Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-05-13

tiuu ~ woman from degradation ana woo
Is the Christian rcligion-and the only in
iluencc that has ever lifted her in the social
scales Is Christianity have read that
thcrr are women who reject Christianity.
| make no remark In regard Ia those per.
sons. In the silence of your own soul
make yonr observations.
society DcmornliEcd.
II infldcliiy triumph and Christianity
bc oycrthrown, IL means the demoraliza
tion of society The one idca In the Bible
that atheists and infldcls most hate Is tho
idea ~ rctrihution. Take away the idea
of rctribution and punishment from So
ciety. and II will begin very soon "a dis
intcgratc. and take away from the minds
of men the fear Of hell. and there are "a
grcat many of them who would very soon
turn this world into hell The majority
81 thspc who arc indignant against the
Bible because IL the idea ~ punishment
are men whose lives arr bad or whose
hearts arr impure and who hate the Bible
because ~ the idea Of future punishment
for the Same reason that criminals hate
the pcnitentiary. oh. have heard this
brave talk about people fearing nothing
Of the consequences Of sin In the next
world. and have made up my mind IL Is
ltttiRlN ~ fNNuEN NUlNNAiHk W ktNH MS
courage up. have seen men tiaunt their
immoraliiies In the face OF the commune
~. and | have heard them defy the judg
ment day and scoif ut the idea of any flu
turc consequence Of their sin, but when
they came Ia die they shrickcd until you
could hear them for nearly two blocks. and
in the summer night the neighhors got up
60 put the windows down because they
could not endure the horror.
would not want To see rail train
with 300 Christian people on board 20
down through drawbridge into IA watory
grave: | would not want Ia see 500 Chris
tian people 20 into such disaster, hut l tell
you plainly that could more easily SEQ
that than could for any protractcd time
stand and sce an inildcl die, though his
pillow were Of cider down and under n
canopy Of yerlnilion. have never been
able 90 brace up my nerves for such n
spectacle. There Is something at such n
time - understandable In the countcnance
! just looked in upon IL for minute or
two but the clutch Of his fist was So dia
bolic and the strength of his voice was 50
unnatural could not endure IL. There
Is no hell there is no hell. there Is no
hell" the man had said for so years, hut
that night when | looked In the dying
room Of my infldcl ncighbor there was
something on his countcnancc which seem
cd Ia SAY. There Il. there Is there Is,
Their, is!' The mighticst restraints today
against theft. against immortality, against
libcrtiniSm. against crime ~ all sorts-thc
mighticSt restraints arr the rctributions
Of eternity. Men know that they can Is
cape the law. but down In the offenders
soul there is the realization OF the fact
that they cannot escape God. He stands
at the end If the road III profligacy, and
he will not clear the guilty Take all idea
81 rctribution and punishment out OF the
hearts and minds Of men. and IL would
not Ia long before our cities would become
Sodoms The only restraints against the
evil passions of the world today are Bible
restraints.
~ Atheism Triumphed.
Suppose now these generals of atheism
and inildclity got the victory and suppose
they marshalcd great army made up ~
the majority OF the world They are in
companies In regiments. In brigadcs-thc
whole army. Forward, march. We hosts
of infldcls and atheists. hammers flying be-
fore, banners flying behind banners In
scrihcd with the words: mo Godl No
Christ, No Punishment! No Rcstraintsi
The sun turned into darkncss
Forward march. We great army Of in
fldels and atheists And first 81 all you
will attack the churches Away with
those houses of worship They have been
standing there So long deluding the people
with consolation in their hercavcmcnts
and sorrows All those churches ought TO
he cxtirpatcd they have done so much Ia
relieve the lost and bring home the wan
dcring and they have 50 long held up the
idea of eternal rest after the paroxysm Of
this life Is over Turn the 81 Peters and
1t. pauls and the temples and tabcr
nacles into cluhhnuscs Away with those
churches
Forward. march. We great army of in
iidclS and atheists. and next Of all they
scatter the sabbath schools filled with
bright eyed, rosy checked little ones who
arr singing songs on sunday afternoon
and getting instruction when they ought
to bc ON the street corners playing marbles
or swearing on the commons Away with
them Forward. march, We great army of
iniidels and atheists, and next of all they
Will attack Christian nsylums. the inStitu-
ti0nS Of mercy supported 10y Christian
philanthropics. Never mind the blind
eyes and the deaf ears and the crippled
limbs and the darkcncd intellccts Let
paralyzcd old age pick up its own food and
orphans fight their own way and the half
reformed 90 back Ia their evil habits
Forward, march. yo great army of inildcls
and atheists and with your battlcaxcs
hew down the cross and split up the man
ger Of Bethlehem.
Army of Destruction.
ON. We great army ~ inildcls and athc-
~ IL
and the cemeteries Of the earth Pull
down the sculpture above Gpcnwood's
gate. for II means the Resurrection. Tear
away at the entrance Of Laurel IIill the
figure Of old Mortality and the chiscl ON.
We great army 81 infidcls and atheists. into
the gravcyards and cemeteries. and where
you see "a slccp In Jesus cut it away,
and where YOU find marble story Of
heaven blast il. aud here You find over "a
little ,hild's grave suffer Little Children
to Come Unto Me substitute the words
"delusion and sham. and where you
find an angel in marble strike off the
wings, and when you come Ia n family
vault chiscl on the door, I" Dead once, dead
forever
But on. We great army Of infldels and
atheists. on They will attempt to scale
heaven. There are heights 10 be taken
Pile hill on hill and Pelion upon Ossa,
and then they hoist the ladders against
the walls uf heaven On and ON until they
blow up the foundations Of jasper and the
gatcs Of pearl They charge mp the steep
Now they aim for the throne Of him who
livcth forever and ever They would take
down from their high place the Father,
the Son. the Holy Ghost. Down with
them" they say. Down with them from
the throne they say Down forcverl
Down out Of sight He is not God He
has no right to sit there Down with himl
Down with Christ"
Back to DarbRrism.
a world without head universe
without n king Orphan consultations
fntherlcss Ralaxies Anarchy supreme
4 dcthruned Jehovah An assnssinatcd
iud PAtricide, Iegicidc, decide Tint
what they mean That is what they
will have II they can. ] say, II they can.