Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1896-06-23

Souitry and could not endure the fiat couE-
try f66nd BabYlon-these hanging gardens
built, terrace above terrace, Till at the nelgnI
of 400 feet thefe~wer6 woods waving ana
fountains playing. the VeFdnres the IoHageSi
the glory looking as 1t a MOUNTAIN Wer0 on
the wing. On the tiptop king WHlking WITH
his queen. among statues snowy wlntes IooK-l
ing up at birds brought from distant AnosI;
and drinking out of tankards OF soHo SoIu'
or looking off over rivers and lakes upon ma
tioHs s1bdue1 and tributary, crying Us not
ftff5 pffsSf BABYLON which Ihav4 bu1lfy =
What batterfng ram smote the walls? What
ploWshare uptnrf1ed the gardensH Moat
army shattered the brdzen gates1 Wna8i
LONG. fierce blast of storm put out this light
which i1tdniided the world? What crash OF
discord drove down the music that poured
from palace window and garden grove and
called the banqueters to their revel aud the ,
dancers 10 ttsir feet? l walk upon the
scene of desofatiop to find an answer ano
pick up pieces of bttupen and brick ana
bf0ken pottery, the remains OF Babylon, ana
as III the silence of the night hear the surg
ing of that bfltow OF desolation which rolls
over the scene, I bear the wild waves say
ing: "Baby;on was proud. Babylon was
impure: Babylon was q stat: put by :, SIN Sno .
TUNED to NORWOOD and has fallen. !
From the prosecutions of fha pilgrim
fathers and the Huguenots IN Other lands
God set Upon these shores nation" 4no
council fires OF the aboTigines went ouk In
the gredteF light of 4 free government. az
sound of the warw1hoop was exchanged for
the thousand wheels OF euternrtse,N prog
ress The mild winters, the fruitful sum-
rFers, the healthful skies, charmed rom
othHS lands race of hardy men who loveo
God and wanted to be free. BsIoFe tho
woodman's ak forests fell ana rose again ln-
to ships masts and c'uE1l1es pillars. OttteS
on thebanks Of lakes begin II rival cities w ;
the sea. The land qaakes with the rush OF
the FAIL car and the waters gre c6urneI j
white with the steamers wheel. Faoulous
bushels of west eYn wheat meet on the way fab !
uIous tons of eastern coal. Fursfrom the Dortn
pass on the river fruits from the south ANA
trldiag in the same market Is Maine LUMBER
man aud South Carolina rice merchant ana
Ohio farmer aud Alaska fur dcslst. Ant
churches and schools an1 aSylum5 SCATTER
light and love and mercy end SALVATION Upon
sc, 000, 00l of people. ,
pray that our nation may not copy the :;
crimes of the nations that have pertshed and
our cup of blessing turn to WormWood, ana
like them we go down. nm by nature and
by gracs an Optin1ist. aud expect that this (;
country will cont fn3e TO advance until Christ
shall como again. But be- not deceived
Our orly safety is in righteousness toward
God and Justice toward map. Hive fofssoI@
the goodness of the Lord to this land, and
break His StSbbati1s and tmprovs not by the
dire disasters thai have again and SZain
come 10 us as q nation. Fud we learn SAVING
lesson neither from civil war nor raging ept~
denie nor drought nor mildGS nor Scourge
of locust anil grasshopper- nor cyclone nor
earthquakes; if the political corrupti6a EiIieH
has poisoned the fountains of public V2Etue
and beslmed tl1e hfTl1 places OF authority
making free government at times Kissing
and byword in all tf1e earth; II the drunk
ennegs and RIGHTEOUSNESS that stagger and
blaspheme in the streets Of our great cities
as though they were reaching alter
the fame of Cyrinth and q
sodon1 Gro not repented OF, We wllA
vet see tho smoke OF our nations
ruin: the pillars OF our national anc STATE
capitols will fall more disastrously than
when Samson pulled down Dagon, and
iuturo historians will record upon the page
believed with generous tears the story that
the free nation of the west arose in splendoE
which made the world stare. 1t had
magnificent possibilities. It forgot Goo. Il
hated itfstics. 1t Rugged its crime. It
halted on its high march. 1T reeled under
the blow of calamity. It fell. And as 1t was
going down all the despotiSps OF earth from
the top OF bloody thrones began to shout
"Ai1a, so would we have it," while Struggling
and oppressed people lookel out from
dungeon bars With tears and groans and
cries of untold agony. the scorn OF those
and the woe of these uniting in the exclama-
lion. "Look yonder! There fell great
| star from heaven. burning ss it were lamp,
and it fell upon the third pttrt OF the rivers
and upon the fountains of waters, ana the
name of the star Is called WornW9od!