The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-01-18
LYnnville.s Doom.

Howl, ye IynnVlllICeS, Tor the
day of thy destruction is at hand !;
it shall come as a destruction from
the Almighty.
Thy sins have come up before
mine eyes. Thy iniquities cry
aloud unto me.
Behold the day cometh, crue
both with wrath and fierce anger
to lay the desolate, and he shall de-
stroy thee sinners thereof out of
thee.
Thy pomp shall be brought down
to the grave, and the noise of thy
viols, and the sound of thy dance
shall be hushed.
They that see thee shall narrow
ly look upon the and consider thee,
saying is this the proud village
that was once so famous and ex-
allied.
Because thou hast boldly refused
projection to thy institutions Of
learning from the deadly serpent
which lieth couched in the wine
bowl, behold, thy sons shall be
brought low; and the iniquities
of thy fathers shall he visit upon
their children, unto the third and
fourth generation.
Because Gods people hath for
saken him, and delighteth not them
selves in the services of his holy
sanctuary, but hath gone after the
pleasure of the world, and delight
eth more in the services of the ball
room than the services of the holy
sanctuary, behold thy feasts shall
be turned into mourning, and all
thy songs into lamen tations; and
shall be brought upon all
loins and badness upon every head
and there shall be mourning as the
mourning of an only son, and the
end OF thy days as bitter day.
Because the rulers appointed to
rule over the flock of the Living
God hath not brought to Judgment |
those of his ofick which deligheth |
and indulgeth in the giddy dance,
and hath in days passed stood up
in opposition to those who would |
bring such to judgment, behold the
shall be removed from
the; thy vine shall dry up, and thy
fig tree anguish; the pomgranate-
tree, and the palm-tree also, and |
thee apple-tree, even all thy fruit
trees shall wither; because godli-
ness is withered away from the
children of God.
Because he who writeth up the |
items of thy habitation doth smile
upon thy fantastic hops, and doth
not cast one frown of disapproba-
ton thereupon as it becometh one
who rules the flock of Christ, there:
fore his light shall be blown out
and his bishopric shall be taken
from him and given to another.
Behold the mercies of God hath
been toward you; peace and plenty
hath filed thy borders; and the
lives of thy people hath he spared,
and none required for the space of
two years. But his mercies We have
therefore he viii laugh
when thy calamities cometh.
Awake, we drunkards, and weep;
md howl, We drinkers of wine; for
t shall be cut off from your mouth.
Be We ashamed, o We husband
men; howl, we wine-dressers, for
,he wheat and for the barley; be-
cause the harvest of the field shall
perish; the vine shall dry up, and
he fig-tree languish. Howl, We
Iynnvillians, for he day of the day
If thy destruction is at hand, and
lnless thou repent, it shall fall up
IN thee.
Grid yourselves and lament, We
priests; howl, We ministers ofkthe al
er; come lie all night in sackcloth,
re ministers of God; for the meat
,fferings and the drink offerings
ire withholden from the house of
God.
Sanctify We feast, call a solemn
assembly, gather the elders and all
Thy inhabitants into the house of
,he Lord, and ely unto him, that
ne may heal your backslidings,
md turp'his anger away from you.
Who is wise, and he shall under
stand these things? for the ways of
he Lord are right, and the just
shall walk in them; but the trans
shall fall therein.
PRoGNosTIcAToR.