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shape OF Arollon or 8legfrIed. OF Hcraclca
md and a'hoso,s' ef permaza' the GGd 81 of good
saint. Thus tho onrth. belcngncrcd BY tho black
ciou0-m0nBttr, atd Waiting for tho rodeemng
rnin atid liEht, taken tho nppearancs Of fnir
Damao. or Andromeda and 1locn, or Bome cap.
formed into aonlo serpent or devil into tho
yorao!ous Sphinx, or into n mountain httlng IN
stead Of tho sun, ao1no gollen ironsuro, the Nib
clnpgcnlort, or tho King Darbarossa.
III nil l4cso Etorica
TIE EyEn~nEounn1sa sronat-nArrtH
Is reduced to slnyle ovcn! in the lfe Of the
lcro, and tho higlor tho god rises III tile popular
adorutton, tho farther is tic ovout pushed
caeE to 8, tho beginning & ona 9f Of his
possible aloof from tho interference with earthly
occurrences. Thus tho mar Of Jupiter, the thun-
dorer OF Olympos,. with tho giants. took paco at
Tho beginning Of tho world. and SO does the but
to OF or!nuzd with tito dovillsh Ahrlman Of tho
Icntonio gods with tho 1ro-sopone LoM
flnu paoo At tho twilight Of tie ending world.
Passing from tlo Aryans t, the Semitic world.
wo ncot tho sRn,e mythical Borpent, the dragon-
cloud, which eosonrs the sin mud keeps tho inin
in tic shape Of Rai,ab, which has 10 an,ailor
ccmbatant thnu Johuvah {jahyo) htmsolf. 6ayH
Job (Chnp. 20, according to thu translation OF
Delizrol. tho bcst commentary know Of Job):
lie bindeth up wacrs With bounds, until vhers nahs
Thu purs of Garth trebc, aro terrified at Ills threat
GnlnA.
lQNGr EnnkCH DCcIut Hut1 III
dom Ho e1n!tctll Rttab tho monster.
Dy Ills breath the heaven cfaars up,
nls hand hath pierced tho flying scrpcnt.
Tits is description of storm, like Tint givcn
In paalm xviii.
lie 0lo Iord> Rides upon flying eherub, Upon tho
wints of thu Wlud.
Ills pavilion rourd about Him arc dark waters snl
Tho Lord thundoroth In hoavcn tho I1qhcs. eont1otl
forth, IN ,olso, l,ail-stones and Goals ni nrc.
lie ael,lcl ot Ills Arrows an1 scattoreti! them.
liz Bl1NOtH ljdbtni1lHF, GicculffNi them.
Tnen tho chnnnea Of watora nro see ard he fonnla-
ttons OF tho world nra uncovered at Thy threat.
ening, Lord, at tho bh,Et Of Thy noAtra.
Tho mythical aerpont is left ont hore, but re-
curs in other, atld, b.lcvo. elder, pasBagos, as
III pAaln lxxxtx., reading thua:
Thou rncss tho rnslng Of tue tea, Thou stiles: tho
Thou h1ll!tost Rlhah AZ ous f!nn, Thou scatterest
Tntne cuenl!es with STRONG urnl.
Or in Palm lxxiv.:
rhon, Go,l ad'ss divide tho SEA by THY strength.
Thou aa,asereass! lilo head Of Tie LeYiatlan Into
l!ce< 10 foed dry lanls.
Thou didst cleavc tho fountain and tho houd Thou
diiedat up mighty rivers,
But tho original moaning Of tho cloud d-nlonster
Rahnl or Levia:han being soon forgutton. Isaiah,
speaking OF tho day of Judgment, says {Chap.
27): "Un that day tho Lord with His strong
sword vii punish Loyiathan, tho piorc!ns aol
tho M dIagon in tue aea." awake, oil arm ' Of tLo
Lord!" cxclaiuln sl,o prophet Of tho Dabylonian
oxllo IN Isuiah, Chap. 81; as in tho ancicnt
days. Hast Tl,ou not cut Hahab md perced thu
dragon2 lIa8t THU not dried tile Hea waters Of
Tho grcat deep. to maxo way for thu redeemed to
pass ovcrs" In this Inst passage, however, the
Lattle;with nalab il trans1ocated from tllo cunds
to tho Rel Sea. nude single historical event,
md the dragon Rahab gradually pasaes, with
EzoAiel and otlosB into metaphor Ut Egypt,
with which God Maies war.
Ennnating from this prevalent mythical con.
centon Of 4 butte in tho sK' nla'Y ot!aer de-
Hcliptiuua Of reyela lou Uf Goa make llln at-
pcnr as riding upon nosssB On, Ills catylots Ut
tho clou1-nlonntanB to Glvo thelr water amidst
tAuudorA and lightning. l merely rcfcr to tho
song Of 11abnhkuk, tho aong. Of pcbotah. and
pelAn 51st. AFRO NO to woullor, then, that tho
bow Of tho Lord was Recognized III tho golden
raiubow appearing iu tho sky nfter oacn storm-
Lastle? Yea, alter tho great flood, when il,n
wicked Rlants Wore smltien, God hung up His
bow III ihe oiou.s promising to do 70 "ftor Gael,
ralIl-BtorAs. The sAn1o mythical explanation OF
THE RAINBOW
is found Will. tho !iindoos, while to tho GrbohB
ii represented tho descent Ut lriB the messenger
cI tho gods. from hcayon, alaa 70 tho Aorsenlon
tho golden bridge Of Tho gods. Naally. how can
phcnonlena In thu sky, NJ long uB tin heavens
ahovo a,o regarded q crystal cover, male only
for resolyoii Of rain, US 1t is described IN job
aud III tho first chnptor OF Genesis. Hast
thou entered iulo the treasures Of tho SNOW:
which have reterycd for tho Lime Of ba.tle!"
Job il asked by God. ''Who hath Ill
vidod d cou1se for the wafer, or s,own
the way to, the =, Lightning to cause Il,
tu rain uu oarth Z" Water alll snow leing stored
up in trcasure-houaes aboyo, [;ua must, oi
course. open tho windows of heaven to lot tic
rain 1ail, and shut thom again to rcstratn tie
~atcra. ltair aud storm is III action Ut Col,
hcnco lie manifcsts Hilnsolf to Job Or to Elias,
to Isrnol Oil Mount Sinai aud elsewhere iu STORM
Rud "lirlwi,d in thunder mud ligAtuing.
TaGing another example, lot us glatee ut
THE SETTING AND n1s1Na OF THE SUN
with tho oyes Ut childish age, Trained BY long
habits Of abntracs thinking, wo easily oyetcnmo
tho difficulty Language still puts Ill our way, Ill
pcrsonllylu5 Bun aud moon aud luakiny them rise
aud BOT of their own will Or power. As easily L.,
We roctty the resorsc picture Of an objecs thrown
uron tho retlna OF our eye, our mind colrecis
tho iuaccur4oY OF our lanSuagc. aod NO tako 40
more pain iu Interpreting to our young Vita
nla3cs tho earth swing nrouud tic sun, and the
moon around tho earth tlan to explain tho mo-
tlou of u stick Hwung il a cl1clo around Us, But
quito lltEeront MA tho imprcsaion tho moving
orbs matte upou tho people OF antiquity. Even
Plato mud Aristotle believed the y, ara to bo AMI
untod by celestial spllts, aud the SAME belief
WIS prevalent during the wao1e Middle Age.
pythaSoras Lelieyol in B!uSlug stars, aud 10 did
the author Of job and the rAbbls iu the Ialmul.
Whence does the Ann aeiso? Where docB 1t 60?
That Ia u puzzle to mnukind for hand,eus ol
centuries. With exquisite truthtulnosa Long
lelluw. iu his "HlnWatlsa," depicts tile impress
sion Ut the uncouth ch.ll Ut tho prairios, made
by tho soltinG bill:
Csu 1t he tho Hun descending
Or tile leyo pluI of watcr?
Or ;l,e He'd Swan iuatipY, dying,
Noult!ed by tho ILL gc arrow.
BtAintnE all the waves With erilnsoI,
With thu crimson uf Its Likelihood
killIllB Ill tAo atr with Bplbnlor,
With lue alluudor vi iia plunage?
Yes. II Is the sun descending,
Sinking down into tllo water;
All The rky IL stained With purple,
All shp wGtcr t!ustied with esinlEun.
No; it IL thu He'd Swan floating, ;,
Diving down ueuGatn lle WAtvr;
10 the sky lis wlngs urc liftal,
With its tluod lhu Wuvru ura rc1deuea.
Yes, with every oye Ho!oa rldus OIL Ills goldou