FOURTH EDITION.

SOUND AN ALARM

IN

MY HOLY MOUNTAIN.*

As my other Books have treated on the Prophecies of Nations, this will treat on the meaning of the Sealing, and how Satan's reign is to be cut short thereby; as his destruction was foretold in 1792, as well as the principal Events of the Nations, which have already taken place, as far as the Shadows; but the end of the Visions brings the Substance viz. how Christ's kingdom will be established upon earth; and Satan's kingdom be destroyed; and which will be explained in this Book, as shewing the end of the Visions concerning Satan's reign.

to ALL LANDS:

Leeds, Jan. 30, 1804.

JOANNA SOUTHCOTT.

As I am ordered to put in print the jealousies which alarmed my breast, after I was ordered by the Spirit to seal up the Lists at the end of the year, old style, for Satan's kingdom to be destroyed, and for Christ's kingdom to be established upon earth; and that it. would be more fatal for me, and all mankind, than the fall of Eve was, if I did NOT OBEY; I shall now assign my reasons of what filled me with fears, when the time drew near. My first alarm was from men; professors of religion and professors of preaching the Gospel; as they had denied the fulfilment of the

Joel, 2d chap.

Printed, April, 1808, by W. Marchant, 3, Greville-Street, London, from the Third Edition, published in November, 1900.

Bible, and said my prophecies might come true by chance, and not by the LORD. For, they affirmed the Bible would never be fulfilled, as it was said to me -viz. of Satan's destruction, and of man's redemption. The only way, they said, Christ's kingdom would be brought in, was by their preaching. This I know was so contrary to the truth of the Gospel; and so far from having any appearance of its effects at present; that, instead of the world being the better since their boasted preaching, it seems to grow worse and worse. Therefore, I am convinced there is no power in man, to bring in the kingdom of Christ; and our Saviour said, "Without ME, ye can do nothing." Then how can men, who deny the power of the Spirit of God, do any thing? For, our Saviour said, "I am the good Shepherd, and careth for my sheep, and my sheep know my voice, and they follow ME wheresoever I go. Then HIS voice must be known to them, that HE goes unto.

And HE

said, If I tell you things earthly, and ye will not believe me, how shall ye believe me, if I tell you things heavenly? For, it is written, "The testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy;" and without the Spirit of Prophecy, how can the testimony of Jesus come? Therefore it is written by the Apostle, Quench not the Spirit, despise not prophecies."-For, it is said, by the Prophet Joel, IN THE LATTER DAYS, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh-and upon my sons, and upon my handmaids, and they shall prophesy-and our Saviour said, "I came not to destroy the Law or the Prophets, but to fulfil them." And HE saith, "The wind bloweth where it listeth, and ye hear the sound thereof; but cannot tell from whence it comes, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit." Now, these things coming to me, so perfectly like the words of our dear Redeemer, that made me judge the manner of my

visitation and the truth which followed, that my visitation was from the Lord-though I could not tell from whence it comes, or whither it goethbut I trust to the words of the Spirit, that assure me, it is of God, and the truth which followed to be my testimony. Now, as it is written, ye shall know the Lord, if ye follow on to know him; for the God of Truth will lead you unto all truth: and ye shall hear the sound of your Master's feet behind ye. "This is the way, walk ye in it :" for every good and perfect gift cometh down from the Father of Light; and the Spirit of God beareth witness with our Spirits, if we are born of God; that is, if the knowledge of God be revealed to us. But finding all these Scriptures so firmly denied by the professed Christians, and those that call themselves "GOSPEL PREACHERS," denying these things as coming from the Spirit of God; but affirming in this manner, Satan will come as an angel of light, and deceive us; and that knowledge can come from the devil, or from some spirits we know not; this filled my heart with jealousy-finding the truth of the Bible was denied: -for, if the words of men were true, I knew the Bible could not be true: But if the Bible was true, I knew the eye of the Lord was every where present, round our beds, and round our paths; and HE hath promised, the gates of hell shall not prevail against us; and HE will not suffer us to be tempted above that we are able; but will with the temptation make way for our escape. Now, as I am but dust and ashes, and cannot be a judge of spirits invisible, my whole trust was in the God of my salvation, that HE would be the rock of my defence against the world, the flesh, and the devil--that I might not be deceived by either, as my whole trust was in the Lord, judging him a God of mercy, of all knowledge, goodness, and truth; that if HE SO loved the world, as to give his only beloved Son

to die for us-and the love of Christ was so great, freely to give up HIS Life for us all, and said, "HE was with us to the end;" then we must know, that all our thoughts and hearts are open to HIS view. This made me lay my heart and soul before him, trusting in his unbounded mercies and goodnessfor, if the judgment of men were true, that my visitation could come from any spirit which was not of God, HE would be pleased to take me out of the world, that I might not live to dishonour God, by any wrong spirit coming in his namenor deceive men, who were running such hazards in love of God, to be workers with him to bring in his kingdom of peace upon earth, as the disciples were to bring in his Gospel. For, all these things I pondered deep in my heart, that if a wrong spirit led me, he was dishonouring God by coming in his name, and mocking the warm love of mankind, that are so desirous for Christ's kingdom to be established, and for Satan's kingdom to be destroyed. And, as I judge the Lord to be a faithful rewarder of them, who diligently seek him-and that he hath never said to the seeking sced of Israel, Seek ye my face in vain. Therefore I trusted in his mercy and goodness, HE would not permit us thus to seek him in vain. And as the truths of my prophecies had come on in such a wonderful manner, and I had so powerfully been kept in the midst of temptations, which I judged was owing to the power and goodness of God, that nothing but death could convince me to the contrary, that my calling was not of God, and that the judgments of men were true. To my prayers you will see the answer-First, in the letter sent to the Rev. T. P. Foley

On January the 4th you will see the warning of the Rap on my Table, which made me judge I should die; and then you will see the answer given

by the Spirit, that I should not die;-but it was a token of death to those who wished my death. Now, the Lord has preserved my life, according to his words, and I must be plain with the whole world, that I could sooner believe there was no God, than believe there was a faithless God, who would preserve my life, to strengthen my faith, and the faith of those who were running into all hazards for his sake. Would not the Lord have taken my life for their sakes? Is not all power in his hands? Is there a heart or thought concealed from him? Are not all things open to his view, and the events of all things known to him? And is he not the God of Truth that cannot lie? Now, I answer, let God be true, and every man a liar, that says my writings are not from the Most High God.-And let the unbelieving world tell me what they judge of God?— But I shall answer for them. They judge the Lord another such as themselves: but I judge the Lord not like man. For, I must judge him Almighty in power, wisdom, goodness, and truth: a God, that cannot be deceived-neither will HE deceive; for the Lord judgeth not as man judgeth, by outward appearance; but the Lord judgeth from the heart. And to him do I appeal to be my judge-and HE will be a swift witness against my enemies, and false accusers. For, I am clear, that none but a God, that is wondrous in wisdom, wondrous in working, wondrous in counsel, and wondrous in truth, could ever have foretold such wondrous events, and have brought them round in such a marvellous manner, as was spoken in 1792 of Satan's destruction, and of the visitations on all Nations. Here I have shewn my readers how the judgment of mankind, and of their denying the fulfilment of the Bible, filled my heart with jealousy at first. and now they have made my faith the stronger