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France’s Reign of Terror: Its True Cause
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“And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them,
and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these
two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.”
Revelation
11:10
. Infidel France had silenced the reproving voice of God’s two
witnesses. The word of truth lay “dead” in her streets, and those
who hated God’s law were jubilant. Men publicly defied the King
of heaven.
Blasphemous Boldness
One of the “priests” of the new order said: “God, if You exist,
avenge Your injured name. I bid You defiance! You remain silent;
You dare not launch Your thunders. Who after this will believe in
Your existence?
What an echo is this of Pharaoh’s demand: “Who
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is Jehovah, that I should obey his voice?”
“The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.” And the
Lord declares, “Their folly shall be manifest unto all.”
Psalm 14:1
;
2 Timothy 3:9
. After France had renounced the worship of the
living God she descended to degrading idolatry by the worship
of the Goddess of Reason, a profligate woman. And this in the
representative assembly of the nation! “One of the ceremonies of this
insane time stands unrivaled for absurdity combined with impiety.
The doors of the Convention were thrown open. ... The members of
the municipal body entered in solemn procession, singing a hymn in
praise of liberty, and escorting, as the object of their future worship,
a veiled female, whom they termed the Goddess of Reason. Being
brought within the bar, she was unveiled with great form, and placed
on the right of the president, when she was generally recognized as
a dancing girl of the opera.”
The Goddess of Reason
“The installation of the Goddess of Reason was renewed and
imitated throughout the nation, in such places where the inhabitants
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Lacretelle, History, vol. 11, p. 309: in Sir Archibald Alison, History of Europe, vol.
1, ch. 10.