Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
Saw reference to this Paul Harvey article, in a video on a TV program called: "In God We Trust." So used "Good Search" to look for the transcript. Here it is, The Original version, 1965. I am purposely not giving you any link, because there are "tons" of versions out there, most with a political or biblical agenda tagged on. I wanted you to just read the words against the backdrop of "now" and then pray for America to return to God. Let's put God back at the helm of our Great Nation! Thank you. Nancy
Blessed is the NATION whose GOD is the LORD!
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If I were
the Devil . . . I mean, if I were the Prince of Darkness, I would of course,
want to engulf the whole earth in darkness. I would have a third of its real
estate and four-fifths of its population, but I would not be happy until I had
seized the ripest apple on the tree, [thee] so I should set about
however necessary to take over the United States.
I would
begin with a campaign of whispers. With the wisdom of a serpent, I would
whisper to you, as I whispered to Eve:
“Do as
you please.” “Do as you please.”
To the
young, I would whisper, “The Bible is a myth.” I would convince them that man
created God instead of the other way around. I would confide that what is bad
is good, and what is good is “square”.
In the ears
of the young marrieds, I would whisper that work is debasing, that cocktail
parties are good for you. I would caution them not to be extreme in religion,
in patriotism, in moral conduct.
And the old,
I would teach to pray. I would teach them to say after me: “Our Father, which
art in Washington” . . .
If I were the
devil, I’d educate authors in how to make lurid literature exciting so that
anything else would appear dull an uninteresting. I’d threaten T.V. with
dirtier movies and vice versa.
And then, if
I were the devil, I’d get organized. I’d infiltrate unions and urge more
loafing and less work, because idle hands usually work for me.
I’d peddle
narcotics to whom I could. I’d sell alcohol to ladies and gentlemen of
distinction. And I’d tranquilize the rest with pills.
If I were
the devil, I would encourage schools to refine young intellects but neglect to
discipline emotions . . . let those run wild. I would designate an atheist to
front for me before the highest courts in the land and I would get preachers to
say “she’s right.”
With
flattery and promises of power, I could get the courts to rule what I construe
as against God and in favor of pornography, and thus, I would evict God from
the courthouse, and then from the school house, and then from the houses of
Congress and then, in His own churches I would substitute psychology for
religion, and I would deify science because that way men would become smart
enough to create super weapons, but not wise enough to control them.
If I were
Satan, I’d make the symbol of Easter an egg and the symbol
of Christmas
a bottle. If I were the devil, I would take from those
who have and
I would give to those who wanted, until I had killed the incentive of the
ambitious. And then, my police state would force everybody back to work. Then,
I could separate families, putting children in uniform, women in coal mines,
and objectors in slave camps.
In other
words, if I were Satan,
I’d just
keep on doing what he’s doing.
Paul Harvey,
Good Day.
April 3, 1965
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