Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1886-11-19
A BEAUTIFUL POEM.
THE ANGEL OF THE COVENANT

THE ARGUMENT
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'e conditions OF man always demands Of knowledge
AGAIN the little Book, by Mind is eaten
mat is sweet as honey, at its fountains head
Ere the darkness from the light is taken
or through dsvision bitterness was bred.
AS when man stood beside the Living well
ana Worshlpped discerning Wisdom there,
AND that ne should become Living soul,
"asgladly received by him for hire. =
But darkness is born before the light.
And Evil knowledge ministers to Good.
though from the helpless victim of his fate
1t hides the motive that elorifes the cIoud
1his the natures of Good and Evil strive
And make battle ground of every soul,
That the fruitful seed it may receive
AS the plow and harrow till the SOIL
And at the end shout of victory
Proclaims that the battle has been won.
mat wisdom taught by wrong and mystery
Hath yielded harvest of Joy to man,
When 10; a reed is in the prophets hand
10 measure INTO years the temples growth
ana Adams age is reckoned by the wand,
The Voice that gave the sons of Wisdom.
from Eden to Calvary these numbers show
Inc ume Lies Temple grew upon the earth,
ihey snow the measure of its Altar too,
And OF those born of its victim by their faith
Dut unmeasured leaye the Temples Court
That is reserved for the Gentile's need.
Three years and a half the figures set,
The time they shall the Holy CITY tread
"hiie three years and half in sorrow clad
God appoints that his two witnesses shall st.,d
That man may drink at the Fountains Head
VI the breath he breahed VINO first was formed
thus new life is given to the dust.
That to the garden doth figure stand.
Recalling the generations of the past,
who were swallowed by the treacherous sand
AS the trees of Life and Light in Eden stood
SO on earth do Life and knowledge dwell;
ana man drinks at the Fountain of the Word
As when he drank at Edens Living well
Thus this glorious vision to the end
Reflects the light of the PaternaI Tree
That IN the gardens midst was seen to stand
And furnished Lamb at Calvary
behold another vision from the garden rise,
Another figure from the buried lost
Clad in the robe in which it dies
comes forth again from Eden's dust
lis the voice that in pity comes to man
And as an humble Helpmeet seeks his side
Pregnant with the wcrd he would make known
When an Helpmeet to Adam was denied
Behold again the knowledge of the Good
To whom the Voice makes of Himself son,
Beneath whose feet the earth is bowed
For whose Head the OF Wisdom form crown.
len times was the gate of Heaven open
That man might behold his Masters grace;
Ten times from the light the man hath fallen
And become stranger TO his fathers face
Seven OF these were ofsprings Of the Law
AND drew their substance from the Rulers Voice;
But these have now become Deaths allies too
VINO would devour the Light Of Jacobs House
FOR the woman now brings forth her son e..
And the first CLEAN of Adams face appears.
But the elder nature claims the throne
Nor to the Masters heir of hatred spares
And in vengeance wraps her arms around
The form that doth the Heaven and Earth unite
But the Angels protest the Holy Band
Who made of Himself an help mans need to meet
Thus the powers of Good and Evil war;
The Younger bids the elder cast h;s n.irys az
Man beholds the Good, and for love of her
Upon the altar lays his Evil life.
Again the Law is taken in :he snare
Who now makes this compromise with death,
And finds the children that his love would spare,
Are those she is again pregnant with.
Now the Angels of Evil and of Good
Wrestle as when they fought in Jacobs House
And when the army OF the Haven victor stood
Man as Conqueror is heard rejoice
For the divider is cast down, and wrong
u banished from the House above
And those who through death were burdened long
A victory over their foe receive.
BY the blood Of the Lamb they overcame
Through his Word to which they testified,
Because life was not held dearer by them
Than was the knowledge Of their Parent God.
Thus the children born in bondage 10 the light
Make of the creature soul battle ground
Until the Evil nature shrnks in night,
AS one who receives mortal wound.
And the dust now becomes battle field
For the armies of the Evil and the Good,
"And with violence the earth is filed,
Where death pursues its rival with food
But safely through the water, life is borne
TO where a new home the garden blooms.