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

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hedged in are they by holy influences,
and watched over by good angels sent
from above, that we can scarcely destroy
4 single soul. Therefore, most noble
chiefs, have called you together, to take
counsel of your wisdom how we may
best ruin mankind while they dwell upon
the earth, and most surely afterwards
bring them TO this pit Of woe. Speak
We, each his mind, and to him who shall
give wisest counsel, and offer strongest
means 10 effect this, our royal purpose, !
will give the dominion of the earth and
a seat at my right hand forever.
Thus spake the fiend, and hell, to its
inmost centre, resounded with applause.
Then up rose Molochy "horEid king,
besmeared with blood Of human sacri-
fice," and spake tt0h chief Of many
throned powers, that led the embattled
seraphim to war; claim the offered
prize. | am the spirit of cruelty. !
hardened the heart Of the first murderer.
Give ne dominion over the earth. ]
will sharpen the assassin's knife; | will
bring the rack, the wheel, the fire of per-
secution, upon man. ] will change man
into a pirate and robber, and bid mil.
lions to rot in dungeons and in chains.
| will bring war upon the earth, and
amid the smoke Of burning cities, will
teach men to rend each other like wild
beasts, till continents shall reek with mid
night massacre. | will call men to-
gether by hundreds and thousands, to
cash each other with horrid wounds, and
will make them deviIish engines, that in
second shall blow whole squadrons
into the air. Then shall they come, oh
master, shrieking from the red battle
field, to people thy dark dominions.
Scarcely, mid applause had the fierce
MoIoch ended his speech, when Belial
arose the fairest seeming, but withal,
the subtlest of the fallen potentaies.
Graceful in form and movement, and OF
most persuasive aspect, ct,-eloquent IN
speech; a''
do make the worse appear
The better reason and perplex and dash
To vice industrious, but TO noble deeds
TimorOus and slothful-yet, be Dleased the ear"
\ And thus he spake Let me, the spirit
Of Discord, rule the earth, for without
me, war could never be. will spread
all false reports, and set every man
against his neigboor, and darken the
counsels of the nations, till anarchy, and
confusion and hatred shall arise and fill
the whole earth. will point the tongue
of the sIanderer as serpent's tooth, and
set his heart on fire Of hell will be
the author Of all evil counsels, and false
witnessings, and fraud and secret mallg.
nity; till even good men, persecuted and
torn, shall doubt and deny that Jehovah
reigns, and die blaspheming, TO- come
and dwell forever with the damned. Let
The dominion of the earth be mine, Oh
Master, and thy realms shall be peopled
with the souls of men.
Then Mammon arose,
\ ssThe meanest, and least erect
/ OF all the spirits that fell from heayens"
/ who would not heed the glories o'er his
head, but on the golden pavemeDtssat
his feet forever gazed ad o a09
"Listen unto me, Oh Satan, for thou
knowest my power upon the souls OF
men. Give me dominion over them,
and hell shall never be empty, will
make men lunatcs and fools, and fend
them through polar SHOWS and torrid
burnings, to dig in the holes and corners
of the earth, mid savage beasts and mer
more savage, for few handsfull Of vel
low dust So intent shall they be, sift
ing and grasping the paltry ore, that the,
shall forget the starry crowns that heave
: offers them; and fever and famine sha'
e come and sweep them like chaf fror
n the Nhreshing floor, to the great burning
S And even before their corpses are fairl
+ stifened, their companions shall gathe
Q like vuItures, to fight and cash each othe
It for the gold which the dead have lef
i. too, will sharpen the assassin's knif
II and help on the robber and the burgla
IS All ties, however strong or holy, will
h break, and teach men TO come and wo
10 ship me- tho the path TO my altar sha
n be over bleeding hearts, noble aspir
Is tions, and all else that gives a charm
e the life of man. At my command, sha