The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-19

thereon the whole multi .udc took up tn
mclf ncholy dirgc:
softly We tread. our measured footsteps falling
Within the Sanctuary Sevcnfold:
Soft on the Dead that liveth arc We caIiingi
Return, Osiris from thy Kingdom cold.
Return to them that worship thee OF old .
Tho chorus ceased. and once again she
sang:
within tho court vine
The Scyc fold sacred shrine
We pass. while echoes Of the Temple wal,
Repeat the long lament,
The sound OF sorrow sent
Far up WITHIN tho impcrishable halls.
Where. each in Others arms. the Sisters
weep,
Isis and Nephthys. DER His unawaki ns
sleep"
And then again rolled out the solemn
chorus Of thousand voices:
''Soitiy We trcad.o our measured foofatcps fal.ios
Within the Sanctuary Scvenfold:
Soft on the Dead that liveth are We calling:
Return, Osiris, from thy Kingdom cold!
Return to them that worship thee OF old. =
It ceased, and sweetly she took up the song
Odwei,cr in the West,
Lover and LordlicSI
Thy love. thy sister Isis calls thee homo.
Come from thy chamber dun,
Thou Master OF the Sun.
Thy shadowy chamber far below the foam
With weary wings and spent
Through all the Armament
Through oil the horror. hauhtcd wars O.; he'll
Iseek thee near and far
From star to wandering star.
Free with the dead that in Amenu dwell.
Iscarch the height, the deep. the lands, the
skies.
Rise from the dead and live. our Lord
Osiris, RISE
''Sof,ly NO tread, our measured footsteps falling
Within the Sanctuary s;evenfold:
Soft on the Dead that liveth are We calling:
Return Osiris, from thy Kingdom cold:
Return TO them that worship thee OF old :
Then, in strain more high and glad, the
singer sang:
HE wakcs-srom forth the prison
We sing Osiris RISEN,
We sing he child that Mont conceived and
bare.
Tn ne own love. Isis. waits
The Warden OF the Gates.
She brcathes the breath OF Life on breast and
hair.
And in her breast and breath
Behold he wakencth,
Behold: ut length he riseth out OF rest:
Touched with her holy hands,
The Lord OF all the Lands.
He stirs be rises from her breath. her b-east!
But thou. fell Typhon, fly,
The judgment day draws nigh.
Fleet on thy track 40 flame speeds Horus from
the sky.'
softly we tread. our measured footsteps falling
Within the Sanctuary Sevenfold:
Soft on the Dead that l!vcth arc We calling:
Return, Os ris, from thy Kingdom cold
Return 70 them that worship thee OF DID, "
Once more, as we bowed before the Holy,
she sang, and sent the full breath Ct her
glad music ringing up the everlasting walls,
till the silence quivered with her round
notes Of melody, and the hearts of those
who hearkened stirred strangely in the
breast. And thus. as we walked. she sang
the song OF Osiris risen, the song Of Hope,
the song Of Vktcry:
.sSing We the Trinity.
Sing wc the Holy Three.
Sing we, and praise we and worship the Throne,
Throne that our Lord hath set
There peace and truth are met,
There in the Halls OF the Holy alone.
There In the shadow!ngs
Faint OF the folded wings,
There shall We dwell and re oice IN our rest
We that ihy servants IRE:
Horus drive i'll afars
Far in the folds OF the dar.; OF the West"
Once more, as her notes died away. thun
dered forth the chorus of all the voices, and
then the chanting ceased. and as the sun
sank the High Priest raised the statue of
the living God and held II before the multi.
tide that was now gathered in the
court of the Temple. Thcrcupon. with
a mighty and joyful shout Of OSIRIS! Gu:
hope. Osiris. Osiris.' the people tore the
back wrappngs from their dress, revealing
the white robes they wore beneath. and, as
one man, they bowed before the God, and
the feast was ended.
But for me the ceremony was only begun,
for tonight was the night of my initiation.
Leaving the inner court / bathed myself,
and. clad in pure linen, passed, rs it is or
dainc,i, into All inner, but not the Utmost