The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1865-10-20

n."'u'c' oounSelS Ior MS thoughts were low
TO vice industrious, but to noble deeds
Timorous and slothful--yet ,hc pleased tn,
car l.t. -
| And thus he spake: Let me, tho
spirit of Discord, rule the Earth, fol
without me war could never be.
will spread all false reports, and sci
i every man against bis neighbor, and
j. darken the counsels OF. the nations
till anarchy, and confusion, and ha.
tired shall arise and fill the whcle
q earth will point the tongue of the
D slandcrer as Il serpents tooth, and
set his heart Oh fire of hell / will
bo the author Of all evil counsels, and
also witnessings, and fraud, and Sc
cret ma!ignity ill! even good men,
prosecuted and torn, shall doubt and
deny that Jehovah reigns, and die
disappearing, to come and dwell for
ever with the damned. Let tho do
minion Of the Earth be mine, o Mas.
ter, and thy realms shall be peorled
with the souls Of men.
Then Mammon arose;
The meanest, and least erect
Or all the spirits that fell from heaven,
who would not heed the glories Ger
his head, but on the golden pavements
at his feet forever gazed. ......
Listen unto me, 0 Satan, for thou
knowest my power upon the souls of
men. Give me dominion over them,
and hell shall never be empty. I will
make men lunatics and fools, and
send them through polar SHOWS and
tcrrid burnings, to dig in the holes
ana corners Of tho earth, mid savage
beasts and men more savage, for u
few handsful Of yellow dust So in
tent shall they be, sitting and grasp
ing the paltry ore, that they shall for.
get the starry crowns that heaven
offers them; and fever and famine
shall como and sweep them as chatf
from the threshing floor, to the great
burning. And even before their corp
ses are fairly stiffened, their compan.
ions shall gather like vultures, to fight
and cash each other for the gold
which the dead have left. 1, too, will
sharpen the assassin's knife, and help
on the robber and the burglar. All
ties, however strong or holy, will
break and teach men to come and
worship me, though the path to the al.
tar shall be over bleeding hearts, noble
aspirations, and all else that gives
charm to tho life Of man. At my
command, shall that glorious race,
who werc created erect, to look upon
the stars blot tho divine signet of
high intelligence from their brows,
and fetter and confino their mighty
spirits, till they become dwarfs, that
they may do my bidding. I will
whisper IN the ear of tho young
maiden, in the pride Of her beauty,
and straightway shall she forget her
plighted vows to the youth who loves
her, and leave him heartbrokcn to
die; and though sick with disgust,
sho shall 90 10 the altar and wed the /
grayhaired wretch who hath heapod !
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 owns is stained
with blood, or wrung from tho hand
Of want by cruel oppression The
possessor Of gold shall himself be.
como infatuated, and ut midnight
shall steal from his bed, on tp-toe,
and looking cautiously aroundin fear
of robbery, shall open his iron chest
and count over each g'ittoring coin,
and hug it to his heart and worship
1t. So shall he live curse TO his
fellows and to himself, and when the
death angel comes, he shall clutch
the yellow dross in his skinny hands,
and die and como with all my vota-
res, and make his bed in hell.
Thus spako Mammon, and as ho
paused, Satan 'grinnod horribly, u
ghastly smile upon his servant
Then up rose tho forco ApoLLYoN,
the Destroyer, and spakc thus:
o, thou Arch ruler of tho damned,
listen unto mol Tho volcano, the av.
alanche, the earthquake, the pcstiIencc
and famine are mine. Be it mine to
rulo tho Earth. will pour down
boiling lava from the mountain-tops,
burningup tho fruits Of the earth, and
overwhelming tho throngcd cities,
with all their wealth and people in the
twinking Of an eye. | will hurl tho
avalanche from tho glaciers crest, up.
on tho slumbering village. Twill dry
upthc springs, and scnd hail and blight
and mildew upon tho fields; and strong
mon, and women, and tender children
shall go forth, and creeping under the
leailess hedges, shall faint and die of
famine. will send the earthquake,
and he shall smack his mumtlng lips
when hc swallows up clty-and tho
pestilonco shall finish what tho famine
and earthquake leave; and mon shall
fall in the streets, and houses bo filled
with tho dead and dying, and mono
shall bo left to bury them. Dogs shall
howl through tho vacant streets with.
out master; in tho palaces and tenn
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