The Sword is also, in the Bible, an emblem of SPEECH, or of the utterance of thought. Thus, in that vision or apocalypse of the sublime exile of Patmos, a protest in the name of the ideal, overwhelming the real world, a tremendous satire uttered in the name of Religion and Liberty, and with its fiery reverberations smiting the throne of the Cæsars, a sharp two-edged sword comes out of the mouth of the Semblance of the Son of Man, encircled by the seven golden candlesticks, and holding in his right hand seven stars. The Lord, says Isaiah, hath made my mouth like a sharp sword. I have slain them, says Hosea, by the words--Albert Pike
Posted on: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 18:38:27 +0000
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