by J. Prescott Johnson | Jul 28, 2016 | Gates of Light
Chapter 11 An Epilogue Christmas, 1905 “. . . thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.” Exod. 15:13 High in the Oregon Cascades of the Pacific Northwest, lies a lake, Crater Lake, whose limpid waters reflect the...
by J. Prescott Johnson | Jul 28, 2016 | Gates of Light
Chapter 10 The Gates of Light Christmas, 1865 “To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.” Luke 1:79 The golden days of late autumn had arrived, and much of the work...
by J. Prescott Johnson | Jul 28, 2016 | Gates of Light
Chapter 9 The Call of the Ages Golgotha, 1865 “The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.” Lam. 5: 15 Monday, April 10, 1865, the first day following the surrender of General Lee’s Army of Northern...
by J. Prescott Johnson | Jul 28, 2016 | Gates of Light
Chapter 8 The Long-Awaited Inevitable Appomattox, 1865 “He will swallow up death in victory . . . .” Isa. 25:8 General Lee’s prediction, made soon after the Battle of Spottsylvania, was now becoming fulfilled. He had warned,...
by J. Prescott Johnson | Jul 28, 2016 | Gates of Light
CHAPTER 7 The Garden of Virginia Shenandoah, 1864 “. . . the land is as the garden of Eden before them . . . .” Joel 2:3 The morning of Sunday, August 28, 1864 dawned bright and clear, graced by an azure sky. John was in the great...
by J. Prescott Johnson | Jul 28, 2016 | Gates of Light
CHAPTER 6 The Plains of the Wilderness The Wilderness/Spottsylvania, 1864 “. . . in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.” Num. 14:35 In the early spring of 1864, the beginning of the fourth year of the...
