"As Surely As I Live, Declares The Sovereign LORD, I Take No Pleasure In The Death Of The Wicked."

My GOD! the eternal pit has 
closed upon them forever!

(Edward D. Griffin, "The Watchman" 1839)

"Son of man, I have made you a watchman 
for the house of Israel; so hear the word I 
speak and give them warning from ME." 
Ezekiel 33:7

Standing on my watch-tower I am commanded 

that if I see anything of evil coming, to give 

warning. I solemnly declare that I plainly 

see evil approaching; I see a storm 

collecting in the heavens; I perceive 

the commotion of the troubled elements; 

I hear the roar of a distant wind--

heaven and earth seem mingled in the conflict--

and I cry to those for whom I watch, 

"A storm! A storm! Get into the Ark--

or you are swept away!"

Oh! what is it I see next? 

I see a world convulsed 

and falling to ruins--

the sea burning like oil--

nations rising from under ground--

the sun falling--

the damned in chains before 

the judgment bar of GOD, and 

some of my poor hearers among them! 

I see them cast from the battlements 

of the judgment scene! 

My GOD! the eternal pit has 
closed upon them forever!

"Say to them: As surely as I live, 
declares the Sovereign LORD, I take no 
pleasure in the death of the wicked, but 
rather that they turn from their ways 
and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! 
Why will you die, O house of Israel?" 
Ezekiel 33:11 

   
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