Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1886-11-05
THE ANGEL OF THE COVENANT
BY MRS DR.. S HAMILTON
BOOK 1.
THE ARGUMENT.

y one COO Of whom mind is offspring through divso
"isdonm and Death personifed:-man renr.sans ,h 49,
ana woman nature that by her faith in u
"ord OF Cod while Adam Angel of the an
who as the Voice of God Bow Of the Conouero
Tree is the sword of the Dvide the records Of
Garden are of the generations of knowledoe q, Whit
an aesoy and the visions of St. John revelations Tb
nt description of the fall of the first Kingdo ~
ie'ge' a mouse that was built on the sand
There is one God the Spirit of whose being knew
Not OF the nature that the Image had
me form OF the Universal Self that grew
Alike blind to its Spiritual Head.
lone monarch, solitary throne
The Spirit sat-a Supreme Will
10 whom birth and death were alike unknown
whose seat combined heaven and hell
But over all, the Maker sat,
ne Parent intellect that none may bound
oaVe the Angel, who Of its treasures taught.
zen Himself borne on the wings of sound
His Image, the Creating Hand would rear
Into temple fitted for the mind,
To which dust and spirit should their osnrino hear
And each furnish knowledge of its kind;
And build stair which the Angels could descend
10 the depths of wrong and want and pain.
Then to the nights of the Fathers love ascend.
And rest in his protecting arms again.
To the faith that owns but one existing head,
Beside whom there is no Good or Evil thing,
Devils cannot be worse than void of oood
Nor Angels purer be than void of wronp
For the Creating dividing Hand,
Who cleft the Eternal mount in twain.
And in the rent bred the mysterious mind.
Born of its light and darkness and its iov and main
Whea matter to the spirit yields the crown.
ana from the 'fornlless void" answers the call.
VI MN py whom the Cong ring Bow is drawn
Ihat Wisdom may be feasted on its spoiI.
lis thus tour mighty rivers drain the land,
And give its features to the Masters eve
10 be by discerning Wisdom scanned.
And with its spirits light divided by.
For all created things this mission fills,
10 furnish the discerning mind with food
BY which the Parent to his child reveals.
by teaching 1t of Evil that He is Good.
Where mighty worlds their steady marches keen
Within whose crystal home there is no flaw
Iojar and wake from its eternal sleep.
work that was too perfect for a law.
Here the house for finite things was built
Where the Immortal gave to mortal birth.
my A'o"euge OF It's nature was wrung from it,
Dy tne divider that was planted in its path;
Even the voice, the Fountain of the word
Inc Tree that brought the Light of knowledge forth.
by whose presence the Creative mind was bred
Whose absence was its spiritual death.
The staff of Judah and of Israeli
was that voice, who was the Creating Cod
AND who Himself, dividing wall,
Bred knowledge of he Fvi and tLa rooI
nus oil Himself, the Maker made the stumbling stone
10 light the lamp that made his bosom bare,
And ofhow the Creating work was done,
The records of the Heavenly Garden are
these are the generations of the day,
In which the Heaven and the Earth were made;
When the Maker, to his creature, taught the way,
To discern Its natures Evil from its Good.
OF Good alone the Holy Record bears,
Evil is left to the unpublished night,
For darkness is the mask its nature wears
Whose birth was hidden from the Makers SIGHT
The gold Of this mysterious land is Good,
Bdelium and the Onyx stone are there.
While pheasant to the eye" and ssgood for food"
OF the tree and herb the records are.
And grateful dews refreshed the soil,
Where the first germs Of Life were bred,
Ere man made the ground to till,
And plant the flrrow with the seed.
Here man created-formed of dust,
That breathed the breath, its Maker did,
The voice of Paternal Wisdom that at first
Fed to the infant soul, itsllving food.