Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents, and Strange EventsBaring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
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Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents, and Strange Events
Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
Legends -- England -- Yorkshire; Yorkshire (England) -- Miscellanea
He at length succeeded in getting on the causeway, and resumed
his journey on foot; stones and other missiles were showered against him
in all directions. Some of his companions entertained fears that he
never would reach Horton with life."
The bursting of a storm of rain fortunately dispersed the mob, and the
Prophet escaped. "On arriving at Moses Elsworth's nearly his whole body
was black; he had also one of his eyes much discoloured, and received a
cut on his face from a stone." On the following day he obtained
warrants against nineteen of the mob, who appeared before the
magistrate, were bound over to keep the peace for twelve months, and had
to pay all expenses.
Prophet Wroe now deemed it expedient to visit London. Accordingly he had
a revelation in August, 1825: "Go thou to Tozer, and stand before him,
and prophesy, with thy rod in thy hand, and say, 'Thus saith the Lord,
the Lord thy God has showed thee many things; and for this end wast thou
born. The seal thou hast received thou shalt be able to retain; but thy
body shall go to the dust, and thou shalt put on incorruption at the
first resurrection.... Thou shalt be a witness for Joanna, and thou
shalt come with her, and at that day thou shalt be great unto the ends
of the earth."
On the 28th August, John Wroe, with his faithful ally, William Lees,
visited the chapel of Mr. Lindsay, a prophet of the congregation of
Joanna Southcott in London. Lindsay received them cordially, and
announced to his congregation that "Brother Wroe" was to have full
liberty to use the chapel morning and afternoon.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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