The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-10-14

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nrst-elass sstyrs Of fashionable life, and
on the ballroom socr Join him in the
square dance, TIE maternal chspsrous
meanwhile bsaminE from the wall on the
scene Matches are made in Heaven. they
say. Not such matches, for the trim.
stone Indicates the opposite region.
The evil is ovsrshadoving all our cities,
I By some these immorslit!ss are called
/ peccsdille>s EAilsnt-ies, sccentricitiss-
ard are relsgsted TO the realms Of iocular-
/ ity, and few Efforts are being made against
il. God bless the white Gross" move
msnt, as it is called, the excellent and tai.
| ented Miss Frances Wharf, It's ablsst I'D.
| vocsts OF this side the sss. an organizs.
ton making Z mighty assault on this evil
, God forward the tracts on this SUI feet
distributed By the religions tract socis;is:
Of the land: God help parents in the
great ~crk they are doiay in trying 20
start their children with pure principles!
/ God help all legislators in their attempt to
| inhibit this crime
But is this oil. Then il is only q oues.
ton Of time vhsr tire la.t -ss;igs Of Uur-
| ity and home viii ysn.sa out Of sight.
Human arms, human pens, human voices,
human talents are not sufficient, / begin
1 to look up. listen for artillery running
\ down the sapphire boulevards Of heaven.
watch to see il in the morning light
there be not the fash Of descending scim-
etsrs. Oh, for God! Does it no, seem
time for his Appearances IS Il not time
| for all land. T. CIV out:
Let God arise, and let His enemies be Sat.
/ tered
/ got letter fex DAYS ago asking me
| IL did not think that the earthquake ID
! Charleston was the divine chast semeat Of
/ that city for it,s.nz Tha. letter answer
| now by saying tha, X all our American
! cities got ell the punishment taey deserve
! for their horrible impurities. the earth
~o@li long ago have cracked open into
| creyices trsnscontirental. and take down
al our cities; and BROOKLYN an View
! York would have gone 50 far under that
The tip Of our church spires f-5u,i - ffs
hundred fee: below tbc su-taca. 1t i Of
the lords merciss that we haze not been
! consumed
+; Not only are the sairs Of this world SC
/ a-iwist, a-janzle and rackad. tia. there
seems a need Of the divine appearance,
tu' there IS ano her reason. Hayeyou not
noticed that in the history ottL.s planet
God turns a leaf about eSery.7. ,nou-
'and years. Got turned a leaf au1 this
, word was fitted for human residence.
About two thousand more years
passed along and God turned anoth.
er leaf. and 1t was the deluge
/ About two thousand more -ears pass
ed On and It was the sppear ance o.
/ Christ. Aim az two thousand more years
| have pastel 'y. AMI he viii probably Ion
turn another leaf What /. shall Re I can
not say. Il NAV BE the demolition II all
| these monstrositjes n turpitu5e srj the
establishment - RIGHTEOUSNESS N al the
| earth. He can d Il. AMI ha VIII d il.
! am as confident as II II we're already ac-
/ complishei. How easily n can 10 = my
/ text suggests. Il does no. ask God 20
s.rike With his right hand. OF stamp with
+ mis- foot. OF lurl a thUnierbol- Of his
/ power. hut just % get up from the throne
on which he sits. Only that viii be nee.
/ esssrv.
| lie, God arisei
II will he no exertion Of omnipotenca. II
will be no bending or hracin- for m ich'y
/ lift. 1t will be no sending down the SKY
| Of the white horse cavalry Of Heaven OF
I!I4 " al IL q 4DtS ne a y'lts C.
Now e is sitting in the majesty and pa
fence Of his reign. He is from his ihrone
watching the mastering Of all the forces Of
I blasphemv and drunkenness and impurity
and fraud and Sabbath breaking. and
when they have done their worst and are
most securely organized, he viii bestir
himself and say:
my enemies have defed NE long
enough, and their cup Of iniq1i,y is full.
l have given them all opportunity for re-
pentance. This dispensation OF patience
Is ended, and the faith Of the good shall be
tried no longer"
And now God tegins to rise, anl what
mountains give way under his right foot
and what continents sink under his left
foot know not; but standing In the full
height and radiance and grandeur Of his
nature, he looks this way and that, and
how his enemies are scattered Bias
pbemers, white and dumb, reel down to
their doom; and those who have trafiicked
in that which DESTROYS the bodies and
souls Of men and families will fy with cut
foot on the down grade of broken decant.
ers; and the polluters Of society, that did
their bad work with large fortunes and
high social sphere, will overtake IN
their descent the degraded rabbe
Of underground city life as they
tumble over the eternal precipices; and the
world shall be left clear AMI clean for
the friends Of humanity and the Worship
ers Of Almighty God. The last thorn
plucked off, the world will be left a bloom
ing rose on the bosom of that Christ who
came to gardeuizs it. This earth that
thrusting out its raging claws, shall lie
down lamb at the feet Of the Lamb of
God who took away the sins OF the world.