The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-07-02

90. ard chariot tfid sictories with when
IN forpotten kings OF E2yft shook tne
nv her obelisks and columns, Ossf ~.
w'uuxor the stupendous temples OF ne,
ny Who can imagine the greatness =,
~ IN those days when the hippodtonao
with hef sports and foreign royany
M N her shrine and Her avenues roaIeu
~ n.ne wheels Of PROFESSIONS IN the WIZ
~ uyuing conauerors? what ahsne1
py,tIs Vision of chariots and temples anu
w,ss2 What fdn9s pulled upon ,no
Gins Of her glory? WRIT ruthlessness
ga her sculptured wal and broke ooe.
" al ieft her INDISPENSABLE temples gross
yypeous Of granite? What spirit Oh 20
ZION spread the iair OF wild Pe'ssts IL
ntyal sepulchers, aud tati9ht the pis ~
Is9ttqants ~ to-day TO build nuts IN ,ne
u Of her TEMPLES, and sent desoiat'oII
muin skulking behind tho obeiisks, aua
%ng among the sarcophagi, ana i5'si, ~
ri tha Columns. and STOPPING undet tno
a. and weeping II tfe waters whicn ~
anfnllv by as though they were carrylns
a,nrs OF all ages? Let the rnutniinioa
: their long silence and come w w
! in Tho desolation and point to failen
ava stattcred statues and defaceu
go resnondiuc; 'rThebes built not one
"a 81 dod, Thebes hated rghteousness
soxdd ain. Thebes was star, put sno
II to wormwood aud has fallen.
svIon. with her $50 towers ana noi
N gates and her embattled walls, .hs
dor of the earth gathered within nel
,es her hanging gardens built pY
chadnezzar to please his bride, Amytls.
had been brought up in a mountainous
nv and could not endure the Hat couh-
ound Babylon--these hanging gardens
, | terrace above terrace, till at the heien1
!, La feet there were woods waving anu
! Pains plavlue. the verdure. the foha@e,
! Ilory looking rs If d mountain were on
: Einy. On tho iptop king walking VIII
: heen. among statues snowy wnite, ioon
: In nj birds brought from distant ianusi
Thinking out Of tankards OF Solo Soio
. oking Off over rivers and lakes upon ma
y subiuel and tributary, crying, Us not
n Great Babvlon which have ouiitr
.enat battering ram smote the wailsf NINA.
! share upturned the gardensf Wh's.
IN shattered the brazen gatesf Wuu
M fierce blast of storm put out thus ii9nt
r-rh illumined tho world? what crasn U,
,dord drove down the music that poure9
nj palace window and garden grove an, nm
rsd the banqueters to their revei anu NJ wv.
I,cers to their feet? L Walk upon lu9
atc of desolation to flnl an answer ahs'
* Up pieces Of bitumen ana prick "nI
zen pottery, tho remains OF Baoyion, unu
an The silence of the night hear the surg
Of tbat billow of desolation which rolls
ar the scene I hear the wild waves say
y, "Rabvlon was proud. Babylon WAS
.oltre. babylon was q star, but by SIN sne
med TO wornWoUd aud has fallen.
of the DllUrlH
ners and the Huguenots in other ianus
+ set upon these shores nation. ING
,lncil fires of the aborigines went OUT III
i greater light Of free government. me
tpa of the warwhoop was exchanSeu ioi
, thousand waeels Of enterprise ana prog
4. Tie mild winters, the fruitful sum
hrs. the healtliful skies, charmed iroui
per lands race of hardy men VINO ioved
ID and wanted to be free. BEFORE Tue
IoJman's Ak forests fell and rose again III
ships masts and churches pillars. Oit,es
tlIebauk, of lakes begin to rival cities ny
, sea. The lapd quakes with tho rush o,
, rail ear ahi the waters are cnuInou
lite VITA the steamers wheel. Fapuiou9
shells Of western wheat meet on the way Ilo-
,pstops of eastern coal. Furs from tue nortn
"a on the river fruits from the south. Auo
.diuy in tho same market is Maine lumoef
IN aud South Carolina rice merchant ana
Iio farmer aud Alaska fur dealer ANA
,lrches and schools and asylums scatter
hit aud love and mercy and salvation upon
900 ,00J of people.
[ pray that our Lation may not copy tue
mes of tho nations that have persisted ana
r cup OF blessing turn to wormWoou, ana
e them we 20 down. am by nature ana
grace an optimist. and expect that TINS
untry will continue to advance until CHRIST
all como again. But be not deceived;
II Only safety is in Righteousness toward
ID and justice toward man. 1t we torget
e goodness of the Lord to this land, ana
eak His Sabbaths, and improve not by the