Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-11-17

AL al coarse ~ Cetclnliueu 10 20 TO peril
ton, susgose you will have to let MIN go;
hot lie suta his wife Rnd children in an equ
page siSt Is tbe ainayen!ent OF the avenues,
aud Ga dive. lashRs the horses into two
whr!v.nda. aud tie spJkes flash in the
sun. and the golden headgear OF the har
ness glcams, until Black Calamity takes
tie bis Of sac horses and stops them, and
shouts to the luxurious occupants Of the
euuipare, Get ont" They ees out. They
acS clown. That husband and father flung
his family SO bard they never got up again.
There was the mark on them for life-the
mark of "a split hoof-the death dealing
hoof Of the golden calf.
Solomon offered in one sacrifice, on one
occasion, twenty-five thousand oxen and
one hundred and twenty Thousand sheep;
but that was tame sacrifice compared
with the multitude of men who are sacri-
frinC themselves on this altar of the gold
en- calf, and sacrificing their families with
them The soldiers of General HaveloCk
in India walked literally ankle deep in the
blood Of the house of massacre where
two hundred women and children had
been slain by the Sepuys; bat the blood
around about this altar Of the golden calf
flows up to the knee, flows to the girule,
flows 10 the shoulder, flows to the lip
Great God Of heaven ana earth, aVemercy
The golden calf has none.
HEARTS PEoNEN FOR GOLD.
Still the degrading worship goes on anu
the devotees kneei ara Mss the duS'. ana
count their golden beads, and cross them
selves with the blood oil their own sacIi
fee. The music rolls on under the arches;
il is made Of ciinlling silver and climbing
gold and the rafting specie of the banks
Low Sb
the exchange, The soprano OF the Wor-
shin is carriei 10y the timid voices Of men
who have jus, beguc to speculate, WINE
the deep ba~, rolls cut from those VINO ic'
ten years Of iniquitY have been douhlE
damned Chorus OF voices rejoicing Over
what they have made. Chorus Oh voices
| wailinE over what thtE nav" loS''
The temple Of which speak stands open
day and night, and there l. the EHt'e'l'1
rod wit. lis four iret On oroNr" H'it'''
ard there is the smoking altar OF sacilllce.
new victims every moment ON IT, ana the:e
are the kucchne d"N"tces, an" vac ""N',-
ogy Of the worship rolls on WINE Geath
stands with mOIdy ana skeleton arm peat,
Ing time fer the chorus" Molt! mofr
more"
Some people are very much surprised AZ
/ the actions OF folk on the ~toch exchange
I Indeed II l. scene Sollt''''e' tn"' P''
Ives description, ana Is oeNoha tls I"r'-'
nation Of any one VINO mas never i"oAeo l',
What swapping OF hnE'r an" tH"il" anu
/ wild gcNtiou!auun' aho raNlhS ING hH''.''a
/ and stamping Ike hunaloes' ana 9""! I"3
to and fro and running one upon "ilo' ,' y
and deaIenlng uptoar u4Ill me lI'S'"e"
/ Of the exchange strlkeS WIN ms iha''t Ct,
/ iour or five times crying Orucr' "i'''',
/ And the astonlshrd spectator goes oo' i''p
/ the fresh air iecllhg NAV ne mus e9.' T.,
( from pahuemoiiI'iH'' H"O N',7 ~ nv
mean? ! will tell you what 1t means Inc
/ drvotces Of every heathen temple cut ththl-
selves to pieces and yell and gYrate. rms
vociferalon and gyration OF the STOCK eX-
change is all appropriate. This IS the WoH-
ship of the golden calf.
rIUToCEACY MUST PERISH.
But my text suggests that this worship
must he broken up, us the behavior OF
Moses in my text indicated. There are
those who say that this golden calf spoken
of in my text was hollow, and merely
plated with gold; Otherwise, they say,
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