Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-03-12
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Prophecy fearfully Verified.

DANIEL, in his prophecies, gives a vivid
description of four remarkable BEASTS
The first was like a lion, ard had eagles
and a man heart was given it." The
second was like a bear, with three ribs be-
tween his teeth. And the third was like a
leopard, with four heads, and four wings of
a fowl upon its back. But the fourth beast
was indescribable. Mark his attempt at
description. 1t was dreadful and terrible.
and strong exceedingly; with great iron
teeth and ten HORNS and was :" diverse
from all the beasts that were before it."
How accurate the description of this
fourth beast with the liquor scourge!-
Behold the liquor fend advancing, clothed
with f@evers, in6amations, dyspepsia; scrofua
and eruptions with gout, rheumatism,
consumption, and delirium tremcns. In its
left hand are walls filled with poisonous wrath,
labeled wine, brandy, rum, gin, &c. In its
right hand are seen opium, arsenic, halters,
razors, daggers and various other instruments
of death. From its coat of mail shoots out
the thousand poisonous stings, and as it
stalks forth it s~catters frebranda, arrows and
death, and its giant footsteps are marked
with blood! BLOOD y BLOOD!i!
Behold that bloated, loathsome mass of
organized, animal matter, with trembling
limbs and blood-shot eye, and matted hair,
his garments tattered, filthy and thin. lie
quails before the piercing blast, and seeks a
J shelter in some hayloft, or perchance among
} the swine, besmeared with dust and blood.
Il the fruit Of frequent falls. Gazing, you in
stinctively ask, Is that a maa2 Yes, a man!
e Well, what is the matter of him WHY, he
= has received a deadly thrust from this fourth
beast Enter yonder rude hut. See that
detected wife and those squallid children, in
{ tattered garments, sunken to theloWestdepths
of misery and degradation, budding wildly
together, like frightened sheep, at the APP
u proach of a husband and father. What's
y the matter there? 1t is the mark If the
{ beast. Behold that CHASTITY corps wehering
II in his gore. Ahorrid cash appears, or fright
full pistol shot, while a crowd gathered round
Is horror-striken at the sight. What's the mat.
eC ter there? This beast has left his mark
c; Once more. Let US ascend that scaffold
W. where a victim stands with rope adjusted,
he waiting a blow which will suddenly launcl
~ him into the abyss of eternity. Do you ask
the causeP 1t is the mark of the beast
Well may we exclaim with Daniel, Dread
full and terrible Why then, is it not NOR
hu dreadful? Because its real character is hd
en- Suppose every rumseller, when he com
cSb n1onans tho fro flo cbnnlJ o1vo-fisa 9rrtbf II
e- what evil do? What would be the res ult
Let him say that he will make wives widow
and children orphans, change industry I
y idleness, wisdom to folly, strength to veal
inc ness, intelligence to insanity, friends to en-,
" mics, wealth to pauperism, quietness to dii
' cord, beauty and loneliness to squalid wretcl
-. edness, virtue to vice, and as it were, tur
" a paradise into a hell and that in order
accomplish this object, he would enter,
:, possible, every family, and tear away I'll
,n' dearest of the group. Then let the nj
prepare his show-window, with polished glas
clear as crystal, reaching from floor to ce
ing, and there in full view of every passe
by putareal specimen ofhis business bloate
loathsome, h~aggard, and diseased; in a wor
"a finished job, a~premium drunkard.' Th,
place over this specimen in large gilt letteI
that all may read and understand, the
words: SUCH THINGS AS THESE MADE OUT
MEN HERE. Who, after such an exhibitiC
would enter such an establishment and of
himself as raw material, to be made up ?
But lest this outside notice might escape /
eye Of the unwary, let him place in full vi
of the customer, at the entrance of that sto
a sign painted in most attracting style, VI
this inscription YOUR MONEY Al
N YOUR LIFE. Then let him label his
%canters in attractive style, as follows: I
cord, distilled misery, %tincture of serpcn
oil Of scorpions, drops of hell, fire for
soul, delirium tremens, second death. /
what are the facts in regard to these est;
lishments? Just what the Bible declare
Wine is a mocker.' And so are its agen