“The mission of Joanna began in 1792, at which time she had prophecies given her, showing how the whole was to be accomplished. Among other things, the Lord said he should visit the surrounding nations with various calamities for fifteen years, as a warning to _this_ land; and that then he should bring about events here which should more clearly manifest the truth of her mission, by judgment and otherwise; so that this should be the happy nation to be the first redeemed from its troubles, and be the instrument for awakening the rest of the world to a sense of what is coming upon all, and for destroying _the Beast_, and those who worship his image. “Joanna Southcott died of a protracted illness. It Was given out that she was to be the mother of a _Second Shiloh_. Presents were accordingly made her for the _Babe_, especially a superb cradle, with a Hebrew inscription in poetry. But she expired, and no child appeared on the occasion. A stone placed over her remains in the New Burial-ground, Mary-le-bone, has this mystic inscription:— In Memory Of Joanna Southcott. Who departed this life December 27th, 1814, Aged 60 years. While, through all thy wondrous days, Heaven and earth enraptured gaze,— While vain sages think they know Secrets thou alone canst show,— Time alone will tell what hour Thou’lt appear in greater power.” FAMILY OF LOVE. A sect that arose in Holland, in the sixteenth century, founded by Henry Nicholas, a Westphalian. He maintained that he had a commission from Heaven to teach men that the essence of religion consisted in the feelings of divine love; that all other theological tenets, whether they related to objects of faith or modes of worship, were of no sort of moment, and, consequently, that it was a matter of the most perfect indifference what opinions Christians entertained concerning the divine nature, provided their hearts burned with the pure and sacred flame of piety and love. HUTCHINSONIANS.