The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-06-06
prof. Knapp's Prediction.

W00Q JD0r0 VIII Do QlbLE0bb uPOn
the people of the whole world, and
much more prevalent upon those of
civilized and enlightened countries.
1t will not come in consumption's
ghastly form, the earthquake shook,
the ocean storm; but rather in a.
mild, though epidemic form.
Physicians shall be consulted
from all lands, aud from the four
winds of the earth, from the North
and South, from the East and West,
and shall sit down and shall pre-
scribe; but all shall grow worse.
Yea, the family physician shall not
be consulted, or being consulted,
shall be but little followed, as all
are engulfed in sorrow, and those
alone who have high standing,
will command hearing by the
multitude, or have their adioye fol-
lowed. Yea, the disease shall
truthfully, certainly, sorrowfully.
como, and grow worse and worse.
The family physician will not be
followed, but shall be.like prophet
in his own country and among his
own kin. Great shall be the misery
and curses of men Men shall not
be turned to Thanksgiving as they
should, but rather to cursing and
blasphemy,
Pious and thoughtful persons
ehall engage their substance in
mitigating the suffering of their
fellow mon. This will only ex-
tend to very few indeed, for those
most needy will not be SO situated
as to have the care the crisis would
indicate. Unprincipled people
will only aggravate the evil, as
thieves do in a burning CITY, by
selfish motives, and by deceit
Thus all shall be chaos. Pest
houses will spring up, as if by
magic. throughout Christiandom,
capitals shall be turned into ruins,
churches into hospitals, hill sides
into cemeteries, the world into
shrieks that shall pierce every
Christian heart.
Rather than advance "the cause
of God and truth" it unlike every
other calamity that ever befell man
kind since the fall of Adam, will
add to the retrogation of true relig-
ion and our Brethren, most of
whom, be they Protestant or Ro-
man Catholic, shall pray for deliver
ance from the epidemic, though
through prejudice they will con-
tinue to give wrong medicine
fight the devil with their prayers
and assist him with their hands
Consistency, though thou art a
jewel, thou never vert strong
enough to stand against prejudice
Terrible as this disease is it
shall reign over the face of the
whole earth-no zone, no Cline,
no race shall be totally exempt.
The medicine of the physicians,
for short space, seem TO relieve
the suffering, but in the course of
time they shall see by consolidation
that all is theirs to rule, to COM
mand, to occupy, and those not in
the ring, or trust, if you please to
call it, are under serveilance even
worse than the misery of the cpl
demic, and thus the evil shall be
increased rather than assuaged,
Amid all these evils there is
likely to exist, cordials and palia-
tives know to the trusted home
physician, but the evil of the times
and prejudice shall be sufficient to
keep the disease, when once it as
sumes an epidemic form, from be.
ing abated, as thereby they know
that the moro distress of the mas
ses the more they may grow rich,
oorpulent, naughty and powerful
Therefore, many shall be engulfed.
These are days of sorrow, injury
and crime which never before were,
nor indeed shall DO till the angel
spoken of by the Revelator shall
sound his trumphet
Only finitesminal part shall es-
cape, and they shall be those who
arc seemingly above those of the
common level, Those who thus
feel sure, may urge the million to
try prescription of white powder to
be administered at sufficient init.
verals to keep up the magnetism of
the patient But the board of
doctors shall condemn it in tota,
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