WHAT THE MOUNTAINS SAW 277 



which is driven away by the beams of the sun, and over- 

 powered with the heat thereof: 



And our name in time shall be forgotten, and no man shall 

 have any remembrance of our works. 



For our time is as the passing of a shadow, and there is 

 no going back of our end: for it is fast sealed, and no man 

 returneth. 



Come, therefore, and let us enjoy the good things that are 

 present, and let us speedily use the creatures as in youth. 



Let us fill ourselves with costly wine, and ointments: and 

 let not the flower of the time pass by us. 



Let us crown ourselves with roses before they be withered: 

 let no meadow escape our riot. 



Let none of us go without his part in luxury: let us every- 

 where leave tokens of joy: for this is our portion, and this 

 is our lot. 



Let us oppress the poor just man, and not spare the widow, 

 nor honor the ancient grey hair of the aged. 



But let our strength be the law of justice: for that which is 

 feeble is found to be nothing worth* 



There is the philosophy of materialistic evolu- 

 tion, and all that it implies. Nor is there any ex- 

 cuse for the men who lay down the false principles 

 from which these conclusions must be drawn. 

 They are not merely criminals in the sight of God, 

 but they are compassing the destruction of society 

 and civilization. "But then again they are not to 

 be pardoned," says the sacred writer, "For if 

 they were able to know so much as to make a 

 judgment of the world: how did they not more 

 easily find out the Lord thereof?" 2 Terrible, 

 too, is the responsibility of parents who expose 



'"Book of Wisdom," II:i-ii. 

 'Ibid., XIII :8, 9. 



