Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 64, No. 398, December 1848Various
History
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 64, No. 398, December 1848
Various
England -- Periodicals; Scotland -- Periodicals
"There will then be a reaction," says the portion now before us,
"which shall be thought to be the counter-revolution--it will last
during some years, so that people shall suppose that peace is really
restored: but it will be only a patchwork--an ill-sewn garment. There
will be no schism; but still the Church shall not triumph. Then shall
come disturbances in France: a name hateful to the country shall be
placed upon the throne. It will not be until after that event that the
counter-revolution shall take place. It will be done by strangers. But
two parties will first be formed in France, who will carry on a war of
extermination. One party will be much more numerous than the other,
but the weaker shall prevail. Blood will flow in the great towns, and
the convulsion shall be such that men might think the last day to be
at hand. But the wicked will not prevail, and in this dire catastrophe
shall perish of them a great multitude. They will have hoped to have
utterly destroyed the Church; but for this they will not have had
time, for the fearful crisis shall be of short duration. There will be
a movement when it will be supposed that all is lost; but still all
shall be saved. The faithful shall not perish; such signs will be
given them as shall induce them to fly the city. During this
convulsion, which will extend to other lands, and not be for France
alone, Paris shall be so utterly destroyed, that when, twenty years
afterwards, fathers shall walk with their children, and the children
shall ask, 'Why is that desolate spot?' they shall answer, 'My
children, here once stood a great city, which God destroyed for its
crimes.' After this fearful convulsion, all will return to order, and
the counter-revolution shall be made. Then shall the triumph of the
Church be such that nothing like it shall be ever seen again, for it
will be the last triumph of the Church on earth."
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