Американская трагедия

Chapter 2

           

           Anditwasthegroundfloorofthisbuilding,lookingoutintoBickelStreetatthefrontandsomedrearybackyardsofequallydrearyframehouses,whichwasdividedatthefrontintoahallfortybytwenty-fivefeetinsize,inwhichhadbeenplacedsomesixtycollapsiblewoodchairs,alectern,amapofPalestineortheHolyLand,andforwalldecorationssometwenty-fiveprintedbutunframedmottoeswhichreadinpart:

           "WINEISAMOCKER,STRONGDRINKISRAGINGANDWHOSOEVERISDECEIVEDTHEREBYISNOTWISE."

           "TAKEHOLDOFSHIELDANDBUCKLER,ANDSTANDUPFORMINEHELP."PSALMS35:2.

           "ANDYE,MYFLOCK,THEFLOCKOFMYPASTURE,aremen,ANDIAMYOURGOD,SAITHTHELORDGOD."EZEKIEL34:31.

           "OGOD,THOUKNOWESTMYFOOLISHNESS,ANDMYSINSARENOTHIDFROMTHEE."PSALMS69:5.

           "IFYEHAVEFAITHASAGRAINOFMUSTARDSEED,YESHALLSAYUNTOTHISMOUNTAIN,REMOVEHENCETOYONDERPLACE;ANDITSHALLMOVE;ANDNOTHINGSHALLBEIMPOSSIBLETOYOU."MATTHEW17:20.

           "FORTHEDAYOFTHELORDISNEAR."OBADIAH15.

           "FORTHERESHALLBENOREWARDTOTHEEVILMAN."PROVERBS24:20.

           "LOOK,THEN,NOTUPONTHEWINEWHENITISRED:ITBITETHLIKEASERPENT,ANDSTINGETHLIKEANADDER."PROVERBS23:31,32.

           Thesemightyadjurationswereassilverandgoldplatessetinawallofdross.

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