The Labor enquirer., 1883-04-21
THE WORLDS FINAL CRISIS.
A Series Of Letters to Workingmen,
The Exclusive Nobility Of
Earth.
Second Letter.

Our last letter closed with the foot Of
the people firmly set on the plank of
Deity en- route to Canaan, our final rest.
Tyrant Pharaoh and host followed suit,
but sank beneath the waves Tyranny
pursuing the people is bound to sink;
| the waves Of political wrath they have
raised shall cover them. PharaOh's
chariot was office, his horses legislation,
! his wheels, which got tangled and
/ dragged heavily, were eXpedients Of
fsubtIety, the whole deYilish outfit of
(which is now rapidly sinking.
The bible is gemmed with figure con
aCerning TACT, connected by lines yOf an
BalOgy, and when these lines exactly cor
frespond in each, universal consent de-
Eclare8 them one, and the strongest
Hpos8ible proof of their divine authen
Iiticity. None but Jehovah God could
|Imake a miniature figure ,6oyer world
|Iwide fact scarce yet conceived, and re-
Touring thousands of years to mature ;
| facts IN which each Individual of the
race belOIds, as in a. mirror reflected
their history singIy and together. Every
word Of God has THIS infinite and indi-
viduaI appIication,/ These bible figures
in the recent pasLhaye been ground Of
mortal combat. ! Science, with sIedge-
hammer proof, IenieS the literal reading,
and the wOrld/says Amen Theology,
frenzed witba hint ait the faIIible, re-
tires with hang-dOg look of defeat and
every weapon broken, kissing, hereto,
sceptic jhfdeI These battles have
masses /whO have wiped out the false,
and tbe truth, when presented, will be
receifed. We will now read together
bible figure and fact, tracing the lines
sharp and conclusive, which have ex-
isted through alt time and perversion,
and now debauch. in their present ocean
of fulfIIment, the bright dawn Of Mil
Ieniai day, showing by each that the
time is full come in which you shall take
to yourself the world which was yours
before its foundations were laid,
MOSES AND PHARAOH.
These two men type the people and
despOtic power. Moses held in his hand
a rod-the symbol Of political power
which he threw on the ground. and it
became a serpent" and he fed from it,
You threw down your rod Of power and
for many years had no interest in poll
tics; it became a serpent and you fed,
"tramDing" the world round and round
to escape it's sting; but you are returning
with the cry. I'VE are in the coils of an
anaconda" to take it up, when it will
become your symbol Of omDipOtence
that some day you will attain. AS light
advanced the people grOaned IN chains
and cried for liberty. They were an
swered withnew chains-mOre work and
less fUod-God's method Of precipitating
crisis and conflict between virtue and
vice. Our experience to-day duplicates
this dose in damning measure. Desire
intensified repeats the demand with
startling emphasis, and is answered in
heInsh fury in ten distinctive plaques,
which at present hold high carnival IN
riot and ruin in our world.
FIRST PLAGUE.
The first plague was the turning Of
river and wells to blood. The Nile to
Egypt measured food or famine to the
land. If it's volume reached the neCes-
sarv height, famine fed and plenty glad
dened heart and home. If it fell below,
famine. invited, feasted and fattened on
the peoples ruin. What the Nile was to
Egypt our currency flow is to US; the
measure of life or death. If our volume
meets the demands Of business, com
merge spreads every sail, the wheels of
industry hum and the land is fertile as
the garden of God. If retrenched, stag
nation, moth and mildew cover the
earth; robbery and ruin, the people.
This river of life to our land to-day is
stagnation, blood, stencil and death, in
measure. accursed full The suction
pump of poverty applied to the veins of
the race, turned by legislative crank,
has diverted their blood to this lver,
and its stencil fills the land. Blood suf-
fcient fora rosy cheek and happy heart
are rare exceptions, and scarce woman