Journal (January 1, 1840 – December 31, 1840)

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Journal (January 1, 1840 – December 31, 1840)
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    the earth. In fine evry year from this day henceforth will be attended, with an increase of strange things sights, signs, & wonders perplexities, tribulations, Judgments, wars & rumours of wars, Revolutions & changes overturns & Destructions, attended with blood, fire & smoke the sun turning to dar- kness the Moon into Blood & the stars falli- ng from heaven, untill Babylon the great comes in rememberance before God, & is cast down to rise no more, & the Son of Man Desends in the clouds of ...
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    The following is from the London weekly Dispatch Sunday Jan 17th 1841 1st Upwards of 100 seaman connected with New Castle upon Tine perished in the storm of Novembem 2nd. The American Presidents Message to Congress, A contrast drawn by the Editor between England and America which was interesting 3rd England without a parliament, Publicola 4th The Schooner Veritas burned & one man 5 The Royal Speech To be deliverd frome the Throne by her ...
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    An account of A Dream of the late Dr Phillip Doddridge After some conversation with Dr Clark of St Alb[an]s who had been conversing in the evening upon the nature of the seperate [or dead] state & the probability that the scenes on which the soul would enter on its first leaving the body would have some resemblance to those with which it had been conversent while on earth that it might by Degrees be prepared for the more sublime happiness of the Heavenly ...
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    greatly inferior to this in Eligance, the reason the guide gave him was plainly suggested by the conversation of the contrast that the scenes first presented to him were contrived on purpose to bear a near resemblance to those he had been accustomed to on earth that he might be more easily & gradually prepared for the glories which would open upon him hereafter and which would at first view quite dazzle & overpower him by this time they were come up to the palace & the guide taked ...
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    he would repeat his visit & that in the mean time he would find enough to employ his thoughts in reflecting on what had passed and contem- plating the objects around him as soon as our Lord withdrew & his mind was more composed he observed the room was hung around with pictures & examineing more attentively he discoverd to his great surprised that they contained the History of his own life the most remarkable scenes he had passed through these represented in a most lively manner it may ...
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    The following is a part of the Doctrinal Catechism of the Church of England 1 who are your lawful spiritual Pastors The Ministers of the Church of England 2. What are they called. Bishops Priests & Deacons 3. Are not disenting teachers Ministers of the gospel No they have never been called after the manner of Aaron 4th But do they not say that God has called them inwardly yes but if he had called them inwardly he would have called them in the order of his word ...
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    Signs In the fall of 1840 in the city of Cincinnati Ohio ther appeared a larg Ball of fire over the city about the size of the moon apparently, at about 2 o'clock in the morning, [FIGURES] this ball of fire burst sudd- enly causing a vary loud report, and the broken peaces flew in all directions like blazing meteors. The earth shook like an aspen & the [FIGURE] moon turned as black as ink. "Again soon after the repres entatives of our nation had assembled in Congress ...
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    [FIGURE] A large Bell at Washington which had been used many years, broke while tolling for President Harrison Death in a moderate manner While General Harrison was on his way to Washington to take his seat after his Election He passed through a town whare there was a child named after him who Died at the same time the General was passing by A splended ball was appointed in Portland Maine in honour to President Harrison. The man who was Appointed to ...
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    The following letter we copy fro[m] [page torn] exchange papers which places in a s[page torn] point of light the tendency of this [page torn] It has sumthing more than the bold [page torn] and eloquent stile which we admire, to rec- ommend it to the Saints, viz truth which all though this generation may be unwilling to admit, will by & by break upon them with tenfold violence and carry away their refuge of Lies INCREASE OF CRime Mr Editor: I am horror stricken with dreadful facts of almost daily occurrence ...
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    [page torn] vice should go unchecked at a [page torn]th the last ten years? O, heaven! my [page torn] sickens! No human being on the earth will [page torn]e the fact tested. Long before thirty years the world will be smitten by the strong arm of Omnipotence! The most imposing events are hanging over the world—at the vary doors —events which will put all past events in the shade—obliterating all the epochs of the human family—stamping a new era on the annals of time! These things are true, and are come ...
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    the acceptable year of the Lord, when he is about to deluge the world in fire! This tremen- dious event is passed over by the pulpit as a doomsday work of Almighty God, when it is to be pre millennial and probably consummated on the present generation. A deluge of water once depopulated the world for crime; a similar scourge, by a different elem- ent, has a similar mission to perform & for a like cause. The measure of human crime is coming to the full, and the arm of Omnipotence ...