The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-04-02
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AN INTERESTING PROPHECY -.
I1ScnLN's DEATH FoHEToLp IN l>'--
CIVIL WAR PREDICTED,

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CIVIL WAR PREDICTED.
Brandon News.
The following article from the Louis
vile Courier was reprinted in the DEM
ocrat. printed at lI%audsboro, Miss,
Dec. IG. 1868. 1t Is handed Us by j..
II. Whitfield. who has preserved it all
these years, and is worthy OF pcruNai:
Ny attention having been called to
the prophecy Of the late Rev. Or.
Baldwin. to the effect that another
war will occur in America very soon,
was induced to hunt up an1 look
over some old manuscripts That 1
wrote in 1862 and '63, rs IN exposition
Of certain prophecies which Thought
referred to our American conflict at
the time existing. | have two manu-
scripts-une written in 1862, the other
in February, 1869. They were laid
aside Years aga to be tested, and
proven true or false by the events OF
the future.
The following passages. numbered
and included within quotation marks,
are taken verbatim from the original
manuscripts:
|. memphis to he a burying plac,
for Western soldiers"
That has been fulfilled. There is at
Memphis a national cemetery, where
the Western union dead, gathered
from the Mississippi valley, have beer
inferred.
2 "The presidential chair is to b'
vacated by Mr.. Lincoln. Ill
will some morning be suddenly cut OF
whether by violence, disease or other
wise. is not intimatcd. The occur
II Of the event only can cXplai
the manner of his removal from hi
position Of trust and responsibility.
Mr.. Lincoln was shot in the nigh
but died or was "cut Off in the mo
ing at a quarter past seven O'Clock.
3. "Thc South is to be brought
the verge Of ruin, and to be saved
special intcrpusition Of ProHldenc
independent Of military power.
Just when AbOlitionism has, in !
infancy. its triumph complete, God !
tcrposes as the dclivCrcr Of the Sout
and saves them by his W agency,
4. "a civil war is to rage in I
North, in which the AbolitionlStS
to suffer a bloody discontinue; t
Abolition clergy coming in for th'
share Of the bloody baptism Ma
AbolitioniStS are t. be slain, VII
those who are SO fortunate as to
capc from the country are to oc wa
dcrcrS in foreign lands.
). Washington City is to be
thcater Of a bloody drama. Amo
tbc victims OF its bloody yiolen
women and children are numbered
&. "AbolitiOnists who escape l
pcrils which bcsct them and rema
in the country, are to rcnonncc tn
heresv. turn to God for mercy, be |
given. and thenceforth bring '"l
the fruits OF repentance.
:. The reconstruction Of the |
ION. TO be brought about by Il CO
promise between the South and t
conservatives OF the North.
1t must be confessed that at the pr
cnt writing there is but little pr
poet of compromise or union. But
things are possible with God.
The Union is to be effected not
military power, but by a positive
torposi,ion of Providence, turning
hearts OF the now bclllgcrtnt scctl
to peace and union.
S. The whole people then unit
in the election of a Presidents
q. The surviving people OF b
sections, chastencd by the trials
pcrils through which they have p
ed, will be tit subjects for religious
HllpIlCpS. 1 liz Ways VI f'''I'N"'
abolition preaching will be ent
and a season Of more than ordlT
religious interest will cnsue.'
The writer makes no prctcntlon
the gift of prophecy" but his at
ZION being attracted durih' the
toccrtain prophecies in the Cldle
mcnt which seemed To refer to
American conflict, he wrote exp
tions thereon for his own cntert
nlent. The extracts thcrcfrom, {
ted above, are the bricfcSt poSS
outlines of those cXpoSitlonS, ,
Of the predictions, IT is seen,
been futile ed, and the signs are on
II Of the fulnllmcnt Of others.
Whether the unaccomplisled
djctions will be fulfilled or not
future must determine.
April, 1868. HOSE