Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from What God Requires of This Nation: A Sermon Preached on Fast Day, April 30, 1863, in the Presbyterian Church, Lena, Ill
Like a nest of vipers in the deep, dark re cesses of the rocks, it hides from the light; we see not its double tongue, nor its slimy contortions. We dread not its deadly fangs, until God pours a flood of divine, all-search ing light upon the foul nest of corruption. And, even then, like Cleopatra, we are much inclined to hide the viper amid the flowers and fruits of self-deception until it has ac complished its work of death. 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.
