Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1916-10-26
FALSE PROPHET
REGARDING RAIN

Editor News:
During first week in October a
neighbor of mine asserted empbatical-
~ aud positively that I'VE will have
no more rain until Christmas" and
when l asked him for his proof, said
"In '63 we had good rain in Sep
TENDER, and never had another single
drop of rain from that time until
Christmas, and in this year we had a
good rain in September, therefore we
will have no more rain until Christ
mas this year. as this year is like '6S
was
Now, l oppose to his positive asser-
tion the following disprOofs :
l. God, in Proverbs 27:1, says;
Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for
thou knowest not what a day may
bring forth" aud in James 4:14, God
says: "Whereas We know not what
shall be on the morrow, yet this man
assumed to know what should not be
for nearly three months, in a very
positive manner, without any sort OF
modification OF qualification.
,. His positive assertion that, in
'63 it never rained another single drop
from September to Christmas. is not
borne out by the historical facts, for
General Grant, in coming to take
command of the Federal Army at
Chattanooga, says: In coming to
Louisville he came in company with
Secretary of War Staunton, in a cold,
drizzly rain, on October -, '63, from
which Staunton caught cold in that
rain from which ne never recovered.
On the 22nd of October, '63, Grant
and his staff, started on horseback
from Bridgeport to Chattanooga in the
rain, and in the valley of Sequatchie
the mud was knee deep and worse, on
account of the inCessant rains, and
thew often came to such bad mud holes
as that Grant had Otter to be carried
over those BAD mud holes by men, ow-
ing to bis being crippled and having
to walk on crutches, and often had to
be carried by men over bad wash outs
on both sides of Walden's Ridge, such
had been the bard raius, and that
night or the next, for it rained two
DAYS, when he landed at Gen. Thomas
Headquarters, General Thomas tele-
grabbed Washington: Grant has
landed we'll and wet. Yet my
neighbor says: "In September '63, VIC
had good rain and never had another
drop until Christmas.
, Grant aimed to fight the battle
of Missionary Ridge on November %,
but owing to it's raining all of the
Goth and 21s days of November, the
battle had to be postponed until the
25th day of November, yet my neigh
Dor SAYS: at never rained a single
drop from September to Christmas in
'63, therefore it won't rain any more
now until Christmas" yet it rained
much on the 18th day of October, but
a few days after he said "We will
have NO more rain till Christmas. "
Truly my neighbor's memory Is as bad
as his judgement, and his Judgement
is not worth continental, and the
Revolutionary Soldiers said: "A Con-
tinental is not worth a d--n.
t. Three times did my neighbor
say: "This year is like '63 was, and
it never rained q single drop from
September until Christmas, therefore
we will not have.any more rain until
Christmas" yet we have bad much
of It, thereby proving hisSprophecy
was absolutely false know God will
send any man to He'll for such a false
prophecy. therefore, neighbor, warn
yOu to beware.
N. W. BLALOCK,
Dunlap, Tenn, Oct %, 1916.