CHARISMA NEWS SERVICE PICKS UP ELIJAH LIST 1763 BIO-TERRORISM STORY -- AND TRENTON, NJ CONNECTION

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NOTE FROM STEVE SHULTZ ABOUT TODAY'S CHARISMA'S ARTICLE BELOW:

Today, Friday, October 26, Charisma's News Service published this article (BELOW) after interviewing me by phone at THE ELIJAH LIST. This was their lead story for the day. Please note the uncanny fact, that the man who is the writer from 1763, (the subject of this story) is potentially THE William Trent or perhaps his son---after whom Trenton, New Jersey was named.

THE WILLIAM TRENT CONNECTION

Lest you miss the "coincidence"-- William Trent reports in 1763 about the Indians, "... We gave them two Blankets and an Handkerchief out of the Small Pox Hospital. I hope it will have the desired effect." This is William Trent.

TRENT-TOWN BECAME TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, WHERE BIO-TERRORISM WAS JUST LAUNCHED

This history below indicates the following: In 1714, a man by the name of Stacy sold his plantation to William Trent, who later became chief justice of the colony. The name Trent Town, adopted in 1719, was later changed to Trenton."

I find it almost unbelievable that the place, the Post Office, where germ warfare was released upon this nation, and where several have now died--was a post office in Trenton, New Jersey. Is it possible, (and this is only a question for thought), that the CHURCH in Trenton, NJ ought to consider identificational repentance in this area?

Steve Shultz, Publisher THE ELIJAH LIST steve@elijahlist.com

Here is the Charisma story:

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CHARISMA NEWS SERVICE Fri, Oct 26, 2001 Vol. 3 No. 151

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A Daily News Update from the editors of Charisma magazine

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TODAY'S NEWS:

* Lead Story: Repentance Urged as Bio-Terrorism Defense

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LEAD STORY: by Andy Butcher

Repentance 'Defense' Urged Against Bio-Terrorism

America needs to face its own history of germ warfare, prayer appeal says. As fears of widespread bio-terrorism grow, Christians have been urged to help protect the country by repenting for America's own history of germ warfare.

Prophetic ministry leader Steve Shultz has called for prayer over British forces' distribution of smallpox-contaminated blankets among Native Americans during the 1760s in an effort to prevent uprisings.

"Perhaps we have not as much hope for protection as we could have - unless we repent of our own bio-terrorist [acts]," says the publisher of The Elijah List, an Internet mailing to around 30,000 pastors, intercession leaders and individuals.

In an article that documents the smallpox campaign overseen by Lord Jeffery Amherst, the commanding general of the British forces in the mid-1700s, Shultz says the episode "needs to be repented of by both British and American descendants to those who did the evil deeds."

A former pastor, Shultz sent out his prayer appeal this week after learning of the smallpox campaign at a conference celebrating Native American ministries last weekend. Although the events were common knowledge to Native Americans, they were unknown to many others, he told Charisma News Service (CNS).

"When I heard about it, I thought, 'My gosh, right now the world and especially the U.S. is afraid of smallpox being sent around, and here it was done in our own land, and we don't even know about it,'" he said. "If ever there was a time when people's ears would be open to have compassion for what was done, perhaps it's now."

Shultz's article references research that shows Amherst discussed spreading smallpox among some of the tribes. The details also include a curious link to present-day events, with mention of militia commander William Trent noting in his journal that smallpox-infected blankets and a handkerchief had been passed out. Several of the recent anthrax mailings came from Trenton, N.J.

Shultz urges Christians to pray for forgiveness and ask God to "restore your favor to this land and restore your protection on this which is called one nation under God." He told CNS: "I'm not saying this is the judgment of God. But at the very least, in my view, the Lord is putting His light on this issue and perhaps we could prevent some of the terror against us if as a nation we confessed that we were complicit in the same sin to the host people."

Meanwhile, a 73-year-old tabloid newspaper worker who survived an anthrax attack said he had been chosen by God "to serve as a spokesman to humanity not to be afraid." Ernesto Blanco went home from the hospital Tuesday after beating inhaled anthrax, which is deadly 90 percent of the time.

Blanco worked in the mailroom at American Media Inc. in Boca Raton, Fla., where the first anthrax fatality occurred Oct. 5. Blanco told "The Miami Herald" he forgave the perpetrators. "I'm no one to judge," he said. "God is the only one that can judge. People shouldn't be afraid. If I'm standing and ready to do battle in life again, others can do the same."

Charisma link

end of Charisma story

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ANDY BUCHER, OF CHARISMA CALLED US BECAUSE OF THE ELIJAH LIST ARTICLE Which can be found at: Elijah List Article

The most potent part of that article was a quote by none other than WILLIAM TRENT.

THE FOLLOWING WAS IN THE ELIJAH LIST ARTICLE (Above link). IT IS RESEARCH BY PETER d'Errico whose research is found at: Research

It is important to note that Peter d'Errico is not a party to a call for repentance. He is a researcher who provided this information.

Here is the exact quote from Peter d-Erica's article:

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". . .All in all, the letters provided here remove all doubt about the validity of the stories about Lord Jeff and germ warfare. The General's own letters sustain the stories.

As to whether the plans actually were carried out, Parkman has this to say:

... in the following spring, Gershom Hicks, who had been among the Indians, reported at Fort Pitt that the small-pox had been raging for some time among them....

An additional source of information on the matter is the Journal of WILLIAM TRENT, commander of the local militia of the townspeople of Pittsburgh during Pontiac's siege of the fort. This Journal has been described as "... the most detailed contemporary account of the anxious days and nights in the beleaguered stronghold." [Pen Pictures of Early Western Pennsylvania, John W. Harpster, ed. (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1938).]

Trent's entry for May 24, 1763, includes the following statement:

... we gave them two Blankets and an Handkerchief out of the Small Pox Hospital. I hope it will have the desired effect. Trent's Journal confirms that smallpox had broken out in Fort Pitt prior to the correspondence between Bouquet and Amherst, thus making their plans feasible. It also indicates that intentional infection of the Indians with smallpox had been already approved by at least Captain Ecuyer at the fort, who some commentators have suggested was in direct correspondence with General Amherst on this tactic http://www.nativeweb.org/pages/legal/amherst/lord_jeff.html

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SPECIAL COMMENTS FROM PETER d'Errico provided TO THE ELIJAH LIST AS ADDITIONAL INFO, October 26, 2001

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1. The material from Trent's journal is in Pen Pictures of Early Western Pennsylvania, John W. Harpster, ed. (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1938), pp. 99, 103-4.

2. According to one of your readers who emailed me, the history of Trenton is as follows:

"I looked in an old encyclopedia out of curiosity and sure enough, it was named after William Trent. Under the History of Trenton it reads: Before the British occupation of New Jersey in 1664, Trenton was a trading post for the Indians and Dutch and Swedish colonists. In 1679, Mahlon Stacy, a Quaker, made the first permanent settlement in the area by building a mill on the Delaware River. The settlement became known as The Falls, because the rapids in the river had a fall of eight feet where the colony was located. In 1714, Stacy sold his plantation to William Trent, who later became chief justice of the colony. The name Trent Town, adopted in 1719, was later changed to Trenton."

Thanks again and best wishes,

Peter