Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-05-19

Ting to keep his courage mp. | have
seen men fiaunt their immoralities in
the face Ct the community. and have
heard them defy the judgment day and
scoff at the idea Of any further conse-
quence of their sin, but when they
came to die they shrieked until you
could hear them for nearly two blocks,
and in the summer night the neighbors
got up TO put the windows down, be-
cause they could not endure the horror.
would not want 10 see rail train
with 500 Christian people on board
go down through a rawbridge into q
watery grave | would not want TO see
500 Christian people 90 into srch disas-
ter. but tell you plainly that | could
more easily see that than could for any
protracted time stand and see an infidel
die, though his pillow were Of elder
down and under canopy Of vermilion.
| have never been able to brace up my
nerves for such a spectacle There is
something at such time 70 indescriba-
Bile in the countenance. just looked in
upon it for a minute or two but the
clutch Of his fist was so diabolic and
the strength Of his voice was so unnat-
ural could not endure it There is
no hell, there is no hell. there is no
hell" the man had said for 90 years,
but that night when | looked in the
dying room Of my .nfdel neighbor
there was something on his countenance
which seemed to say, "There is there
is, there il, there isp'
The mightiest restraints today against
theft against immortality, against lib
ertinism, against crime Of all sorts-the
mightiest restraints are the retributicns
of eternity. Men know that they eau
escape the law, but down in the offend
ers soul there is the realization Of the
fact that they cannot escape God. He
stands at the end Of the road Of prof
ligacy. and he will not clear the guilty.
Take all idea of retribution and punish
meut ont Of the hearts and minds OF
men. and it would not be long before
our cities would become Sodoms. The
only restraints against the evil passions
of the world today are Bible restraints.
Suppose now these generals Of atheism
and infdelity got the victory and sup
pose they marshaleG a great army
made mp Of the majority Of the world.
They are in companies, in regiments,
in brigades-th the whole army. Forward,
march ye hosts OF infdels and atheists,
banners flying before. banners flying
behind, banners inscribed with the
words. "No God No Christ No Pun
ishmentl No Restraints. Down With
the Biblel Do as You Please!' The
sun turned into darkness
would Abolish Churches.
Forward, march, ye great army Of
infidels and atheists And first Of all
you will attack the churches Away
with those houses Of worshipl They
have been standing there so long delud-
ing the people with consolation in their
bereavements and sorrows. All those
churches ought to be extirpated they
have done so much 70 relieve the lost
and bring home the wandering, and
they have so long held up the idea Of
eternal rest after the paroxysm Of this
life is over Turn the st. Peters and
St. Pauls and the temples and taber-
nacles into clubhouses Away with
those churches
Forward. march ye great army Of
infidels and atheists and next Of all
they scatter the Sabbath schools filled
with bright eyed, rosy checked little
ones who are singing songs on Sunday
afternoon and getting instruction when
they ought TO be on the street corners
playing marbles or swearing on the
commons. Away with theml Forward,
march ye great army of inhdels and
atheists, and next Of all they will attack
Christian asylums-the institutions OF
mercy supported by Christian philan-
thropies. Never mind the blind eyes.
and the deaf ears. and the crippled
limbs. and the darkened intellects. Let
paralyzed old age pick up its own food,
and orphans fight their own way, and
the half reformed 20 back TO their evil
habits. Forward, march ye great army
of infidels and atheists, and with your
battleaxes hew down the cross and
split up the manger Of Bethlehem.
On. ye great army Of inhdels and
atheists, and now they come to the
graveyards and the cemeteries OF the
earth. Pull down the sculpture above
Greenwood's gate, for it means the res
direction. Tear away at the entrance
of Laurel Hill the figure Of Old Mortal
ity and the chsel. On, ye great army OF
infdels and atheists. into the grave
wards and cemeteries, and where you
see, Asleep In Jesus, " cut 1t away,
and where you find a marble story OF
heaven. blast it, and when you find
over little child's grave, Suffer little
children to come unto me, " substitute
the words "delusion" and 'sham, and
where YOU find an angel in marble
strike of the wing and when you come
to a family vault chisel on the door,
Dead once, dead forever.
But on, We great army Of inhdels ana
atheists on They will attempt to scale
heaven. There are heights to be taken.
Pile hill on bill, and Pelion upon Ossa'
and then they hoist the ladders against
the walls of heaven. On and on until
they blow up the foundations Of jasper
and the gates Of pearl They charge up
the steep. Now they aim for the throne
of him who liveth forever and ever.
They would take down from their high
place the Father, the Son, the Holy
Ghost. Down with theml' they say.
Down with them from the throneF'
they say. Down foreverl Down out
Of sight He is not God. He has no
right TO sit there. Down with him
Down with Christ"
Turned Back 90 savagery.
A world without head. a universe
without king. Orphan consultations
Fatherless galaxies. Anarchy supreme.
A dethroned Jehovah. An assassinated
God. Patricide, regicide. decide That
Is what they mean. That is what they
will have. If they can. | say, II they
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