and you have seen from a distance what has overtaken many cities and
nations, the inhabitants of which felt themselves as fixed as the rocks in
the soil. Yet, all that is happening is in harmony with Divine law. You
will find it in Isaiah and Jeremiah. The repetition is inevitable except
for those who possess vision.
The time for appeals is past.
"The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth, the
haughty people of the world do languish."
"When thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled, and when thou
shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously
with thee."
Are the people astonished? Let them marvel at their own willfulness.
"The kings of the earth and all the inhabitants of the world would not
have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into
the gates of Jerusalem."
Titus, with his army, destroyed the Holy City. The enemy entered the gates
from without but your adversaries have long been entrenched within.
Mammon is heavily laden and will fall from the top. Material power is
volatile.
In the day of trial, the retainer and the hireling will seek a refuge,
every man for himself. They will melt like the wax image before the heat
of the furnace. On that day humility will be as a precious gift and
poverty as a peace offering.
Blessed is he who uses the spade and the hoe, for by the sweat of his brow
he shall eat the bread of security.
End of Project Gutenberg's Psycho-Phone Messages, by Francis Grierson