people thereon will be desolate
and full of trouble, and the people
will cry aloud in their sorrow ::
Lord have mercy upon u.s." In the
fourteenth chapter the translation
points to events in connection with
the prophecies above, and undOubt-
eddy to the cholera that is now rag
ing in parts of Europe. Thus
"And the fields of the tiller of the
soil were abundant with yield but
the grace of God was not in the
land. And God was angry and
caused the stricken part OF the
earth to flourish with abundant
y lClus duO GIIS pau Gh4I WAC plSuCy
was selfish and refused to give to
God in gratitude. And God caused
the plague to travel over the great
waters and the people died in great
numbers and the land was desolate"
There are other translations which
we have, pointing to events of the
present day which are startling and
fearful, but as it will require some
further study to place exactly
the application we refrain
from giving them this week. We
will say, however, that the end of
the world is prophesied most wildly
and clearly, but our Hebrew friend
has not yet figured out the exact
time.
We promise more prophecies next
week, and ask our friends to cease
personal inquiries IS it is impossi
BILE to answer all.