"Ah! we little think what a vast revolution awaits public opinion.
Many a star worshiped for ages will one day be found to be a star
of darkness. Many a name which the world had canonized, and before
which the knee had long been bent, shall yet be cast out as evil,
and left to rot. And many a principle, falsely deemed divine, to
which the mind has bowed for ages will be trodden under foot as
pernicious by its votaries as the poor barbarian breaks in pieces
and tramples into the mire of the street the gorgons and hydras he
had worshiped in his day of darkness. When that great coming ordeal
has passed over the world, what a change! How many vacant niches in
the temple of fame! How many altars without their divinities! How
many heroes without their laurel! How many poets and orators without
their crown! The world said, "Ye are gods, but ye shall die as men."
Wylie, James Aitkin. The Great Exodus or “The Time of the
End”. Edinburgh. 1862. LutheranLibrary.org edition to be
released early Summer 2020.
