, 1874-04-27


OF itB l0oatiou was lost. and only by Tho o1plora-
tiona Of modern eoho1arB has itB grayo beon dis.
covered in . Wilderness whore owls hoot mud
row among tho dust Of Dabyloush temples and
tlIe pafacea OF Dabyloniall Kings.
allow heth tho opproshorr r. ooaso ~ tho Golden
CITY ooasell" And now. In Tho Valley OF tho En-
tho old Prophet wroto while the city waa In itH |
prido,. "Antl Babylon. The glory Of kingdoma.
ahall bo us whom God oyerthroW sodom and
slalt i DO dwolt IN from generation to genora-
ttou but tho Wild boaals Of the desort shall lio
tllcro the owls shall dwell thoro the wild boasts
Of tho Island Bhall cry In their doaolato pleeoa
But this prophecy doos not stop with tho ru-
ined Kingdom and tho doad King. It follows hitu
down into tho alalea. and glvos us gli1npBe OF
tho royal ghcsti hell surrounded by tho victims
him aud guaah thor tooth upon him as tho |
moaner boasts might teaso an old lion whose
jaws wore broken and whoao strength Vas gone.
"Hell from bouoath Ia moved to meet thoo atthy
coming; 1t atirretl mp tho dead for theo, evon II
the ohfofs Of oarth It hath raiaod up from thoir
thrones all tho Kings Of tho nations. All tLoy
shnll spoak and aay unto thee, Art thou become M
weak Us we, art thou bocome like unto us p"
You cnn almost SEQ tho Bhuddorln8 ghost
Of old Dolehazzar hs Ills dead victims gathor
round him, among whom aro Kings and Princes
whom ie has robbed Of thoir crowns, aud hear
them mooking him with his lost magnihoonco;
and Princes go for little moro than other people,.
being 80 plonty, and whero tho frequent fashfon
Of this world is roveraod, and tho greatest ain,
nors hnyo tho meanost place., and this awful
tho perditlon Of all ovil-doors, who have in this
world spoiled the souls and bodies Of men and
womon,, to fool the full vengeance Of their VIC
tins in hell ap heye al the and cur ou5ses
frooly in tho days Of their fosh.
But tue Judgments of Jehovah follow even
tho dcad body of thia royal wretch 1t ts not to
ho iatd In Kingiy tomb, but loft to rot liio tho
ions OF subjects who cares enough for tho doad
monarch to dig him docont grave.
"All tho Kings Of tho nationB lio In glory
every ono in his own house; but thou art cast
out of thy grave, rs q catcass troddon under
foot. Thou shalt not DO joined with them 10
burial because thou bust destroyed thy lind and
alain thy people,"
Still one atop farther docs tho wrath Of God
bis soul In hell. tho sport Of bis formor viotims
his body denied decent burial, his children even
fool the blight Of hta terrible iniquities.
~ will riBo up against theini aasth tho Lord OF
Hosts, aud cut OF from Babylon the name aud
remnant, aud son, and .nophew." "Tho scod Of
ovil-doers shall mover DO renowned"
It ls not difficult to como at tho moral OF this
,story-they: arc foredoomed who fight against
Go0.~ Whatover Babylon ventures to slight His
commandments He haa a Cyrus In training some-
whero whose hoel shall tread upon its neck.
Twenty years ago nothing In this country was
aa sG s
Cyrus, man With great Conscience. aud cour-
ago enough to follow it, and I have lato1y aeen
those worry Slaves sitting in tho balls Of lcgisla~
ton making laws for thoir old 1nastora, iu O
State wnoso former statutes counted these
black Senators aud AHsomb1ymon ns oattle and
forbade to teach them to road. Ho WHO gooa
out to battle hnth neod to know whether God
fights OIL tho other side.
:. And now that tlls slavo Babylon Is fallen, tho
next stronghold of hell is strong drink. Tho
Princes Of thu heRthen power arc proud, and
rich, and strong; intrenohed in distillories, and
Of party politics. They coin the souls and bodlos
OF tie weak and ignorant into money, and gov
ern oitios, and counties, and States BY moans Of
the baacst appetiteB Of the basost people,, They
laugh at tho Bible. aooH at tho Church, shako
their fists at hoaven, mud snap their fingers at
| holl. - !,
or this Kingdom of Drunkenness Chicago ia a
chief city. Tho present City Government, in
spite ot tho minority of good men in in IL 1' is the
majority Of bad mon oan produce You and l
ara taraa and gnvarnaa IN, the interests of tho
greatest crime in the world. Beer iB our Mayor.
| our Christian civilization is concerned, good
men hayo no: rights which those Dabylonians
! feel bound to respect. The Athoiam OF tho old
world and tho devils Of the undor world are In
league with ur SO called People'a party to drug
and govern aud plundor our city. They have
voted Gods Sabbath out Of its plaoe Of distino-
| tion among the days Of the week; thoy havc cast
out honor and character and native oitizenahip
as useless rubbish their police protect infa-
| NOUS occupations and infamous mon, but give
our Cody women over to tho mob If thoy
como to their Oaunci1-O -Ohamber; and, It tho
strong hand Of tho State Government had not
clicked them OF, they would have voted. out
! still another OF tho commandments and created
Bomo more Offices for thoir favorteB, whose high
function would have boen the sorting. and grad
ing and labelling OF prostitutes for the greater
aafety Of themselves and their friends, This is
tho Peoples party, these arc tho Babylonisus
| who govern Chicago. =
I cannot pretend to say by what means God
Will destroy the power Of these sinners. but this
! do say, that, unleaa tho Eternal abdicates HIS
throne in favor Of Satan, these mon who defy
Him must misoraby and speedily preiBh.
Do you object that ever alues the time Of Noah,
at least thia cgrse Of strong drink has withstood
the efforts Of q cd and man to drive 1t out7 ]
reply, drunkenness iB, like othor sins, likely ia
remain amongst mankind till the coming OF
the Millennium but, like other Sins. those who
There IL no ono vice on which Heayen has rainod
down so many curses in our time, and tho worry
monstrous proportions to which it has grown,
and tho very intensity with which Its servants
| fight will haston the coming Of tho seven lust
plagucs upon them, and thou utter and .otornal
| destruction. 80;
II these eucmios Of God were not as ignoruni
aa they aro besottod they would bo scared out Of
their ssrongbol1s, and tho ofllces' which they
dofilo, by tho doom which has oyertaken such as
they, and which, unloaa they repent, ia surely
waiting for them: Their, career, in Chicago has
been short, aud it nevor can bo long! God vii
not stand It; before our good o1dmen are gono t
Honveu those new Babyloniaus, whoBe dogs bari
ct ns, md bite Us. viii have sunk to the ver,
bottom Of sooiety, probably to the bottom Of dis
i honorable gravca.
, . So thon, good friends, do not bc impatient, nnt
say TINT Gods mill grinas. slow, but when 70,
, cannot hold your soul in patience for Bmnrttn{
!. Of Daniel, and then nay your prayera ,ant
wait till electlon-time, and then arise every ons
Of yor, aud at the primary meeting, where thos
cockatrice's oggs aro hatched, erush out thost
sinners who claim to rule us in tho name o
, "liborty" and the ''people," but whoso ovi
passions and evil deods prove thona, like old Bel
/ Bhazzar, to DO aons Of Boial, and eucmios o
, mankind.
Shall not God ayenge His own c1ect who orr
, unto Him day nnd night? tell you Ho vii
: ayengo them apeotlily mud though those moi