The sun., 1917-09-30
Washingtons Vision, Recently Repub.
lished, Brings to Fore Another Exam
pie of the Occult Never Explained

voice saying to me something like
this:
"'Gen. Mcclellan. while yet in the
flesh beheld the birth OF the Ameri-
can republic. 1t was indeed q hard
and bloody one. but Gods blessing was
upon the nation. and therefore through
this her first great struggle for exist
ence He sustained her and with His
mighty hand brought her out triumph
antly.
"'A century has not passed since
then. And yet the child republic has
taken her position OF peer with nations
whose page of history extends for ages
into the past. She has since those
dark days by the favor OF God greatly
prospered. And now by very reason
Of this prosperity has she been brought
to her second great struggle.
"'This is by far the most perllous
ordeal she has to endure; passing as
she 10 from childhood to opening ma
turity she Is called on to accomplish
that vast result. self-conquest. to learn
that important lesson, self-control,
self-rule, that in the future will place
her In the van of power and civliza-
tion. 1t is here that all nations have
hitherto failed: and she. too. the re-
public OF the earth, had not God willed
otherwise, would by to-morrow's sun
set have been a broken heap Of
stones, cast up over the grave Of
human liberty
but her cries have come up out
OF her borders like sweet incense unto
heaven. and she will be saved Thus
shall peace once more come upon her
and prosperity fill her with Joy. But
her mission will not then be yet fin-
ished, for ere another century shall
have gone by the oppressors Of the
whole earth. hating and envying her
exultation. shall Join themselves to.
gether and raise up their hands against
her.
But II she still be found worthy
Of her high calling they shall surely
be discounted and then will be ended
her third and last great struggle for
existence! Thenceforth shall the re-
public go on, increasing in goodness
and power. until her borders shall end
only In the remotest corners of the
earth and the whole earth shall be-
meath her shadowing wing become a
universal republic. Let her in her
prosperity, however. remember the
Lord her God; her trust be always in
Him, and she shall never ha cor-
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"a'e Ills Blessing.
The heavenly visitant ceased speak
Ing. and as | still continued gazing
upon him drew near to me and raised
ana spread out his hands above me-
NO SOUND now came from his lips, but
teit strange influence coming over
me. l reclined my head forward to
| receive the blessing. the baptism OF
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