Letter to Joseph Wain 1794

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Addressed to: Joseph Wain, Longnor, March 10th 1794.

"Ever fond as I know you are of what is curious I send you a copy of a remarkable prophesy lately found in Paris and transmitted from a gentleman there to his friend in London who writes that it was engraved on a Flag Stone of two yards square in Hebrew Character and very elegantly inlaid with gould. It is supposed to have lain near six hundred years under an ould wall taken down by order of the late King of France to be rebuilt. On removing the rubbish from the foundation this stone was discovered.

"Permit me to assure you that I heard it from a man of very strict veracity and honer who is expert in Hebrew and on whom I can rely for the truth of the circumstance.

"As it predicts a most glorious and universal revolution in On(e) Thousand Eight Hundred I heartily whis to congratulate you on the welcome news. I do expect great changes will take place here the millenium soon come. I have long been satisfied in my own mind may you. I prepare for it, O may we live to see the real illustrious desendant alluded to who if this be true must be now alive past Infancy probably in Europe perhaps now in England is the sincere whis of

"Dear Sir, your affectionate Friend,

"R Howes

"In the year 1790 there will be a rebellion against the French King and when the present Pope dies there will be no more elected.
"in 1781 there will be a war amongst many of the European powers against France
"in 1792 More of the Christian Powers engaged in the war
"in 1793 the War increases through Europ
"in 1794 there will be little or no forms of religion observed in France
"in 1795 there will be a Destructive Division among the powers of Europ
"in 1796 there will be a great sloughter and much blood shed by land and sea
"in 1797 there will be a gog and magog that will make war against all the nations of the world
"in 1798 there will be a great Destruction that will thin the inhabitants of the earth
"in 1799 there will come a desendant of David who will perform such acts of grace from the power derived from Almighty God as to destroy gog and magog and will cause for 1st Jan 1800 the remnant of all Nations to be of one religion and no more wars against men who will be for ever after in Bonds of friendship and unfeigned love towards God and one another. Amen."