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the flood of revolution broke out in Europe in the year 1848, on the
exact day in correspondence with prophecies given by our
instrumentality and published in my volumes, and emperors and kings,
and their machines of destruction, the bishops of America and in
Europe, and other political and ecclesiastical officers, who with all our
exhortations remained obstinate sinners against the Holy Ghost, who
has disclosed by our instrumentality that which is required for the
introduction of the promised peaceable reign of Christ, which
according to our disclosures by a long chain of signs according to
prophecies, will be the universal republic of truth and justice, harmony
and peace on the whole globe, are responsible for all destruction of
human life and property, which were consumed in that revolution and
afterwards until this hour, and would have been saved, if the means

shown in our message, had been used.
Ferdinand, Emperor of Austria, was the first compelled to give a
constitution. I read it on the 18th, April, 1848, and was inspired to write
on the 19th, April, or, on his birth-day a letter to him and an appeal to
the inhabitants of the Austrian Empire, assuring them, that the
calamities came, because the contents of our publications had not been
regarded, although our mission had been superabundantly proven by
signs according to prophecies. I confessed also, that I was ready to go
instantly to Vienna, and to show practically, how to make the right use
of that constitution for the commencement of the new era of harmony
and peace, if the emperor would publish directly my appeal to the
inhabitants of his empire, and write to me, and give the security to
support the constitution, which was such as the inhabitants of the
empire had a right to demand, as well as the emperor had a right to
watch against the abuse and to apply the proper means for the right use
of the constitution.
My former applications and my volumes have been sent by me directly
through Triest to Vienna, but that my last document to emperor
Ferdinand was sent to his minister in Washington city with an urgent
exhortation to the minister, to forward it to the emperor, and with the
remark that in the time in which an answer could be expected, I would
send to the minister my direction, to which post office he had to send
the answer; because I wrote to the emperor from the State of New-York
on my journey to other States. I wrote at length to the minister, that if
he receives an answer to my documents from the Emperor Ferdinand,
he should send it to the post office of Nashville, capital of the State of
Tennessee. I urged the Emperor to send an answer as soon as possible,
and I assured him, that it was impossible, to prevent new revolutions
without the use of the remedy contained in our message of peace. But
knowing the slowness of the business at the Austrian government, I
now on the 14th September 1848, at noon time to the post office of
Nashville to ask for letters. When I was approaching the post office,
fire bells commenced to arouse people who were asking where the fire
was. Some answered, that it was in the Presbyterian Church on Church
street; but others remarked, that they should not be mocked in this

manner; because it appeared to be quite improbable that fire should
break out at that hour in that season in a church without being struck by
lightning; and that was a very clear day.
I asked in the post office for letters. But there was no letter for me there.
On my return from the post office, the whole presbyterian church the
largest in that city, on Church Street, was enveloped in awful flames,
by which it was entirely consumed.
The next night after that solemn spectacle an angel of my Lord brought
to me the message, (and attentive readers of this book will be
convinced, that when my mission requires, I come in perceivable
communication with Heavenly messengers,) that on the next sunday I
should proclaim in that city, that that was a prophetical fire testifying
that revolutions would break out again in the Austrian empire, because
the bishops of that empire had neglected to fulfil their highest duty to
instruct the Emperor in what he should do for the pacification of
nations, and that the revolution should be a solemn warning to the
citizens of the United States: because judgments cannot be removed
from this country, but must increase till churches of the great harlot and
her daughters will be consumed, if these judgments shall not be stopped
by the application of our message of peace. Public halls are generally
not