Page 55 - 06 The Seven Seals

DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 6 - The Seven Seals
Devens (Our First Century, p. 96) speaks as

follows: —

“There was also a remarkable darkness at

Detroit and vicinity, Oct. 19, 1762, being

almost total for the greater part of the day. It

was dark at daybreak, and this continued till

nine o’clock, when it cleared up a little, and for

the space of about a quarter of an hour, the

body of the sun was visible, it appearing as red

as blood, and more than three times as large

as usual. The air all this time was of a dingy

yellowish color. At half past one o’clock it was

so dark as to necessitate the lighting of

candles, in order to attend to domestic duties.

At about three in the afternoon the darkness

became more dense, increasing in intensity

until half past three, when the wind breezed

up from the southwest, and brought on a slight