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the American people ~ general.
NUMBER II.
rte F1eis 6ropT ht irtO vte'v Htke's rar,5ers.
,rre extracted from nc noDst respectable Aa-
fkornies.l
In mr. FIRST number, some fthe most re-
r,-rkahle horrors which have sprung ont Of
The French Revolution, was slightly glanced
a.. while volumes could not cuntain those
which re m ain untold. Dicourse it must be
,..roeivea that the narrow limits prescribed
,;,hin the columns of ne wspaper, urge
h-evily with force ! must NOT resist. |
eh,ll therefore allow myself to mention only
some ofthe most marked enormities of that
Republican HYDRA, who according 10 The
exposition of late commentators of great
celebrity on the prophecies and revelations.
IS in every point Of view The monster desert
bed by The prophet Daniel, under the simil-
ilude Ola king, who was 10 rise up towards
the close OF the great ap0stacy, which COM
menced according 70 his calculation, in the
year 606 after Christ the year in which The
pope was made universal bishop and in
vested with all power temporal and spritu.
al; throughout the great Roman empire.
The same year Mahomet retired into his
cave, and commenced the overthrow Of the
church in the eastern hemisphere Thus
the pope being established in the west and
NahOT1et In the east, the saints IN ali the
earth were tFCdden under foot and who
according to the prophecies of both the Old
and New Testaments, were to prophecy in
saSkcioth and ashes, one thousand two hun
bred and sixty wears, which according to this
ealcui&tion, must expire in the year 1866, in
SIS Years from the present tivne
The prophecies which seem to point at
this period makes it an awful space indeed
that is 20 be filed up with the harvest and
vintage Of the wrath CT God Almighty, spo-
ken Of in the revelations. The prophet Dan
Tel speaks Of il in these words g ard there
shall be time OF trouble, such as never was,
since there was nation even to that same
time" Oftbe king or power that was to rise
up and be made the minister OF Gods " rath,
abe description Of Daniel is thus: " and the
king shall do according to his will and be
shall exalt himself above every God, and
shall speak more marvellous things agains.
che God of Gods, and shall prosper till the
indignation shall be accomplished. AL ma
aions civilized and barbarian, have had their
Gods. "A heather once exclaimed, " if
1heres God, aud that there is ali nature
cries aloud - The ancients had their Da-
CONS and their RiTnmons. The modern saw
ages worship the Great Spirit, and are buri-
ed with their arms, that they may hunt N
The regions of another world.
The evidence Of the existence Of : God,
are not only to be found IN divine revelation,
bur are stamped upon the heavens and an
nature; and to withhold our faith is the
highest blasrhems, eysra against or senses.
But that there should be 30 scnsm in the
divine plan, the French nation seemed 10
~ marked out IS the oeast Or king, spoken
OF BY Daniel who arc 10 BE recorded as q
phenomenon IN the annals Of eternity. Fos
no intelligent beings bel0,e, either en- sarih
or in hell, ever arrived at hiss high grad. 81
uickedness, 20 deay the existence of 2 God,
uaom devils believe and tremble. AS
wave follows wa.e,'' so event ushers On e.
vent, till every joJ and title Of the word Of
Jehovah shall be fulfilled On the 9th OF
November, 1872, the celebrated Dupont,
one Of the high priests of The lilumina' ed na-
hon OF Atheists, mighty campion ~ til0
Revolution, delivered a popular discourse
on Atheism, before his compeerS, tie con
vehtIon, who honored him with Shout Of
appreciation In November, The year fol
lowing, number of young pupils in this
t'eah sShOoi OF AlDeiS - appeared before
TIE convention. One OF them set forth that
All religious worship had been suppressed
10 his section He added that he and his
school feh9ws detested God The con-
sentlon, delighted by The progress made by
these young Atheists, ordered with the
most enthusiastic applause, that they should
De admitted 10 the honors of the sitting
Neitker shall he regard the God Of bis
fathers, nor the desire Of women, nor re-
gard any God tor he shall magnify himself
above sl."-Daniei XI Chap. 81 V. Mean
while the destroying Angel was bathing ais
sword IN the blood which washed in their
streets, and cnmsoaed their rivers, which
already stank with their deRd-But it is
tnns that we take some notice of the effects !
AMI influence, these great convultions has
hati on the world" Aud such as do wick
soiy against the covenant, shall be corruii
~ hattsries J" In tracing facts, that viii |
occur hereafter, we shall attempt to show
VINO has been corrupted by the fistteries of
uiis neassly kingdom.
SPARTA AMERICUS. !
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