Joanna Southcott: Unpublished Manuscripts
Joanna compared to a Clock. (1795).
(Some copies dated 1796.)
As a clock I’ve placed thee in the land
To let them know how every hour stands
Answer of the Spirit
Then now the hours fast are hastening on
That thou must let them know what will appear
For I shall warn before the clock does strike
And all thy prophecies they’ll find are great
And great I say they’ll find them in the end
When they have deeply weighed what thou hast penn’d
Then sure the remnant that is left behind
Will find I am a God both good and kind
Unto my followers that believe my word
That they shall find redemption in my blood
Redeemed from Adams fall and every sting
I say of sorrow to be took away
In mans redemption doth my promise lay
Throughout my Bible if you right discern
The Serpents curse foretells how I do warn
In the beginning there the Promise stood
And my avenging heel shall make it good.