If they can prove that I am wrong by that time, I will give it up to their wisdom, but not after to any one's judgment, till I see the end of another year; for the Lord will begin with a new century; and I will see what he will do, before I will hearken to any man's judgment.

Facsimile. Their slogan was: "War disease crime and banditry distress of nations and perplexity will increase until the Bishops open Joanna Southcott's box. Southcottians claimed that the box opened in 1927 was not the authentic one and continued to press for the true box to be opened.

Joanna Southcott (or Southcote) (April 1750 – 27 December 1814) was a self-described religious prophetess. She was born at Taleford and raised in the village of Gittisham in Devon England.