Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-31

thou hour, ready .., Har RI aas-.,.. 6,
am ready" He spoke no more; but, having
lifted up his hands in prayer, led ne to the
center of the Holy, and with q swift motion
put out the lamp.
look before thee, o Harmachis!" hs
lcried; and his voice sounded hollow in the
solemn place.
I gazed and saw nothing. But from the
niche that is high in the wall, wherein Is
hid the sacred symbol of the God
idess, on which few may look, there
lcame a sound as of the rattling
trods of the %sistrurn. And as l listened,
lswestruck, behold l saw the outline OF
1.-THE symbol drawn as with ire upon the
Iblackness of the air. Above my head Ii
hung, and ratified while it hung. And as it
turned, clearly l saw the face of the Mother
Isis that is craven on the one side, and sig
mites unending birth, and the face of her
holy sister, Nephthys, that is craven on the
other, and signifies the ending of all birth
in death.
Slowly it turned and swung as though
some mystic dancer trod the air above me
and shook it in her hand. But at lengththe
light went out, and the rafting ceased.
Then Of o sudden the end Of the chamber
became luminous, and in that white light /
behold picture after picture. l saw the
ancient Nile rolling through deserts to the
sea. There were no men upon its banks,
nor any sigma of man, nor any Temples to
the Gods. Only wild birds moved on Sihor's
lonely face, and monstrous brutes plunged
and wallowed in his waters. h sun sunk
in majesty behind the Libyan Desert and
stained the waters red; the mountains
lowered up toward the silent sky; but in
mountain, desert and river there was no
sign of human life. And then l knew that l
saw the world as it had been before man
was, and a terror of its loneliness entered
my soul.
The picture passed and another rose up in
its place. Once again / saw the banks OF
Sihor, and on them crowded wild-faced
creatures, partaking of the nature OF the
ape more than of the nature Of mankind.
They fought and slew each other. The wild
bird sprang up in alright as the fire leapt
from reed huts given by foemen's hands b,
fame and piilage. They stole and rent and
murdered, dashing out the brains Of chill
dren with axes Of stone. And, though no
voice told me, ! knew that 1 saw man as he
was tens Of thousands of years ago when
first he marched across the earth.
Yet another picture. Once again 1 saw
the banks of Sihor; but on them fair cities
bloomed like lowers. In and out their
gates went men and women, and laden
asses passing to and fro from wide, well
TILED lands. But 1 saw no guards or armies,
and no weapons of war. All was wisdom
prosperity and peace. And, while l Won
dered, a glorious figure, clad in raiment
that shone as fame, came from the gates OF
a shrine, and the sound Of music went be
fore and followed after him. He mounted
an ivory throne which was set In a market
place facing the water, and as the sun sci
called all the muititudes to prayer. With
one voice they prayed. bending in adora
ton. And I understood that herein was
shown the reign OF the Gods on earth, which
was long before the days of Menes.
A change camo over the dream. Still
the SAM fair city, but other mer
-men with greed and evil IN theil
faces-who hated the bonds OF righteou.
doing, and set their hearts on sin. Ths
Ievening came; the glorious figure mounted
1.-THE throne and called to prayer, but mont
bowed themselves in alteration.
"We are aweary of theei'' they cried
i"Make Evil Kingi Stay him! STAY him
Iaad loose the bonds of Evil! Make Evi
lKingln
Nightly uprose the glorious shape, gaz
ling with mild eyes upon those wicked ones
"Ye know not what ye ASK he cried
"but as ye will, so be It'll For if I die, b,
ume shall ye once again, after much travail
find a path to the Kingdom Of Goodi'
Even as he spoke a form, foul and hideou
TO behold, leapt upon him, cursing, slew
him, tore him limb from limb, and amids
the olamor of tho people sat himself upol
the throne and ruled. But a shape who's
face was vailed passed down from HEAVIER
4 shadowy wings, and with Iamentation
=. t~afhAral x,z Hha .a,t g., - @t- d,
ing. A moment she bent herself upol
them, then lifted up her hands and wep'
And as she wept, behold! from her side
there sprang a warrior armed and with
face like the face of Ra lthe SUM at noon
With a shout he, the Avenger, hurled him
self upon the monster who had usurped tn
throne, and they closed in battle, and strug
Cling ever In q straight embrace, passed or
ward to the skies.
Then came picture after picture. / saw
powers and peoples clad in various robe
and speaking many tongues. / saw ther
pass and pass and pass in millions-lovine
Mating, struggling, dying Some few wer
happy n somo had woe stamped upo
their faces; but most bore not the seal @
happiness nor OF woe, but rather of n,
thence. And ever as they passed from az
to age, high above in the heavens th
Avenger fought on with the Evil Trims
while the scale Of, victory swung now herr
now there; but neither conquered, nor wa
n given to me to know how the battl
ended.
And I understood that what / had behel
was the holy vision of the struggle betwee
the Good and tho Evil powers. Isaw ths
man was created vile, but those who 81
above took pity on him and came down
him to make hin good n happy, for th
two things are one thing. But man n
turned again to his wicked way, and the
did the bright spirit Of Good, who Is OF U
called Osiris, but who hath many name
otter himself up for the evil doing OF th
race that had dethronei him.. And from his
and the Divine Mothe ref whom all naturei
sprsng another ,pirit who is the Protecto
Of NJ on earth, a Osiris 70 our justifier !
Amenti.