The Peril of the Republic of the United States of America - Percy T. Magan

are sent by the Lord to warn kings and nations
concerning the retribution which will be visited
upon them by the King of kings and Lord of lords,
if they depart from the path which a divine hand
has mapped out for their feet. In this sense, and in
this sense only, do I believe that the voice of the
ambassadors of Jesus Christ should be heard in the
courts and congresses of human powers, of earthly
governments. And it is because I firmly believe
that if the United States persists in the course she
has entered upon, her ruin and the ruin of the world
can be the only result, that I have penned these
lines. Prophets were sent to heathen kings, as well
as to the monarchs who sat on Israel’s throne. They
were sent because God loved the people, and did
all that infinite love and mercy could do to save
them from a general doom. If the nation as a whole
heeded not, as was often the case, there were
individuals who listened to the voice of the
ambassadors of the Lord, and were kept from the
dire troubles which God sent upon the rebellious
state. My life has been devoted to the affairs of
religion and spirituality. I have never been a
member in any sense of any political party, and
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