Testimonies for the Church Volume 1 - A New You Ministry

Number Seven Testimony forthe ChurchChapter 53 - The North and the SouthJanuary 4, 1862, I was shown some things in regard to our nation. My attentionwas called to the Southern rebellion. The South had prepared themselves for a fierceconflict, while the North were asleep as to their true feelings. Before PresidentLincoln’s administration commenced, great advantage was taken by the South. Theformer administration planned and managed for the South to rob the North of theirimplements of war. They had two objects for so doing: 1. They were contemplatinga determined rebellion, and must prepare for it; 2. When they should rebel, the Northwould be wholly unprepared. They would thus gain time, and by their violent threatsand ruthless course they thought they could so intimidate the North that they would beobliged to yield to them and let them have everything their own way.The North did not understand the bitter, dreadful hatred of the South toward them,and were unprepared for their deep-laid plots. The North had boasted of their strengthand ridiculed the idea of the South leaving the Union. They considered it like thethreats of a willful, stubborn child, and thought that the South would soon come totheir senses, and, becoming sick of leaving the Union, would with humble253