Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1850-12-20
Ghairt IiIstatnrt.
SATAN IN CoUNcIL.-AN ALLEGORr.
BpJ. B. Tenney.

By j. B. Tennsy.
Once upon time. far back in the re-
mote past, Satan, te Prince Of the
Power Of the Air" called council in
Pandemonium. UpBn his throne Of FIRE
sat Lncifer himself. and upon his awful
brow cleaned banning diadem, that
giowsd and flashed Ike living lightning
IN the murky air. Myriads upon rnyri-
ads Of fallen spirits@-rank upon rank Of
Prihcipalilies and Powers thronged TO
fhe ball Of audience. All forms Of evil,
gram and horrible, gathered around him
Ike satellites around : blazing star. ST.
lent they sat in that illimitable hall,
which the sulphurous flames lighted up,
while the lurid smoke hung like cano-
py over the scene.
Then rose up Satan--born 70 rule
who "dwelt like star apart, match
less 10 evil as in power, and to tie infer
nal multitude thus spake--
"Princes and potentates, who do my
bidding, and who best serve me when
most ye thwart the Almighty: Listen
Ye know that we have tiisd our subtlest
wiIes upon the race 81 .Maa-that we
have temnted him at qll points; and yet
90 is he hedged in b holy Influences,
and watched over by good angels sent
from above, that scarcely can we destroy
single soul. caHQot glut my venge-
ance upon him as would, to spite heav-
en'g Monarch. Most noble chiefs,
have called you iogether TO take coun-
oil III your wisdom, how we may best
ruin eAankiad while they dwell upon
earth, and afterwards bring them TO :his
pit Of woe. SPeak ye, each his mind
and TO him who shall give wisest coun-
ch, SNi offer strongest means to effect
klIis, 6tk royal perpose, | will give the
dominion Of the ,earth and the iRhabi-
tanis thereof and seat at my right
hand forever T.
Thus spake the fend, and hell 10 iis
Utmost centre resonnded with applanse.
Thenrose up Moloch, "horrid king,
besmeared with blood Of Aaman sAers-
Gee" aud spske:
40 chief Of many 'thro0ed powers,
Ihat led the embattlsd SertPhim to war,
Z claim the offered prize | am the
spirit of cruelty. hardened the Aeart
of The 6rst murderer. Give me the do
minion Of the earth, D sat&a. and | will
make II one wild Aceldema. [ will
sharpen the assassin's kaife. / will
bring the rack, the wheel, the FIRE 81
persecution upon man. will make
him 10 be q pirate and maa-stealef, and
millioas shall rot in dungeons atd ii
chains. will bring war upon The earth
md amid the smoke Of burning cilies.
will teach men to rend each other Ike
wild beasts, lill the earth shall reek will
midnight massacre. will caIl them to
eetheF BY tens and hundreds Of thousandl
% cash each other with horrid wounds
I will give them devilish engines, tina
In a moment shall blow whole squadron
into the airl Then shall they come,
master, shrieking from the red BATH,
field, 70 people thy dark dominionsl y
Scarce amidst applause, bad the fesc
Moloch taken his seat, when Beliai !
rose--the laifsst seeming. but withsl
the subtIest Of the fallen potenlatess =
Grsceful in form and aspect--eloqneh
"a speech--
To make the worse appear
-Ths better reason, snd perplex and dash
Natapest counssIs far his thoughts were low
Ts Woe iaAastio1s, but to uoble deeds
rimSsuus sad sloshful-yet he pleased the eal
AnA thss he apake:
lam the spirif Of Discord, wilhol
whom waf and cruelty could never b
Be miMe the task to rule the world.
win spgead Az false reports. and set e,
cry man against his neighbor. and da
ken the counsels ofthe nations, till al
archy and coRfusion and hatred shall
rise and 6lI the whole earth. wi
point the tongue Of the slanderer as Ii
serpenfs tooth, and set his heart on I'll
Of hell. I will be the author Of all ey
connsels and false witnessings, an
fraud and secret malignity, tn eve
good men IN despair shall deny there
God. and die blaspheming, to come al
dwell forever with. the damned. L
the dominion Of the earth be mine,
master, and thy realms shall be peopl
with the souls Of men! 7"
Then Mammon, "the meanest Al
least erect Of all the spirits that fell frc
heaven" arose and said;
"ListeA to me o Satan, for th
kn0west my power upon the sons
men. Give ne dominion over the
and he'll shalinot be empty. win ma
men lunatics and fools, and send thl
through pola- SHOWS aud torrid burnir