Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-11-09

S-S @oN Aet buS OpPCcoSc'
go free. Yea when with terribl
earthquakes, ! taught you to know
thst 1 looked for the fruits o
righteousness--that required O
you, that you should deal Jus ly. low,
mercy, and walk humbly before me
and that you should do unto all a.
ye would they SHOULD do unto you
When the enemies of you land spreaC
the mantle of death oter your coasts
the nwere your hearts turned toward
me; then were you willing 10 do what
required OF YOU, yea, many were
the covenants you made with me, and
heard the secret cries of your souls
and with an out stretched arm ]
Wraught miracle for your deliver
ance; and now after have done all
these things for you, you have for.
gotten the covenants you solemnlv
made, you have forgotten my laws
and forsaken my statutes. Yea as
She dog returneth to hts vomit, and
the SOW to the mlre, so turn We 20
your sins.
With tyranhical oppression you
grind down the souls of thousands
who desire to serve me, which You
know to be contrary to my high stat.
1tes that trequire Liberty, Justice and
mercy of all men, yea contrary to
the declarations of your fathers in
the DAYS Of their humility, when they
proclaimed that liberty was the rat
ural right of all men, yea it is both
the divine and natural right of all
men. You have departed from the
paths Of humility tafsing your tow
ering heads to the clonds, you daily
take my name in vain, and pollute nv
Sabbath with pride, riotous living,
whoredom, drunkenness, profane
swearing, gaLbling, lying, covetous-
ness, and all manner of licentious-
ness and debauchery, yea many of
your Divines, so called) divine for
money and preach for hire; who
daub over your walls with untemper-
ed morter, crying peace. peace, when
there is no peace. ] sent them not,
neither are they OF me; yet you choose
them because they clothe you with
your own apparel, and feed you with
your own bread, yet you will lay
hold Of my son to take away your
reproach from you.
Oh! ye naughty minded sons and
daughters of America. vengeance is
mine will repay though you raise
your heads to the stars, and build
your nest az high as the eagles, l !
viii bring you down from thence. Is
this the way you return to me due |
reverence for the many favors and
mercies / have bestowed upon you. .
L have planted you as vineyard / ,
have looked for fruit, and behold
briars and thistles; therefore will I
bring a scourge upon you that shall
II axe the ears of every one that
heareth thereof tingle, the skill of
your learned physicians shall be baf-
ded, your widows 81 all he multiplied
your orphans shall be without mum
Der, yea the living shall scarcely be
able to bury the dead; and grass shall
grow in the streets Of your most
Dopulus cities, and when you see
.hese things behold the beginning of
sorrow, for the groans of thousands
If the oppressed have come up be-
ore my throne and l have arisen to
1lead their cause. and except We un
10 the heavy burdens and let the op.
pressed go free, removing them from
Imong oui they shall be as tllorns
n your sides, as gall in your mouths
ind as fire in your hearts. Yea /
will bring ravenous bird to your
.oasts that shall place the instrument
If death in their hands, and your
lelds shall he made desolate; In tue
lace of prosperity and plenty, you
hall have destruction, poverty and
distress of soul and body, for ficmes
hall be the winding sheet of thou
ands, and ashes the funeral shtoud
# many. City upon city and town ]
pom town, shall darken the atmos-
here with the smoke of their burn i
lgs IN the night of your affliction. :
'our pride l will lay in the dust and
'hen your calamity cometh l will
mock you to scorn, and sorrow shall
II the land as waters do the ocean.
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