.
IN THE LAND OF CANAAN
WHICH THE ISRAELITES
SHARED WITH ISRAEL
NOT ALWAYS PEACEFULLY
THEIR LOCAL GOD WAS BAAL
TO WHOM AT TIMES THEY SACRIFICED
CHILDREN
THROUGH A DOOR
AT THE BASE OF HIS STATUE
CALLED BELLY OF THE BEAST
BAAL WORSHIP
WAS A CONTINUAL SOURCE OF INFECTION
TO THE ISRAELITES
THE PROPHETS RAILED AGAINST IT
THEY HAVE FILLED THIS
PLACE
WITH THE BLOOD OF
INNOCENTS
THEY HAVE BUILT THE
HIGH PLACES OF BAAL
TO BURN THEIR SONS IN
THE FIRE
AS BURNT OFFERINGS TO
BAAL
IN OUR MODERN DAY
WE SAY
HOW COULD THEY
FORGETTING WE SACRIFICE CHILDREN
TO THE GOD OF WAR
PROFIT
HATRED
CONVENIENCE
WE NEED TO CLOSE THAT DOOR
SAY ENOUGH
AS JESUS SAID
IF ANYONE CAUSES ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES
—THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN ME—
TO STUMBLE,
IT WOULD
BE BETTER FOR THEM
TO HAVE A
LARGE MILLSTONE
HUNG AROUND THEIR NECK
AND TO BE
DROWNED
IN THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA
FRANK A VOLLMER
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