from a comment on "Something To Think About" by Joe

The Founding Father of the United States of America, George Washington, was a faithful man of prayer. It was well-known how he went to the thicket many times to pray during the winter his army was at Valley Forge. However, little publicity has been given to the vision and prophecy he received at that time. The account of this vision was revealed in 1859 by an old soldier, Anthony Sherman, a veteran of the Independence War. He gave it to a writer, Wesley Bradshaw, who published it in 1861.

In the vision God revealed to George Washington, there would be three great perils come upon the Republic. He was given to know that America was going through the first peril at that time, the War of Independence with the Great Britain. The old soldier who told the story of the vision said that the nation would soon see the account verified by the second peril descending upon the land, the Civil War of America. Then, there would be a third “Great Peril” happen to the United States of America in the future. The people on this land would struggle and suffered for a while, but eventually an angel would come and blast a long and loud trumpet, and the legion of heavenly angels would come to help Americans to defeat their enemies with great victory.

This great prophetic vision of George Washington has inspired Americans for generations since it was first published in 1861 before the Civil War of the United States. It had been republished in the United States multiple times in the next hundred years, including the reprint on the National Tribune in December 1880 and the reprint on the Stars and Stripes on December 21,1950.

Here is the report of this phenomenal and most important vision of George Washington given by the heavenly angel written down by the writer Wesley Bradshaw. 

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Wesley Bradshaw wrote: The last time I ever saw Anthony Sherman was on the fourth of July 1859, in Independence Square. He was then ninety-nine years old, and becoming very feeble. But though so old, his dimming eyes rekindled as he gazed upon Independence Hall, which he came to visit once more.

“Let us go into the hall,” he said. “I want to tell you of an incident of Washington’s life-one which no one alive knows of except myself; and if you live, you will before long see it verified. Mark the prediction, you will see it verified.” 

From the opening of the Revolution we experienced all phases of fortune, now good and now ill, one time victorious and another conquered. The darkest period we had, I think, was when Washington, after several reverses, retreated to Valley Forge, where he resolved to pass the winter of 1777. Ah! I have often seen the tears coursing down our dear commander’s care-worn cheeks, as he would be conversing with a confidential officer about the condition of his poor soldiers. You have doubtless heard the story of Washington’s going to the thicket to pray. Well, it was not only true, but he used often to pray in secret for aid and comfort. And God brought us safely through the darkest days of tribulation.”

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