Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-09-22


---and the pestilence shall finish what the
famine and the earthquake leave and men
shall fall in the streets, and houses be filed
with the dead and dying, aud none shall be
leil to bury them. Dogs shall howl through
the vacant streets, without master in the
palaces and temples, the owl aud the raven
shall build their nests, and the ships rot down
sailorlcss and all the sons Of men, destroyed
by me unwarned, will ! send to thee as a
tribute BE mine the task to rule the Earth
for thy glory and for mine.
Loud rang the plaudts, az the tiend sat
down, and the rest, obsequious, gave place,
not doubling that Apollyon should be ruler Of
the Earth The tumult was hushed, and all
waited intent, their great Masters decision /,
when suddenly, from bcctling cliff, far out
in the burning lake, arose blue lambcnt
Aamo-which while they gazod, took shape :
% horrid shape. and stood before the assembled
6ouds
1t was clad in ycsture wet with blood the
gore hung heavy from its matted locks, and
! the iierccsi fires Of hell shot from It's burning
| eye-balls. Even Satan started aud turned
pale with fear, and Hell shrank back with
horror.
Ola Ys fear me. then g" biss,d the bor-
rid monster. We'll might We G,ar. were /
not a friend and an allie B1t thon knowest
me not ID Satan. for | am an earth. harm
spirit, and have long hid myseIf-aye for a
/ tjousand years-but now como TO offar ser.
vice aud allegiance. and TO claim the offered
prize. Fear not but listen. and let me he
ruler of the Earth. for none hath mower ike
me. in all thy dark dominions.
Moloch and Belial and Mnmmon and Anoll.
yon promise much. but they shall be my ser.
wants and snbalterns. Their power is weak
ness coupared with mine q listen till. tell
thee of nv strength. and how will WELD IT,
Nv shanes nnd names ara logion and | chanoe
them at will. so that men shall ofimes hue
me to their bosoms as an angel of light. |
will be the greatest of nll bvpocrites and do.
ceyers betrnyino ever with kiss. rrofess-
inc love and kindness. when NV onlv aim is
ruin. will be the patron and sole snnnort
of the gambling den. and of hcr a whose
house inelineth unto death. and her maths nm.
to the dead And will, through her por-
tails, bring the very flower of manhood to
blight and shame and everlasting contempt
On every foot of earth and sea will fol-.
/ low nv victims. Where diseord and anarchy
prevail. there will | be where cruelty i.
there will | come. and burn ont from the
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