[lapsus calami]

 

 

A famous quote from that day by a member of the Governor's council (Senate) in Connecticut,

 

"I am against adjournment. The day of judgment is either approaching, or it is not. If it is not, there is no cause for an adjournment; if it is, I choose to be found doing my duty. I wish therefore that candles may be brought." - Abraham Davenport

 

 

[SunkenCiv]

He got it right.

[spankalib]

I remember that great quote, as I had read it years back, and it stuck out to me.

Also noteworthy, is that @ 50 years later, the 'stars fell from the sky'

Both biblical prophesies.

Noteworthy also is that Frederick Douglass witnessed it and wrote about it:

Frederick Douglass: “My Bondage and My Freedom” 1855, pg. 145
One of the most meaningful accounts of the stars falling from heaven came from Frederick Douglass, who at the time was a 15-year-old slave in Talbot County, Maryland.

Here was his reaction: “I witnessed this gorgeous spectacle, and was awestruck. The air seemed filled with bright descending messengers from the sky. It was about daybreak when I saw this sublime scene. I was not without the suggestion, at that moment, that it might be the harbinger of the coming of the Son of Man; and in my then state of mind I was prepared to hail Him as my friend and deliverer. I had read that the ‘stars shall fall from heaven,’ and they were now falling. I was suffering very much in my mind. . . . I was looking away to heaven for the rest denied me on earth.”