The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-09-29
Alleluias at the Total Overthrow
of Babylon, or Papal Rome.
BY REV. S. NJ. COON.

BY REV. S. NJ. COON.
In the eighteenth chapter of Revela-
ton the total overthrow of this apostate
Church is strikingly delineated. On the
fall of this modern Babylon, the inhabi-
tants of heaven break forth in trium-
plant song of praise, Saying, Alleluia !
salvation and glory and honor and power
unto the Lord our God; for true and
righteous are his judgments; for he hath
judged the great whore which did cor
rupt the earth with her fornication, and
hath avenged the blood of his servants
at her hand. And again they said, AL
leluia. And her smoke rose up forever
and ever" In consequence of that great
event, " the four and twenty elders and
the four beasts fell down and worshipped
God on his throne, saying, Amen, allie
lula. And a voice came out of the
throne, saying, Praise our God all ye his
servants, and ye that fear him, both
small and great" Then the beloved
John heard, as it were, the voice of a
great multitude, and as the voice of many
waters, resembling the roaring of the sea,
and as the voice Of mighty thunderings,
or loud peals of thunder, saying, "AlIe-
lula; for the Lord God omnipotent reign
eth"
Well may heaven and earth, angels and
men, unite in Alleluias at the downfall
of this great hierarchy. She has reigned
over the nations for many ages Her
government has been so strong that no
power less than Omnipotence could over
throw it. She has ruled with a rod of
iron; has been drunken with the blood
of the saints, and with the blood of mar
tyrs of Jesus; has trampled princes un-
der her feet, and has lived in honor, ease
and luxury. Her policy has been as
deep as hell, her works resemble those
of the devil but her end is to be a lake
of fire. Cruelty is characteristic of this
wicked one whom Christ shall yet destroy
by the brightness of his coming.
By their fruits we shall know them.
The pages of history are spotted with the
cruelties of papal Rome. The red blood
upon the garments is generally the means
of discovering a murderer. The trailing,
womanly robes of the papal high priest
are deeply stained with the blood of the
martyrs of Jesus. That same divine
Providence which employs the bloody
tinge to detect the murderer, has left
more lasting marks of Rome's bloody cru
city. The Bartholomew massacre, for ex-
ample, is recorded in more enduring char
acters than the stains of that blood which
soaked the soil of France. 1t is esti-
mated that not less than 100000 Protes-
tants were slain in that fearful massacre.
Such were the heaps in some places that
they could not be counted. The Pope
and his cardinals greatly rejoiced when
they heard the news. So lively was their
gratitude for this slaughter of the saints
that they cast medal to commemorate
it. There stands the legnd, raised in
brass and silver, Stroges H1g1tenotora1na
(the slaughter Of the Huguenots), in per-
petual memory of the delight wherewith
Rome regarded the greatest, foulest
butchery Of men by their fellows this sin
cursed earth has ever seen.
And let no one think that this wicked
Anti-christ will ever reform She is un-
alterably bad. She has fettered herself
forever in the evil principles of her infali-
bility and undergraduates, and thus is
fast bound in her errors. It will never
be amended. 1t is reserved for destruc-
ton, not for amelioration. Nothing can
be more express than the divine testi-
mony is regarding it's end: 1.-THE Lord
shall consume the wicked with the
spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy him
with the brightness of his coming A
mighty angel took a stone, like a great
milestone, and cast it into the sea, saying,
Thus e05th violence shall that great city,
Babylon, be thrown down, and shall be
found no more at all.
Let us, then, standing on this infallible
testimony, with all ardor Of love, and
with all the tenderness of Christian com
passion, feel it to be our duty to warn
Protestants and all friends of our Govern
ment to awake to the danger that threat
ems us from the increase Of Popery in our
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