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sw a y , a n d if a n y o f u s w ill liv e to G o d , w e m u s t b e p r e p a r e d to s u f fe r th e d ir e s t p e r se c u tio n , a n d a l l th e h o r r o r s o f th e G r e a t T r ib u la tio n , w ith it s th o u s a n d s o f m a r ty r s , w ill b e th e p o r tio n o f th o s e w h o w ill c le a v e to G o d , a n d flo u t A n t ic h r is t .” A d e e p , s u lle n g r o w l, lik e t h a t o f so m e h u g e s a v a g e b e a s t , r o s e h e r e a n d t h e r e fro m a n u m b e r o f d is s e n t e r s to th e se p r e d ic tio n s. R a lp h lift e d h is h e a d p r o u d ly a n d f e a r le s s ly f o r h is G o d , a s h e c r ie d : “ T h e r e r is e s th e fir s t g r o w l o f th e s lu m b e r in g d em o n o f A n tic h r is t, w h ich o n ly to o so o n s h a ll p o s s e s s a lm o s t th e w h o le w o rld . S o o n , a y e a r , o r tw o , le s s th a n t h a t d o u b t le s s , A n t ic h r is t w ill d o m in a te th e e a r t h ’s p e o p le s. 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T h e c r u s h a t th e e x its w a s t e r r ib le . S c r e a m s o f w om e n m in g le d w ith th e h o a r s e c u r s in g s o f m e n— m e n w h o h a d n e v e r u tte r e d a h o a th b e fo r e fo u n d t h e ir m o u th s fille d w ith h id e o u s , b la s p h e m o u s o a th s . I t w a s a s i f th e v e ry d e v il h im s e lf h a d s u d d e n ly p o s s e s s e d th e c row d . R a lp h fo u n d h im s e lf a lo n g s id e th e S e c r e t a r y o f th e c h u rc h , th e m a n w h o h a d p r e c e d e d h in \.in s p e a k in g . T h e p a ir w a tc h e d a n d lis te n e d f o r a m o m e n t w h ile n o isily , s lo w ly , p a in f u lly th e p e o p le p a s s e d o u t o f th e b u ild in g . I n v o lu n t a r ily t h e r e s p r a n g to R a lp h ’s lip s , a n d b e fo r e h e r e a liz e d it, h e w a s u t te r in g th e w o r d s : " T h e w h o le h e r d r a n v io le n tly d ow n a s te e p p la c e in to th e s e a , a n d w a s c h o k e d .” T h e tw o m e n w e r e s t r a n g e r s , y e t a s th e y tu r n e d a n d fa c e d e a c h o th e r , b y s o m e c om m o n im p u ls e th e y c la s p e d h a n d s. F o r o n e in s t a n t it lo o k e d a s th o u g h e a c h w o u ld h a v e sp o k e n . T h e n , a s th o u g h s o m e s t r a n g e p o w e r h a d tie d th e ir to n g u e s , th e y m o v e d o n s ile n tly , s id e b y s id e , d ow n th e w id e a is le o f th e c h u rc h , a n d p a s s e d o u t th r o u g h th e e n tr a n c e d o o r s o f th e n ow e m p ty b u ild in g . T h e s t r e e t s w e re fille d w ith s u r g in g m a s s e s o f p e o p le , a n d th e r e w a s a g la r e o f r u d d y flam e s, w h ile d e n s e v o lu m e s o f sm o k e p o u r e d in to th e u p p e r a i r fr o m th e fir s t o f tw o h u g e c a r s d r aw n b y h u n d r e d s o f e x c ite d m e n , b o y s, a n d e v e n w om e n a n d g ir ls . In th e c e n te r o f th e p la t f o r m o f th e fir s t c a r w a s a h u g e , a lt a r - lik e c o n s tr u c tio n in p o lis h e d ir o n o r s te e l. T h e c e n te r o f th e a l t a r w a s e v id e n tly a d e e p h o llow c a u ld r o n , in to w h ich a s c o r e o f m e n , c o s tu m e d a s s a t y r s , w e re p itc h fo r k - * in g B ib le s . T h e f o u r s id e s o f th e A lt a r - c a u ld r o n h a d o p e n b a r s , s o t h a t, fa n n e d o n e v e r y s id e b y th e d o u b le d r a u g h t o f th e c a r ’s m o tio n , a n d th e f a ir ly s tiff b re e z e t h a t w a s b lo w in g , th e f u r n a c e r o a r e d fie rc e ly , fe d a s it in c e s s a n t ly w a s b y th e c o p ie s o f G o d ’s W o rd . H u n d r e d s o f w ild ly - e x c ite d m en a n d w om e n— m a n y se e m e d s e m i- d r u n k e n — a t t ir e d in e v e r y c o n c e iv a b le g ro - t e s q u e n e s s o f c o s tu m e , a n d fo rm in g a k in d o f o p e n - a ir fa n c y - d r e s s b a ll, d is p o r te d th e m s e lv e s s h a m e le s s ly a b o u t th e c a u ld r o n c a r , a n d th e t r iu m p h a l c a r t h a t fo llo w e d in its w a k e . T h e l a t t e r w a s a g o r g e o u s s tr u c tu r e , fin ish e d in g o ld , p u r p le , a n d im ita tio n w h ite m a r b le . I t s c e n te r w a s a k in d
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