The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-09-04

betra, al have BETRAYED. who. in losing the
Glory that q hero have lost OF the glory
that a there. who am utterly undone-I
,vrite and. by Him who sleeps at Abouthis,
write the truth.
"a Eovotf Eqyptl dear land Of Khem,
whose bIack soil nourished up nv mortal
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES l-Horusl-ye Gods Of
Eovnt whom have betrayedl-O We tenn
mas yvbose pylops strike the sky; We tenn
rles rvbose faith have betrayedi o Royal
h,ood of the Pharaohs of Eld' that vet rms
Within these yvithered yeips-whose virtue
have BETRAYED 10 Right divine of Kings
hstraved hv mei-O Invisible Essence of all
Good and O Fate. whose balance rested
on INV hand-hear me: and. to the last day
Of utter doom. bear me witness that write
the truth.
What, then, is man, He is feather,
but a feather blown by the wind. He is
FIRE, but FIRE born Of the fuel He is q
spirit, but a spirit having wings wherewith
to sail to either destiny. He may choose
the good. and on him doth rest the evil
that he does, he is the helm unto the boat
OF Fate; he is the shadow that goes before
the sword; he is the dream that presaees
the truth. There il no Chance; fof man in
his hour doth direct the Chance, and, as
with STYLUS, doth map upon the tablet Of
the world the thing that he brought about.
30 hath the Invisible decreed. and so for.
ever 10 ever shall Il be- And woe to him
who failethi
e
Even as write, beyond the fertile fields,
the Nile is running red as though with
blood. Bright before me beats the light
upon the far Arabian hills, and bright IT
falls upon the piles Of Abouthis. At Alb
outhis, within the temples, still do the
priests make orison, butt thar know no
more; still the sacrifice dsoffered, and the
stony roofs echo down the prayers Of those
who pray. Still from here, from this lone
cell within my prison tower, I, the Word Of
Shame, watch thy futtering banners, o
Abouthis, Haunting from thy pylon walls
and hear the chahts as the long procession
winds from sanctusry TO sanctuary.
OAbouthis, lost AbouthIsi my heart goes
out toward theei For the day comes when
the desert sands shall ali Thy holy places
| Thy gods are doomed, o Abouthlsi New
faiths shall make m6ck Of all thy holes.
and centurion shall call unto centurion
across thy fortress walls. 4 weep-I weep
tears Of blood; for mine is the weakness
that brought about these evils and mine
forever is their, shame.
Behold II Ii written hereafter: II ~.'rI.
Here in Abouthis was I born, 1, Har.
machis, and NV father, the justified in
Osiris. was High. Priest Of the Temple OF
SethL And ON that sarue day OF nv birth
was born also Cleopatra. the Queen OF
Fevpt. In those ield. I passed NV. vouth
watching the baser people AT their labors,
and going IN and ont AZ win among the great
courts OF the temples. or my mother /
xnevy naueht for she tied when I vet hung
AZ me breast But are shs died. so the old
wife. Atoua. told "a me. she took from A
cotfer of ivory an ufat,s Of pure rold and
laid Il ON INV brow. And those who saw her
do this thing believed that she was dis
traueht of the divinity. and that in her mad
ness she foreshadosyed that the dav OF
the Macedonian Ia0idm was ended
for Ptolemv Athletes ebe Piper, then wore
the double crown-and that Eeypt's scepter
should once again mass 10 the hand Of one
of F0vnts true and roval race. But when
INV father. the Hieh Priest Ameuemhat.
who even then was fuIl Of wears. for I was
his only child and the child Of his are Ishe
who was his wife before INV mother having
been, for what crime know not, cursed BY
eekhet with the curse OF barrenness) !: say
when nv father ca me IN and saw what the
diving woman had done, he lifted up his
hand toward the vault OF heaven and adored
the Invisible, because OF the sign that had
been sent. And even as he adored, behold
the Hathors filed nv dying mother with the
Spirit OF Prophecy. and shs rose In strength
from the couch and thrice prostrated her.
self before the cradle where I lay asleep,
the RovaI asu upon INV brow. and cried
aloud:
ssHail To thee. fruit Of nv wombI Hail 70
thee. Royal child Han 10 thee. Pharaoh
that shalt bel Hail 10 thee. God that shalt
purge the land. Divine seed OF N ekt-neb. the
Osirian. Keen thou pure. and thou shalt
rule and deliver Egypt and not be broken.
But II In the hour OF trial thou dost fail,
then NAV the curse Of all the Gods OF Egypt
rest upou thee. and the curse OF thy Royal
forefathers. the justified. who ruled the
land before thee, even from the age OF
Horus; then in life mayest thou be wretch
ed, and after death may Osiris refuse thee,
/ and the Judges Of Amenti give Judgment
against thee, and Set and Sekhet torment
| thee. even until such time as thy sin Is
uurged. and the Gods OF R9vut. called by
strange names. once more are worshiped
| IN the temples of Egypt. and the stan OF
the Ouuresso Is broken. and the footsteps
! OF the foreigner are swept clean. and the
thing il aocomolished A thou In thv weak
ness shalt cause IL 10 be done.n
| And when she had suoLen thus. the SpIrit
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