The Golden Passional
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Excerpt from The Golden Passional: And Other Sermons The people called Isaiah "a bird of ill-omen," because he denounced their sins. He lived in degenerate times. The nation was enervated by wealth and luxury. The altars of Baal smoked on every hill top. People sauntered to the groves to mingle in the orgies of the unclean Astarte. A form of worship was kept up in Jehovah´s temple, but it was purely external. The hands that ministered at the altar were "full of blood." Then Isaiah stood by the pillars of the temple, and cried, "Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the Lord hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner and the ass his master´s crib; but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity; they have forsaken the Lord!" Then retribution. Plague, famine, hostile incursions and spoliations to the very gates of the city. "Unmerciful disaster followed fast and followed faster." Again the prophet stood by the temple pillars, and cried, "why should ye be stricken any more? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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