The Peril of the Republic of the United States of America - Percy T. Magan

the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat
ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a
burning like the burning of a fire. And the light of
Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a
flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and
his briars in one day; and shall consume the glory
of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and
body: and they shall be as when a standard-bearer
fainteth. And the rest of the trees of his forest shall
be few, that a child may write them.” (Isaiah 10:5-
19)
Assyria, in the course of a war to which she
was called by the Lord for the purpose of punishing
a wicked nation, grew proud, and became filled
with ideas of her own greatness; and in the hour of
her triumph she laid the foundations for her ruin.
Pensive, beautiful, and filled with veriest truth
are the stanzas of Owen Wister, in his magnificent
poem, “My Country--1899,” just written. The
verses are descriptive of the condition of the
country at the present time, and are in the form of a
dialogue between Uncle Sam and Columbia.
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