A Present to His Royal Highness - The Prince of Wales — Page 107
107 “I see cities falling and towns desolate. Foul deeds have been done in God’s sight, and He has remained silent for a time, but He will now reveal His face and strike terror in the hearts of men. Let him who hath ears hear, for the hour is nigh. “I have striven to gather you under the wings of God’s peace, but the decrees of fate are inevitable. “Verily, I say unto you that the turn of this country is approaching: Ye shall behold the age of Noah and witness the day of Lot. “But God is slow in His wrath: repent that ye may be forgiven. He who forsakes God is a worm and not a man, he is dead and not living. ” But the world refused to listen and the triumphant and victorious continued flushed with their triumph and victory and the fallen and the vanquished kept crying over their worldly miseries. God’s Prophet strove to rouse them but they would not awake. He called them but they did not hearken. God shone for them but they did not look up. He roused them but they did not stir. He has determined, therefore, that if men will not acknowledge Him and accept His faith and believe in His prophets, He will send them scourge after scourge and torment after torment and will not stay His hand till they accept His word and acknowledge His kingdom. Even the pettiest ruler cannot permit his subjects to forswear his allegiance and turn to another, then shall the Lord of Lords tolerate it? Till God’s Messenger had appeared, men were in doubt and knew not whither to turn, but now they can have no excuse. Lo! the sun is risen high in the heavens and darkness