"Seest
thou," continued my guide, "with what cunning Satan hath builded this
tower? By its exterior beauty he gaineth the confidence of the unwary,
and thus winneth countless thousands to his cause. And seest thou the
depth to which it reaches, not six thou sand feet below us, but ten
times six thousand feet, into the bowels of the earth?"
Then could I see, at a glance, the whole under-ground dominions
stretching their borders far, wide, and deep. There was a small empire
of groveling imps, each bent on the work of his particular branch.
"Look thou now into the apartments of those ponderous wheels," directed
my glorious guide.
Neither metal nor granite obstructed my vision. I saw delicate and
complex machinery, and half-human creatures in league with mortal man,
all bending to their tasks.
"They all work in league with the Devil's Optical College. The inventive
genius of Hell hath contrived, in these graded departments, all the
modern lenses that are so terribly warping the vision of an alarming
number in the church and the world.
"And seest thou," continued the angel, as he pointed to a far section
of the city, "those inventors plying their ingenuity in behalf of
Satan's Medical Colleges and Hospitals?
"And also witness, in that nearer section, the viler groups at work
inventing snares and traps for Satan's allies to use in catching
Heaven-bound pilgrims.
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