Nelson' biography contains an excerpt from a long poem he wrote about the Bible and how it addresses the evil in the world. Having no access to a photocopier (or a Gutenberg press would be more his style), Nelson repeatedly typed out the poem and made small booklets to give away. Note the unusual typewriter, which had larger capitals for the start of sentences and small (and smaller) capitals for the rest. Nelson is not shouting at you—he simply always typed in capitals. Also, he must have crafted a stamp for the front cover, perhaps from the heel of an old shoe.
Here is the poem in full. Every line has a Bible reference. If you hover your cursor over the reference, the full verse will show up in a bubble. What would Nelson have thought of that?
THE HOUR IS LATE
THIS LITTLE BOOK TAKE AND READ (MALACHI 3:16)
AND PLEASE FRIEND DO TAKE HEED (I TIMOTHY 4:15)
FOR IN ITS VERSES YOU WILL FIND (PROVERBS 2:11)
SIGHT FOR EYES THAT BE BLIND (ACTS 26:18)
SEE HOW GOD'S MIGHTY PLAN (II TIMOTHY 1:9)
WORKS TO THE WONDERMENT OF MAN (HABAKKUK 2:14)
HARK THE TUMULT, HARK THE SOUND (PSALM 46:6)
FROM EVERY PEOPLE THE WORLD AROUND (PSALM 2:1)
HIS WICKED TIME IS SHORT HE KNOWS (REVELATION 12:12)
SO ABOUT THIS WORLD SATAN GOES (I PETER 5:8)
BY BRIBE OR THREAT EVER WINNING (LUKE 4:6)
SOULS TO DO HIS EVIL BIDDING (II TIMOTHY 3:1-9)
SATAN DOES SO WARP ONE'S MIND (I TIMOTHY 4:1)
A PERSON IS RENDERED TOTALLY BLIND (II CORINTHIANS 4:1)
AND THE BLIND LEAD THE BLIND ALONG (LUKE 6:39)
IN EVERY PATHWAY THAT IS WRONG (II TIMOTHY 3:13)
IN SIN, IN LUST, AND DEPRAVITY (ROMANS 1:14,32)
INTO THE GATES OF ETERNITY (HEBREWS 9:27)
DEMON SPIRITS DO TAKE POSSESSION (MATTHEW 12:45)
AND RULERS FILL WITH MAD OBESESSION (PSALM 2:2-3)
TO DO SATAN'S URGENT BIDDING (JOHN 8:44)
OF GOVERNMENT AND RELIGION RIDDING (ROMANS 1:21-23)
ALL TRUST IN GOD TO OWN (HEBREWS 10:26-27)
FROM THE PULPIT AND THE THRONE (HEBREWS 6:4-6)
BE NOT TAKEN IN THE DEVIL'S SNARE (DEUTERONOMY 32:17-18)
BY CLERIC ROBES AND SPEECH SO FAIR (II CORINTHIANS 11:15)
FOR SATAN DOTH THE POWER POSSESS (II THESSALONIANS 2:9)
TO APPEAR IN EVEN ANGEL'S DRESS (II CORINTHIANS 11:14)
BUT BE YE WARY HIS EVERY MOVE (I PETER 5:8)
EVER AWAKE THE SPIRITS TO PROVE (I JOHN 4:2-3)
MEN WITH PERVERSE HEART (MARK 7:21-22)
AND APOSTATE MIND DEPART (JUDE 1:4)
FROM BELIEVING GOD'S HOLY WORD (I JOHN 5:7)
AND FROM SOME IS ACTUALLY HEARD (JUDE 1:16)
(EVEN TO REPEAT WE DREAD) (PSALM 119:11)
THE BLASPHEMY, "GOD IS DEAD" (PSALM 14:1)
GREED FOR MONEY IS A SIN (I TIMOTHY 6:10)
MONEY BUYS THE SOULS OF MEN (MARK 8:36)
MONEY ABOUNDS AS FLAKES OF SNOW (LUKE 12:19-20)
AND PRICES SPIRALLING UPWARDS GO (REVELATION 6:6)
BUT WHEN THE SON WILL FROWN THEREON (MATTHEW 19:23)
LIKE SUN ON SNOW 'TWILL ALL BE GONE (JAMES 5:1-3)
TIME THERE WAS WHEN MEN TOOK PRIDE (PSALM 90:17)
IN MAKING A KNIFE OR TANNING A HIDE (ECCLESIASTES 9:10)
NOW EVER DEMANDING HIGHER PAY (ACTS 19:25)
LESS WORK AND A SHORTER DAY (II THESSALONIANS 3:11)
FOR MORE TIME TO FAN THE FLAME (PROVERBS 23:29-30)
OF WORLDLY PASSIONS AND IDLE GAME (GALATIANS 5:19-21)
WITH GIFT FROM GOD IT IS HIS DUTY (EXODUS 31:3-5)
THE ARTIST TO MAKE A WORK OF BEAUTY (ECCLESIASTES 3:11)
BUT SATAN HERE DOES INTRUDE (JOB 1:7)
WITH COLOURS HORRID AND SHAPES MOST CRUDE (ISAIAH 5:20)
AND FOOLS ARE TAUGHT THAT IT IS SMART (ROMANS 1:22)
TO CALL SUCH CRIMES WORKS OF ART (ISAIAH 5:21)
MUSIC DOTH OF HEAVEN IMPART (REVELATION 14:2)
A SONG DOTH CHEER THE WEARY HEART (EPHESIANS 5:19)
BUT HERE AGAIN DOTH SATAN COME (JOB 2:2)
WITH RABID VOICE AND CONVULSING DRUM (II KINGS 2:23)
TO TORTURE THE VERY SOUL WITHIN (PSALM 6:3)
WITH RACKET HARSH AND CLASHING DIN (I CORINTHIANS 14:7)
ALL THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN TOLD (EZEKIEL 3:27)
BY OUR LORD AND PROPHETS OF OLD (HEBREWS 1:1-2)
HOW SIN AND EVIL WILL ABOUND (GENESIS 6:5)
IN EVERY LAND THE EARTH AROUND (GENESIS 6:12)
THE EVIL SHEDDING OF INNOCENT BLOOD (GENESIS 4:11)
AS IN THE DAYS BEFORE THE FLOOD (LUKE 17:26-27)
WITH WAR AND MURDER IN EVERY LAND (JEREMIAH 6:25)
TREACHERY AND THIEVERY ON EVERY HAND (ZECHARIAH 5:3-4)
BLASPHEMIES, LIES, AND CONTRADICTIONS (PSALM 101:1-8)
RARE IS THE MAN OF CONVICTIONS (PSALM 12:1)
SEEK YE GOOD, BUT EVIL HATE (III JOHN 1:11)
DARKNESS IS FALLING, THE HOUR IS LATE (JUDE 1:13)
I'LL NOT HERE WRITE OF MORE (ECCLESIASTES 12:12)
BUT READ MATTHEW CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR (MARK 1:31-37)
AND THERE YOU' LL SEE FOR YOURSELF (PROVERBS 22:3)
FROM THE VERY WORDS OF CHRIST HIMSELF (MARK 13:31)
THE CONDITIONS ON EARTH ABOUNDING (II JOHN 1:7)
ERE THE TRUMP OF GOD BE SOUNDING (I THESSALONIANS 4:16)
THE WONDER OF WONDERS WE SEE (JOB 9:10)
THE FULFILLMENT OF ANCIENT PROPHECY (II PETER 1:21)
GOD DOTH WITH A MIGHTY HAND (JEREMIAH 16:16)
GATHER JEWS TO THE PROMISED LAND (DEUTERONOMY 30:3)
HIS WORD IS EVER PROMPT AND SURE (PSALM 19:7)
HIS JUDGEMENTS EVER RIGHT AND PURE (PSALM 19:8)
SO MY FRIENDS I BEG OF YOU (ISAIAH 55:6)
THIS IS SOMETHING YOU SHOULD DO (ACTS 3:19)
PUT YOUR TRUST IN GOD TODAY (JOSHUA 24:15)
MAKE CHRIST YOUR SAVIOUR WHILE YOU MAY (JOHN 6:40)
AND YOU'LL FIND A BLESSING THERE (PHILIPPIANS 4:7)
NOTHING THIS WORLD CAN COMPARE (I JOHN 2:15-17)
BE YE WATCHFUL EVER PRAY (MARK 13:33)
READ THE BIBLE EVERY DAY (II TIMOTHY 3:16)
FROM THE SCRIPTURES YOU WILL LEARN (ROMANS 16:25-26)
THAT CHRIST IS SOON NOW TO RETURN (ACTS 1:11)
AND IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE (I CORINTHIANS 15:52)
HIS OWN WILL MEET HIM IN THE SKY (I THESSALONIANS 4:17)
