A LESSON FOR AMERICA p.1
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A LESSON FOR AMERICA p.1
Description
“Babylon was a mighty city. It was rich and prosperous. It was beautiful and exceedingly attractive. It was the chief seat of power and wisdom. But Babylon was wicked, Godless, arrogant, and was “drunk with power” because of its political position and its material possessions. Because of its wickedness, proud “Babylon fell, and there come ringing down thru the ages the terrible cry: “Babylon is fallen! Babylon is fallen!”
Like Babylon its prototype, our America is rich and powerful and the envy of other nations. And, too like Babylon, America is wicked. It is rampant and arrogant in its materialism. Crime is prevalent; injustices and inequities are to be found everywhere. If we “read the future by the light of the past,” in the fall of Babylon, we see the fate of America. America can no more escape from the consequences of wickedness than could Babylon; so, unless there shall come genuine repentance and full reformation, America will fall, also, Let our nation take warning. This is a thought worthy of consideration as we celebrate the nation’s birthday and boast of its glory.”
Like Babylon its prototype, our America is rich and powerful and the envy of other nations. And, too like Babylon, America is wicked. It is rampant and arrogant in its materialism. Crime is prevalent; injustices and inequities are to be found everywhere. If we “read the future by the light of the past,” in the fall of Babylon, we see the fate of America. America can no more escape from the consequences of wickedness than could Babylon; so, unless there shall come genuine repentance and full reformation, America will fall, also, Let our nation take warning. This is a thought worthy of consideration as we celebrate the nation’s birthday and boast of its glory.”
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N/A
Publisher
Negro Star
Date
1936-7-3
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N/A, “A LESSON FOR AMERICA p.1,” African American Fourth of July, accessed April 19, 2024, https://africanamerican4th.omeka.net/items/show/437.