Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-11-13

ana take Inou note O1 Lno uOOO or sorrow that sweeps my soul away. O Thou Holy, whom it was given to me to look upon faco to face, by that dread hour ot commune summon Thee; summon Thee by the mys- tic word. Come, then, in mercy to save me; or, in fury, to make an end of that which can no more be borne."
 And, rising from my knees, stretched out my arms and dared to cry aloud the Word of Fear. the which to use unworthily IS death.
 Swiftly the answer came. For in the silence heard the sound of the shaken sistra heralding the coming of the Glory. Then at the far end of the chamber grew the semblance of the horned moon, gleam- ing faintly in the darkness, and 'twixt the golden horns rested the small dark cloud, in and out whereof the fiery serpent climbed.
 And my knees waxed loose in the pres ence of the Glory, and sank down before it.
 Then spake the small, sweet voice within the cloud:
 sHarmachis, who was my servant and my son. have heard thy prayers and the summons that thou hast dared to utter, which on the lips of one with whom have communed, hath power to draw me from the Uttermost. No more, Harmachis, may we be one in the bond of love divine, for me hast thou put away of thine own act. Therefore, after this long silence l come. Harmachis, clothed in terrors, and per chance, ready for vengeance; for not lightly can Isis be drawn from the halls of her Divinity"
 t'Smite, Goddessp' answered. "Smite, and give me over to those who wreak Thy vengeance; for no longer can l bear the burden of my woer'
 "And if thou canst not bear thy burden here, upon this earth" came the soft reply, "how then shalt thou bear the greater burden that shall be laid upon thee there, coming defiled and yet unpurifed into my dim realm of death, that Is Life and Change un- ending? Nay, Harmachis, smite not, for not all am wroth that thou hast dared tc utter the awful word which calls me down to thee Hearken, Harmachis; praise not, l reproach not, for l am the Minister of re- | ward and punishment and tho Executor of Decrees; and if I give, I give in silence; any if smite, ill silence do smite. There fore, naugnt will add to thy burdpn by the I weight of heavy words, though through thee it has come to pass that soon shall Isis, the | Mystery, be but a memory in Egypt. Thou hast sinned, and heavy shall be thy punish | nent, as did warn thee, both in the flesh 1 and in my kingdom of Amenti. But l told l thee that there Is road of repentance, and surely thy feet arc set thereon, md l therein must thou walk With humble | heart, eating of the bread of bitterness, til | such time as thy doom be measured" "Have I, then, no hope, O Holy" | "That which is done, Harmachis, is done, nor can it's issues be altered. Khem shall no more be free till all it's temples are as the desert dust; strange people shall, from age | to age, hold her hostage and in bonds; new religions shall arise and wither within the shadows of her pyramids, for to every | world, race and age the countena1ces of the Gods are changed. This is the tree that shall spring from thy seed of sin, Harma. | chis, and from the sin of those who te?,l d | thee"'
 "Alas I am undone" cried.
 "Yea, thou art undone; and yet shall this be given to thee: thy destroyer s':alt thou destroy, for so, in the purpose of ny justice, is it ordained. When the sign ccnles to thee, arise, go to Cleopatra, and ill srr': manner as shall put into thy heart >'o Heavens vengeance on herl And now for thyself one word, for thou hast put No from thee, Harmachls; and no moro shall come face to face with thee till, cycles l hence, the last fruit of thy sin hath ceased to be upon this earth! Yet, through the vastness of the unnumbered years, reAem- Der thou this: that love Divine Is love eternal, which can not be extinguished, l pent, my servant; repent and do well while there is yet time. that ct the dim end of ages once more thou mayest be gathered unto Me. Still, Harmachis, though thou seest Me not; still, when tho very name by which thou knowest Me has De. come meaningless mystery to those who shall be after thee; still, I, whose hours are eternal-I, who have watched Universes wither, wane, and, meath the breath ot Time, melt into nothingness; again, to gath CT, and, reborn, thread the vast mazc o1 Wherever thou goest, in whatever fern pi life thou livest, there shall bel Art thou waited to the farthest star, art thou buried in Amenti's lowest deep, in lives, in deaths in sleeps, in wakings, iu rememhrances,i ir obllvions, In all the fdvers of the outer Life, in all the changes of the Spirit-still If thou wilt atone and forget Me no more, shalt be with thee, waiting thine hour of re. demption. For this Is the nature of the love Divine, wherewith It loves that which doth partake of it's divinity and hath once by the holy tie been bound to 1t. Judge then, liar machis; was it well to put this from thee to win the prize of earthly womanl And, now dare not again to utter the Word of Power till these things be donel Harmachs, fo, this season, fare thee we'll"
 As the last note of the sweet voice dieG away, the fiery snake climbed into the heart of the cloud. Now the cloud rolled from the horns of light, and was gathering inut the blackness. The vision of the crescent moon grew dim and vanished. Then as the | Goddess passed, once more came the fain and dreadful music of the shaken sistra and all was still.
 I hid my face in my robe and, even then though my outstretched hand could touci the chill corpse of that father who had diet
 cursing me, felt hope como back into my
 heart, knowing that was not altogethel
 lost nor utterly rejected of Her whom hat
 forsaken, but whom yet loved. And thel
 weariness overpowered me, and slept.
 I woke, the faint lights of dawn wer,
 creeping from the opening in the raof
 Ghastly they lay upon the ahadowy seulpt
 ured walls and ghastly upon the dead fac'
 and long white beard of my father, thu
 gathered to Osiris. I started up. remem
 bering all things, and wondering in m,
 heart what should do, and as rose heart
 faint footfall creeping down the passage
 of the names of the Pharaohs.
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