The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-01-20

| mouth OF Lllc CcllS, IOI inc damned.
Occasionally icndiSh pcalS of laugh
ter ring from those crouching demons.
Why ? Because each person has his
ministcring demon.
AS the redeemed had their minis
tcring angels sent "to minister for
them who shall he heirs Of salvation, .
so the damned now have their guar
dian devils. And this makes the
devils happy. And now hell is vocal
with their laughter for the demons
have just pitched their victims all
from their cells upon the burning
waves. And their dcmoniac shouts
and joyous laughter rcverbcratc along
the caverns and crags Of hell as these
devils stand on the black sands Of
hell S shores and watch the squirmings
and hear the wailings of their victims.
And these scenes, over and over,
and over, makes up hell for cvermorc.
DAYRREAK IN HELL.
The doomed from the judgment,
falling, falling, falling, have Just
reached the gate of hell \ thunder
Gus noise is heard as they strike the
gate. Satan takes them through, and
they are his forcvcrmorc. The damn
cd arc surrounded by darkness, except
red flash here and there. They find
their feet pressing sharp burning
sands.
Then Satan's voice like cataract,
is heard through that cavcrnous re-
gion
II am the devil. and this is hell,
my kingdom. | have all power here,
and my happiness consists in ruling
as the despot of hell. and giving 9TH
crs pain. You were fools to let me
entrap you. For God told you that
tho fool hath said in his heart there
is no God. Daylight has never en-
tered hell before, but to celebrate my
victory, and because the damnation of
so many millions Of carth's inhabi-
tants is the greatest event of hell S
history, will now order one day to
break in hell, that in it's lis ght you may
see where you aps to abide forever,
and that in it's light you may see my
possessions and the expressions Of my
power.
Then gradually there begins to
break soft gray light-Daybrcak in
Hell-thc first and the last-thc light
seemed to come from the roof of hell.
Then it fell till all hell's objects, as
far as their eyes could behold, were
disccrnible. And then horrors The
king Of tcrrors The devil was seen
up the shore of hell Forty feet
high, wrapped in dark glistcning robes
from waist down his cloven feet ex-
tending from beneath these dark robes
Above his robes his naked body of
changcablc lights shining, his tre-
mendous muscles standing out and the
body like an enormous mans, save
his black pointed wings folded and
hanging from his shoulder points.
And oh ! his fierce, ficndish face three
feet broad, square forehead covered
with black, bushy hair with fire drip
ping from it across his awful, fierce
face. Immense black obliquc eyes
are his, shooting forth hcllish rage
toward his subjects. And there he
stood-Satan, the great devil. The
prince of the power of darkness !!
They see the king Of hell and quivcr-
ingly they listen again. See, says
he, "herc is the lake of fire here are
your cells and look yonder, up yonder
toward the head Of the lake, toward
the head of hell, sec those dark hills
aud mountains stretching away. AS
God has in the glory land His 'dclcc-
table hills, so have | i'll my land
damnation mountains. Yet there is
only one volcano here. See it yon-
der, that lofty one shooting up far
above the others, with that straight
stream of black smoke going out of its
crater and the scarlet jets of fire
shooting through the column Of dark
smoke. And that volcano is here to
punish any disobedient demon. If
any devil ever fails to torture the
children Of men here in hell | torture
him in that roaring volcano. And
look yondcr sec those immense bold
black birds lowering over that noun
tain. They arc the birds Of damna-
ton, the vulturcS Of hell. And see
those fierce, forkcd, crimson lightning
shooting across the dark mountains,
they are the lightnings of hell: ex-
prcssions Of my power. And now,
last, and look good, for | will then
shut the light out of hell. See yon
great towering castle. with its thick
parapcts aud frOwning turrcts, that is
my mansion, and those dark cmpur-
pied wrcaths hanging above my castle
are the smoke of my wrath, which
hangs there forever. And now
avaunt Back to your dark cells and
back to your suffering, and this white
light shall ccascl And hell S eternal
paudemonium begins.
y DREAM IN HELL.
lis midnight in hell, and Miss
Daisy Dancer lies in the mouth of her
cell sleeping and dreaming Her
guardian Gcnd has disobeycd the king
of hell and has left his charge and has
permitted her to go to sleep.
Daisy sleeping in hell Soundcr,
sounder, she sleeps, deeper and deeper
into unconsciousness does she fall,
and now a dream, Il sweet dream,
comes to her, and she is happy. Oh,
so happy ! She is at home again on
the earth, and before the judgment
which parted mother and herself.
There is mother Oh, yes, there she
i
They are seated in the sitting room.
The dear old room looking out upon
the orchard. She is Il child again:
and mamma is promising to AXE her
to Sunday School next Sunday for the
first time. She smiles, she laughs in
her dream as mamma tells her what
little dress she will put on her TO
make her look sweet ON God 5 day.
But ah now the roscatc dream loses
some Of it auroral tints rs the shadow
If certain dance which damned her
soul crosses her dream and she shud-
,lcrS Then starts again and awake
and arou-cs herself. Bat alas ala, :
t. find she j. in he'll. in he'll aud she
lifted up her eyes being in torment.
From up shore a thundcr"us weird
voice rings like an avalanche of ra-c
rolling dcwn the shores "f hell.
D,i.v shrink : nuI hrr ,in> pair for she