The Black Horse of Famine
When a living creature summons
The rider on the black horse to
Come, he rides silently across
The stage carrying a balance or scale.
The black horse and the scale denotes
Famine which follows war. The famine
Was so great, that a man might live
In semi-starvation, but no more.
Wheat and barley was measured and
Wheat sold at $6.40 a bushel, and
Barley about $2.00 per bushel,
Twelve times the normal price.
A day’s wages for a man was 20 cents.
While there was a shortage of grain,
There was superabundance of wine
Which was not a necessity.
When food was scarce and hunger
Was stalking the land, there was
No room for a luxury-loving
Minority to withhold grain.
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Poems
(c) Rex H. Henderson 2003 - All poems are copyrighted by Rex
H. Henderson and are used by permission.
-
Joy and Sorrow
- Measuring the Temple
- The Two Witnesses
- Things to Come
- Mother and Her Child
- The Forces at War
- War in Heaven
- Devil and the Beast
- Christian’s Only
Weapons
- The Second Beast
- The Father’s Own
- The Imitation of Christ
- Angels Bring Good
Tidings
- A Voice from Heaven
- The Harvest of Judgment
- The Victors of Christ
- The Song of Victory
- Unapproachable
Glory
- Retributive Justice
- Satan’s Recruiting
Agents
- Armageddon
- The Seventh Bowl
- Rome
Becomes a Harlot
- Vision
in the Wilderness
- The
Scarlet Woman
- Beast
the Harlot Rode
- The
Fall of Babylon
- The
Final Desolation
- The
Rejoicing Saints
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