The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-05-05

name, or by whate ger people it is offered,
can be nothing else than Idolatry, or a
substitution of the False for the True
And nowhere under Heaven is there to
be found a more deplorable spiritual dark
ness than in this very Christian and re-
publican land"
"And is tLis the end of all my la
bors, sacrifices, sufferings ?' exclaimed.
% Shall | always hear only this, that my
search and my hope are vain p
And the Voice, in tone Of mild au-
thority, answered, g. Wait"
Then saw Gigantic Form borne on
lofty car, and casting deep black shad-
dow a great distance round. This shad-
ow seemed to be in itself balcful. Flow
ers could not bloom there and small birds,
as they flew over, often fell aud perished
suddenly, as if they had been struck down
| By poisoned arrows.
But as the car was rapidly approaching
me, was questioning with myself how l
should escape this common pestilence,
when the motion was arrested by sudden
shock and when | would have fed in
extreme terror, the Voice said " Fear
nothing, over the true life this Moral
Death has DO power. But observe we'll
what thou seeSt, for nothing in this phe-
nomenon is without its prototype and
and reality in the present and in the flu
ture."
Then | noticed carefully the features
of the Idol, as one by one they were un-
folded, for at the first view the whole
form was too horrible, and seemed to
qucnch the clear sight which yet had pow
er to peruse the details, as the car stood
directly before me. And as locked, my
eyes were chained to the Idol BY horrible
fascination. Even such as saw, describe
lit:
Though of vast superficial dimensions,
It did not present the appearance of great
strength or inherent power, as a whole.
It's terrible aspect arose from the maligni-
ty Of spirit which all the single features
were combined to express Its front was
the head of woman; its hair was the
name of lion its crest was the hair of a
goat; its arms were the arms of croco-
die; Its hands were the paws of tiger
itS nails were the talons of harpie; its
shoulders were the wings Of dragon
its tongue was the tongue of an asp; its
teeth wore the fangs If viper; its eyes
were the eyes of basilisk its body was
the body Of scorpion; its brain was the
brain of a fox; and its breath was the
breath of vampire.
The onormous body being thrown into
many coils, lay prone, while the long neck
was arched, and the head and front ele-
waited, towering up with kind of majes-
ty that made the very Heavens astoniShed
to lehold. With every motion, the yell
low scales that covered it ignited each
other and burned with blue and crimson
flames, which, in certain connections with
the moist air, became irridescent, and the
splendid coloring not on Y heightened the
! hideOuSness of the loath>Ume form. but it
had binding quality, which sometimes
caused total loss Of vision in the wor-
shippers. The hair of the name also burnt
with the same color, every hair emitting
a stream of liquid fire, as if it had been
fed by fountain Of melted sulphur and
the whole air was impregnated with its
fumes. Yet the creature did not seem to
be angry. This was simply its common
habit and nature.
Nor was the car itself less curious in
structure and character. Its body was
made of two scrolls, laid one above the
other, each being turned over at the front,
the lOwermost curving outward, the up
permost inward. This form showed the
inscriptions that distinguished them to
good advantage On the first or lower of
them | read LAW )" on the upper, g Cos
PEL; aud the large conspicuous lettering
also burnt blue. The sides and the back
of the car were composed of living and
conscious human forms, three at each side
and two at the back They were pinion-
ed to each other, nailed down in a kneel-
! iag posture, and sitting on their heels
The clenched hands were crossed on the
scared bosom, the head bent forward,
and the faces were pressiye Of the hope
less anguish Of their position, pierced and
bound forever The three that were look
ing eastward had the skin and features of
Ihe Negro those on the western side had
the skin aud features of the American In
dian and those at the back had the skin
and features of the White Man. One of
the latter, | fanced. bore close resem-
blance TO my sailor friend, William Jones.
AS the car was facing the South, OBJ
served that the Whites were in the deep
est shadow.
Forming, as it were, the keystone ofan
arch directly over these Unfortunates, and
apparently organized from their suferings.
| saw large Human Hama, impaled at
the wrist, and spread open. On the palm