Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-06-29
FIRST BOOK OF CHRONICLES.
CHAPTER vi,

ciples, had rendered tribute unto Cain and
worshiped the craven image, he was
grcved at heart.
= And he went up with him unto q
hill in Chitwoot, and when he was set, he
opened his mouth and taught him after
the manner Of the prophets
3. Saying, Thomas, my son, wherefore
hast thou gone LISTING after Belial and
the false gods of the heather, turning thy
back on the two great commandments up-
on which it is written: Hang all the law
and the prophets.
4. When violence walked abroad thou
didst render tribute unto Cain and worship
his craven image, thereby clarifying
them that take the law into their own
hands, when it is written that he who
draws the sword shall perish by the sword
3. When he had heard the accusation
that was brought against him, Thomas the
pious justified himself, and testified against
Charles the teryiversator, that he had
stripped Selucius the babbler of his coat
of many colors, aud sold him for twenty
pieces of silver.
6. And that he was back bitter, one
that bears false witness, and doeth all
manner of uucleanness. And that Thorn.
as, the Nisquallyite, deserved to be glori.
fed because he had sacrificed him unto
Cain.
7. Then John the good rcbuked him
saying, What credit shall a man have tina,
he loves them that love him and hates
those who hate him; do not even the pub.
licans, sinners and Democrats likewise.
8. Is it not commanded that ye resist
not evil; but whatsoever shall smite thee
on thy right cheek, that ye shall turn &c
him the other also. And yet you have
glori6ed the smiter, and condemned and
spat upon him who obeys the law
9. Are not you counselor unto Elisha
the governor, and those who are set up by
Selucius to rule over this people?
10. When yc who are the salt Of the
earth break the law, shall you think il
strange, if those who have been mudsill,
unto you cry out to Marshall the head
strong saying:
IL. Up, make US gods which shall &C
before US, for, as for this Moses, the man
that brought us up out of the land Of
Egypt, we wot not what has become Of
him.
II. And Thomas the pious excused
himself unto John the good, saying, mas.
ter / was possessed of an angry spirit tc
do this thing because Charles the tergiver
sator was mine enemy.
ID. And John the good answered and
said, the spirit of anger with which you
seek to excuse yourself is quick to act, and
quick to repent; it maketh man to hurt
that which offendeth him, and it bringeth
him to curse himself for the evil that he
doeth.
IA. When thou vert wandering in the
wilderness Of Reconstruction with Andrew
the Moses of jeff, it was anger that mored
thee to put head on Henry the soap.
boiler.
Is. And the blow was forgiven thee
not because Henry the soap boiler gave
unjust measure, but because Of thy passion
and repentance.
16. But anger shall not more one that
is follower Of the law to an act of delibe.
ration like this. When thou aud those
that were with thee paid tribute to make
craven image unto Cain, ye corrupted
yourselves and glorifed all lawlessness.
II. Cain shall be avenged seven field
A mark shall be set upon thee, and upon
all that we're with thee in thine idolatry.
Is. You shall sit on Cain, and Cain
shall be by your side when you walk
Cain shall trip you up in your most treas.
ured aspirations.
19: And when you lie down to sleep
Cain shall hang over you in your dreams
more terrible than the sword of Damocles
20. Cain shall go before you like q
cloud by day and like pillar of fire by
night, and the promised land shall hence.
forth seem unto you land Of Canin.
81. And when you, or any Of those
that we're with you in this thing, shall
hereafter come up for Office before this
people, the voice Of thy brothers blood
shall cry unto you from the ground, Cain
Cain Cain
20. When Thomas the pious had heard
this last curse that was put upon them, he
was softened, and great tears of penitenct
rolled down his cheeks like horse falls.
23 And he cried out in his anguish
unto John the good, Master our punish
nleDt is greater than we can bear.