The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-10-28

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10 the youth who loves her, and leave
him hearl-broken to die; and though
sickened with disgust, she shall go TO the
altar, and wed the gtay-haired wretch
who hath heared up gold. Nay, men
shall bow down and do him reverence,
and call him wise, and good, and great,
though every piece Of gold he owps is
stained with blood, or wrung from the
hand OF want by cruelty and oppression.
The, possessor Of gold shall himself oe,.
come infatuated, and at midnight shall
steal from his bed, on tip-toe, and look.
ing cautiously around in fear OF robbery,
shall open his iron chest and count over
each glittering coin, and hug it to his
heart and worship it. So shall ne live
curse to his fellows and to himself, and
when the death angel comes, ne shall
clutch the yellow dross in his skinny
hands, and die, and come with all my
votaries, and make his bed in hell,
/ Thus spake Mammon. and as ne
paused, Satan 'tgrinned horribly, a ghast'
ly smile" upon his servant.
Then up rose the fierce APoLLYoN, the
Destroyer, and spake thus: nah
0 thou Arch-ruler of the damned. lis
ten TO me The volcano, the avalanche,
| the earthquake, the pestilence and famine
are mine. Be it mine 10 rule the earth.
! will pour down boiling lava from the
mountain-tops, burning up the fruits Of
the earth, and overwhelming the thronged
cities, with all their wealth and people,
in the twinkling Of an eye. will hurl
the avalanche from the glaciers crest,
upon the slumbering village; ! will dry
up the springs, and send hail and blight
I and miIdew upon the fields; and strong
men, and women, and tender children,
shall go forth, and. creeping under the
leaAess hedges, shall faint and die OF
famine. will send the earthquake, and
he shall 'smack his mumbling lips when
he swallows up a city and the pestil.
ence shall finish what the famine and
the earthquake leave; and men shall
fall in the streets, and houses be filled
with the dead and dying and none shall
be left TO bury them. Dogs shall howl
through the vacant streets without mas
ter; in the palaces and temples, the owl
and the raven shall build their nests, and
the ships rot down sailorless and all the
sons of men, destroyed by me unwarn-
ed, will send to thee as tribute. Be
mine the task TO rule the earth for thy
glory and for mise.
Loud rang the plaudits, as the hehd
sat down, and the lest obsequious gave
place, not doubling that Apollyon should
be ruler of the Earth, The tumuIt was
hushed, and all waited intent, their great
Masters decision; when suddenly, from
a beetliDg cliff, far out in the burning
lake, arose blue, lambent fame, which,
while they gazed, took shape a horid
shape, and stood before the assembled
fends.
1t was clad in vesture wet with blood
the gore hung heavy from its matted
locks, and the feIcest fires Of hell shot
| from lis burning eye-balls. Even Satan
started and turned pale with fear, and
H He'll shrank back with horror.
i cha! Ye fear me, them Kissed the
horrid monster. "Well might ye fear,
we're ] not friend and an ally. But
H thou knowest me not, o Satan, for am
an earth born spirit, and have long hid
myselt--aye, for thousand years--buI
now come to oferseryice and allegiance;
and to claim the offered prize. Fear not
but listen, and let me be ruler of the
eadh, ior none hath power like me, III
all thy datk dominions,
4 Moloch and Belial, and Mammon anc
Apolyon promise much but they shal
be my servants and subalterns. Thei
power is weakness compared with mine
0 listen, till | tell thee OF my strength
and how will WELD it. My shapes anC
names are legion, and ! change them a
will, so that men shall oftimes hug me Il
+ their bosoms as an angel OF light. vii
be the greatest Of all hypocriles and de
, ceivers, betraying ever with kiss; pro
Tossing love and Kindness, when my onl,
aim is ruin. | will be the patron ant
sole support of the gambling den, and q
! her 'whOse house inclineth unto death
d. and her paths unto the dead" And
0 will, through her portals, bring the yer
j flower Of manhood to blight and sham