Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1889-02-23
A PROPHETIC VISION
In which tho Civil War and other I'm.
portnnt Events Were rorctoli.

IN Whtch the Civil war ana Othcr I'M
portsnt Events Were Forctold.
There has been cxhumcd wonderful docu-
mcnt Of rs old date ms 1907, which can be
regarded as tho most remarkable prophecy
which has come to light during modern times
We have In our possession literal transcript
OF the original, In the handwriting OF this
American Nostradninus, which We reproduce
verbatim:
In the year 1903. In tho eighth or ninth
month. was one day alone in the field and
observed the sun shonc clear, hut mist
crlipssi Its brightness. Az reflected on the
singularity of the event my mind was struck
into silence the most solemn ever witnessed,
for NIL my faculties were low and unusually
brought into deep silence. said TO myself,
What can nll this mcanF' do not rccollcct
ever before to have been sensible Of such feel
inss hcar,l voice from heaven say:
This which dims the brightness Of tho sun
Is sign Of present and coming times.
took the forcfathcrs Of this country from a
land of oppression. I planted them hero
among the pcople of the forest. sustained
them, and while they were humble blessed
them and they became numerous people
But now they have become proui and lifted
up; they have forgotten me, who nouri:hcd
and protected them In the wilderness. are
running into every abominablc and evil
propensity " which the old countries are
guilty, AMI have taken quictudc from the
land and suffered u dividing spirit to come
among them. Life up thine eyes and he
hold"
saw them dividing In great HEAT
This division began In the churches. II
commenced in the Presbyterian society and
went through the various religious ,lcnomina-
tions IN its progress and closed. Those that
disrntcl went or with high heads and taunt-
Ing language. and those that kept in their
original sentiments appeared exercised and
sorrowful, and when the dividing spirit cn.
tered the Society of Friends 1t wagcd in us
high IA degree rs In any had before liscov.
cred. AS before, those who kept to their
ancient principles retired by themselves
II appeared in loig,s Of Frccmasons, where
Il broke out in appearance like volcano, in
asmuch u !, ~, the country in an nproar for
length Of time.
Then it entered politics in the United
States, nnd did not stop until IL produced
civil war, aud abundance Of human blood
was sliel In the course of the combat; the
southern states lost their power and slavery
was annihiate,l from their borders.
Then monnrhical power arosc and took
the government Of the United States, cstab-
lishrd a national religion and nladc all the
people tributary to support its expenses l
aw them take property from Friends 20 a
larec amount. was amazrl at bchol,lng
all this, when hcar,in voice proclaim:
This power shall not always stand, hut
will. 1t shall clasiisc my church until they
return to the faithiulncsso of their forcfaihcrs.
Thou scst what is coming on thy native land
for all Its iniquities AMI the blood Of Africans,
tho remembrance of which has come up be-
forc me. This vision Is yet for many days"
had no i,lca 81 writing it for many years,
until it became such burden that FOR ms
own relief have written IT,
JOSEPH lioAG.
Burlington, VT, 1907, imo., Il 'iny.
The author of this prophetic vision was
born In l;'2 and died in 1916, in his eighty
nth year. The old records sIcak Of him MS
n man Of great ability and sterling common
scns", md unbiased by superstition. lie was
universally respected by the Quakers and
the community generally. Ills life nnd teach
ings are published in nm o-'%yo volume Of
30 pascs, - Memoir Of the, ifc Of Joseph
lioas, mn Eminent Minister o., S,c Gospel In
the Society Of Friends" Aubuis NSGl.
!; l. curious that every 10 V Of this
vision hns proven true, save ms Ehc mon
archy AMI the csiablishclchurcls yrrcsbytc-
rianism has h,rn divided into thy yld School
and the New; Daptists into lIarl Shell and
Soft; Mcihodists into churches North and
South and Quakcrs into IIicksi,cs and Or,ho-
dox. The AntiMasonic tempest commenced
In iS:1, and rag,sl unintcrruptctlly for some
fifteen years. and II may bc said that Free
masonry has never recovered its unparalleled
prestige In America, as held prior To the out.
break Of the Morgan excitement. New York
Mercury.