True relation of the surprising foreknowledge and wonderful predictions of the Rev. Mr. Allan Logan

A TRUE

RELATION

OF THE

SURPRISING FOREKNOWLEDGE

AND

WONDERFUL PREDICTIONS

OF THE

REV. MR. ALLAN LOGAN,

Late Miniſter of the Goſpel in Culroſs in Perthſhire,

WHEREBY

He not only foretold the fate of perſons and ſtates as they afterwards came to paſs, But alſo could diſcern by mere inſpection the moſt latent wickedneſs in any of his congregation, illuſtrated by his calling upon a witch-wife to riſe from the Lord's-table and upon a man having a Stolen Bible in his band to open the door and let her out wherein they were both convicted and went out as is more fully herein after related by good authority.

TO WHICH IS SUBJOINED,

An APPENDIX : containing a Short delineation of the various inſtances in which the ſaid predictions have been fulfilled.

The ſecret of the Lord is with them that fear him.

GLASGOW,

PRINTED FOR THOMAS STEVENSON,

one of Mr. Logan's Pariſhioners.

MDCCXC

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Wonderful Predictions, &c.

IT pleaſed God in the creation of the world, In the declaration of his Son, and on certain other great occaſions to uſe his own voice, "He ſpoke the word and it was done, He commanded and it ſtood faſt"—But in more ordinary caſes He has been pleaſed to communicate his will to mankind thro' the channel of holy men, inſpired with divine wiſdom, and among the more modern of theſe, the reverend Mr. Allan Logan miniſter of the goſpel at Culroſs in Perthſhire was exceedingly eminent; he had an amazing gift of foreknowledge and diſcernment of perſons' fates and ſtates, on ſight of their faces, and ſtill more, he did truly predictate the fates of others whom he never ſaw, and the accompliſhments thereof demonſtrate his forekņowledge of the ſame, which cauſed his unuſual viſiting to be ſuſpected and looked upon as a forerunner of ſome trouble or deſolation.

So by his numerous predictions, he was eſteem'd as a prophet: One inſtance I ſhall mention which is as follows, a man who then lived in Clackmannan, as he was coming through Culroſs driving a horſe, he aſked him how far he deſigned that night, to which the man anſwered all the way to Clackmannan, about four ſhort miles from Culroſs, to which Mr. Logan ſaid, you will not go there this night; the man marked his words, and ſays to himſelf he ſhould make him a liar in that, tho' other people took all his words and ſayings for truth; he ſhould be home that night if it ſhould come ever ſo dark, as he was perfectly well acquainted with every ſtep of the road: But he had not gone above a mile, until it became ſo dark that he loſt ſight of his own horſe going on the road before him, and wandered quite out of the way, his horſe went home, but he, for his unbelief and ſelf ſufficiency, wandered the whole length of a cold winter night in the fields.

Another inſtance of his knowledge: he knew all the Witches and thoſe that dealt with familiar ſpirits, tho' row a days our Saddiſſical Solomons argue and maintain that there is no ſuch thing as Witch or familiar ſpirit: but ſuch opinions are abſurd, Atheiſtical, and they may as ſoon ſay there is neither devil nor hell.

Mr. Logan being one time at a neighbouring Solemnity, where there came a woman to the Table, having a Token from the miniſter in order to communicate, the miniſter himſelf then ſerving, and having the elements in his hands giving to the elders, to give to the people as the cuſtom is : He began as follows; "it was an ordinary thing of old, when the ſons of God came to preſent themſelves before the Lord that Satan alſo came amongſt them, but Satan dares not come here, this day viſible or inviſible; yet there is one of his ſervants ſet down here amongſt the Lord's people; ſo I adjure thee by the great JEHOVAH, the God of heaven and earth, thou ſervant of the devil, thou Witch-wife, to riſe from the Lord's Table and go from amongſt his people, I will not name thee, nor will I touch thee, but may the terrors of the Lord touch thy conſcience and lead thee forth from amongſt his ſons and daughters. And you man who have the ſtolen Bible in your hand, open the door and let her out;" then a woman roſe who never was ſuſpected for any ſuch thing, and with great horror and trembling ſhe cried out, that ſhe was the perſon he meant, and ſo ſtaggered to the door where the man with the ſtolen Bible (being convicted alſo) met her and open'd the door, ſo they went both out together-

At this the woman's huſband was highly inraged againſt Mr. Logan, for giving his wife the name of a Witch, and would have him to make it out, or ſuffer for what he had ſaid, but Mr, Logan ſoon cleared himſelf, by telling him he named no perſon, but ſpoke to all in general, though to a Witch in particular, and that bis wife's conſcience only condem'd herſelf, and made her confeſs it openly before the congregation.

Another time he being at a Solemnity in the north country, as he was ſerving a Table, looking very earneſtly upon the communicants he ſaid, "there is certainly a Judas here who thinks to betray the partakers of this bleſſed Table by the inchantments of the devil, but O Lord Jeſus bring thou their hidden treachery to an open light, and the actors to open ſhame," theſe words he no ſooner uttered, than a woman who had concealed a piece of the bread in her boſom was ſeized with great fear and trembling ſo that ſhe gave it again to one of the elders, and told ſhe was deſired to do it by one of her neighbours, who was to communicate that day, but would not come up while Mr. Logan was preſent, that woman being brought before Mr. Logan, and the other woman alſo, ſhe who employed the other to ſteal it, told ſhe had aſked a favour from the devil, and he would not grant it unleſs ſhe got him a piece of bread from the Lord's Table after it was conſecrated.

It was obſerved by his ſervants for the ſpace of four years before his death, he had the following words in his prayer, O Lord ſtrengthen thy ſmall remnant, the proteſtants in France and Germany for theſe evil days that is coming upon them, days of perſecution, of deſtruction, blood-ſhed, hunger and cleanneſs of teeth; Lord give them thy ſpirit inwardly to ſtand up with boldneſs for thy cauſe, and contend for the faith once delivered to the Saints; ſend them O God a leader and defender, who will repel the powers of Popery, bring down the land of graven Images and aboliſh the temples of their Idol-gods. His aſtoniſhing foreknowledge and prediction of the man's fate going to Clackmannan and his amazing diſcovery and conviction of the witch and holder of the ſtolen Bible are notoriouſly known to many yet alive: and his predictions concerning the King of Pruſſia's becoming a champion for the Proteſtant faith. The many calamities which he foretold, ſhould befall the church of Scotland are alſo verified in the many Schiſms and Hereſies in doctrine and diſcipline which have crept into the ſame, and which have occaſioned the many diviſions which have happened there ſince the cloſe of Mr. Logan's days. Time would fail us to give a particular deſcription of all thoſe Hereſies, their riſe and progreſs, fruits and effects. The editor Thomas Stevenſon of Culroſs begs leave to refer the readers of this remembrancer to the many controverfies which have been publiſhed between the ſeveral parties in theſe diviſions, theſe 50 years by paſt, and now prevail in Ayr and elſewhere with more threatning aſpects than ever. But thanks be to GOD we have a more ſure word of prophecy, to which we'll do well to take heed.

Exract of a Letter from Mr. Allan Logan to the Reverend Mr. Hamilton ſometime Miniſter of the goſpel in Stirling.

MY dearly beloved Brother in Jeſus Chriſt, and fellow labourer in his goſpel; your thoughts concerning Zion in the latter age of the world, which you intimated to me at parting; bath been the whole of my ſtudy through the day, and my meditation in the night, I find your judgement on certain Authors is what I can attain to and no further, the prophets indeed ſpeak of the time, but the dates are not clear, at leaſt to my comprehenſion: But the Lord who knows bur ſpirits is weighted with love, even deſire of the foreknowledge, of the well-being of our mother church here militant on earth; which ought to be the concern of all the lovers of truth: The Lord himſelf knows the perplexity of ſpirit I have been in for three weeks together upon this very head, yet he hath been pleaſed to give me a glimpſe of light beyond that of nature; whether in the body or out of the body, God knoweth, I cannot tell: I was as a man full of words but had no tongue nor utterance. I was in the Spirit, or the Spirit of all comfort or conſolation was in me ; as Peter was on the top of Simon's houſe, ſo was I in my cloſet, and though Paul when caught up to the third heaven, even in that Paradiſe heard words unſpeakable not lawful to be uttered, yet it was commended and approved of by God himſelf; ſo when they that feared the Lord ſpoke often one to another and the Lord hearkened and heard it, and a book of Remembrance &c. And what was their converſation? but things concerning the kingdom of heaven, and the ſtate of their own ſouls.

Now I'll give you my private thoughts concerning the ſtate of our church, and proſperity of Zion.

But oh I tremble to think of the dreadful calamity that is coming upon the earth in a few years, the ſcriptures themſelves are not ſilent of the nature and very time of theſe tribulations; but you and I will both be out of the way ere thoſe evil days come: for, from the year of our Lord 1753, to 1793, one Judgement ſhall follow cloſe on the back of another; the ſix vials of God's wrath will be poured out on the inhabitants of this lower world, which will cauſe great tribulations and commotions, ſuch as earthquakes, famine, universal wars and blood-ſhedding through all the world, as peace will be taken away from all the nations under the heavens: For at this time comes the great tumult from the Lord as you have it, Zech. xiv. 13. This is the time when all theſe things ſhall come to paſs, the chapter points it out ſo clearly I need not inſiſt upon it, but wo! wo! to the wicked in general when that day comes for the fourth vial will burn them as ſtubble, Rev xvi. 8.

At this time ſhall idolatrous Rome have her double cup, for ſhe and her aſſociates ſhall be waging war againſt the Proteſtant Kings and Princes but God ſhall animate a Proteſtant Prince who ſhall head and lead a victorious army againſt her and her aliens, who ſhall overcome her and them, that they ſhall never have a power of government after, Rev. xviii. 8. Thereſhall her plagues come in one day, that is as much as to ſay in one year it ſhall be done; but in the 10th verſe we read of her merchants and lovers ſtanding afar off, for fear of her torments, ſaying, alas, for in one hour is thy Judgements come upon her, that is in one month (taking a day for a year by Daniel's weeks expon'd) or may be in one deciſive battle; her powers may be broken, and this Proteſtant Prince, is plainly pointed at by the Propheteſs Cybelles, to be a Pruſſian who will be endued with the ſpirit of Joſhua, true zealous for the cauſe of Chriſt ; and a defender of the Proteſtant faith, a lover of all who profeſs the ſame, a Saint, a Soldier, a lover of God and good people.

He ſhall be often perplexed and almoſt overcome, but at laſt victorious and die in peace in the land of bliſs, and crown'd amongſt the Saints in heaven.

But before thoſe things come to paſs I perceived when in the Spirit, the four quarters of the earth by turns ſhall be in a manner laid waſte and deſolate, by wars, earthquakes, plagues, peſtilence and famine; the air, waters, eatables, and fruits of the earth ſhall become as flying poiſon to the living; yet in all theſe days of adverſity it ſhall go well with the elect, the broken hearted ſhall be comforted, thoſe that mourn in Zion, ſhall be preſerved, plague or peſtilence ſhall have no power of them, they only ſhall behold it with their eyes, though thouſands fall on their right hand and ten thouſand on their left, yet unto them it ſhall not come nigh; but the wicked ſhall be ſwept away as with an overflowing flood of God's wrath ; and then ſhall the righteous who are left, enjoy as it were a heaven on earth, for the prayer which our Lord taught his diſciples ſhall then be fulfilled," thy Kingdom come, "thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven."

This, dear Sir, this I ſend you, God grant you joy and proſperity in the conſideration hereof.

⁠Culroſs, Jan. 19 1732.

Extract

Extract of a Letter from a Gentlemen in the Country to his friend in London.

MY bad ſtate of health rendered it expedient for me to take a long journey, and therefore I accompanied a friend into Scotland: While I was at Edinburgh, I dined with a gentleman whoſe wife was a living witneſs to the firſt hearing of the following Prophecy delivered by a late eminent Miniſter, which ſhe voluntarily gave me in her own hand writing, viz. Mr. Allan Logan Miniſter at Culroſs, in the Preſbytery of Dumfermline and county of Perth; a man of great piety and devotion, he died in the year 1733, aged about 72.

Some years before his death, he prayed in public for the King of Pruſſia, after ſermon, That he and his deſcendants might be ſtirred up and honoured to ſupport the reformation intereſt in Germany: Being aſked in the evening by a Lady of diſtinguiſhed good character, what led him to name the King of Pruſſia in prayer contrary to law ? anſwered, that he was ſtrongly impreſſed both when aſleep and afterwards in his cloſet with a firm belief that one of what illuſtrious houſe would be raiſed to head a victorious army, and prove as a Saviour upon mount Zion; for preſerying the proteſtant intereſt there, when at the loweſt ebb. This account is avouched by two young Ladies of undoubted veracity, who were preſent when the converſation paſſed between that Lady and Mr. Logan; and who are both now alive at this date, Sep. 16 1758.

In proportion Sir, as this prophecy is real, the late conduct of providence appears beautiful, and the iſſue of the war will be proſperous. I thought this relation would not be unintereſting, and therefore you are at liberty to make what uſe of it you think proper.

Taken from the London Chronicle.

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