Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-12-15


5=D done in order, crept from my
HANG pace and made offerings 70 the
spirit OF my father, snd placing lotus
flowers on his breast, went thence sorrow
ing. And on the following day, from
where I lay hid I saw the priests Of the
Temple of Osiris and Of the holy
Shrine Of Isis come forth, and in
slow procession bear his painted
coffin 10 the sacred lake and lay 10 meath
the funeral tent ia the cOnseCrsted boat.
saw them celebrate the symbol Of the
trial Of the dead and name him above all
men lust, and then bear him thence % lay
him By his wife, my mother, IN the deep
and splendid tomb that be had builded
near to the resting place Of the most hcly
Osiris. where, Notwithstanding my sins, /,
too, hope 20 sleep ere long. And when all
these things were done and the deep tomb
sealed. the wealth Of my father having
been removed from the hidden treasury
and placed In safety, with the old wife,
Atoua, I fed, disguised, up the Nile till
we came to Tape (Thebes and here IN this
great city lay awhile, ;ill a place could
be found where I should hide mvselL
And such a place I found For 20 the
north OF the great city are hills brown and
ragged, and desert valleys blasted Of the
sun, and ia this place Of desolstion the Di-
vine PharaOhs, my fjre.athers, followed
Out their tOmbs in the solid rock, whereof
the most part are lost Co this day. so Gun
niugly have they been hidden. But some
are open, for the accursed Persians and
other thieves broke into them IL search Of
treasure. And one night-tor oy night
only did I leave my hiding place-just ~
the dawn was breaking on the mountain
tops, wandered alone in this sad Valley
Of Death, like 70 which there ia no other,
and presently came to the mouth Of atOmb
hidden amid great rocks, which hereafter
j knew for the place of the burying OF the
Divine Rameses, the third Of thar name,
now long gathered 10 Osiris. And by the
faint light Of the dawn creeping through
the entrance I saw that it was spacious,
and that within were chambers. Ga the
following night, therefore, returned, bear
ing lights, with AtOua, my nurse, who
ever minis.ered as faithfully to meas when
I was little and without discretion. And
we searched the mighty tomb and came
70 the great hall of the sarcophs-
gus Of granite wherein sleeps the
divine Rameses, and saw the mystic
paintings on the Walls-the symbol
of the Sake amending, the symbol of IA
THE sum, resting upon the Scaratg, IL, the
symbol Of Ia resting upon N0ut, the sym
Dol of the Headless Men, and many others
whereof being initiated, we'll I read the
mysteries And opening from the long
descendirg passage I found chambers
wherein were paintings beautiful to be-
hold. and of all manner OF things. For
beneath each chamber is entombed the
master Of the craft whereof the paintings
tell. he who was the chief of the SER
wants of the craft in the house Of
the divine Rameses. And on the walls
of the last CHAMELEON the left-hand
side. looking toward the ball Of
the sarcOphagus-are paintings exceeding
beautiful, and 10 blind Harpers playing
upon their bent harps even before the God
Nou: and beneath the floor these Harpers,
who harp no more, are soft at sleep.
Here then, ia this gloomy place, even 10
the tomb Of the Harpers and the company
OF the dead, / took up my abode; and here
for eight long years did I work out nv
penancs and make atOnement for my sin.
But Atoua, because she loved 70 be near
the light, abode in the chamber Of the
Boats-that is, the first chamber on the
right-hand side Of the gallery looking
toward the hall of the SarcOphsgus.
And this was the manner Of my life. o.
every second day the old wife, AtOua, went
forth and brought from the city water and
such food as is necessary 20 keep the life
f-,-, f,rf1-u orH afao fanara rr,ada f-ora far
And one hour at the time Of sunrise and
one hour az the time o. sunset did l 10
forth also 70 wander in the valley for my
healih's sake and 20 seve my sight from
falling in the great darkness Of the tomb.
But the other hours of the day and night,
save when climbed the mountain 20 watch
the course Of the stsrs, 7 spent in prayer
and meditation and sleep. TIL the cloud Of
sin lifted from my hesr. and once more
drew neaz 90 the Gods. though with Isis,
my heavenly Mother, I might speak no
uorc. And exceeding wise I grew also.
bordering On an the mysteries wnereto 1
held the key. For abstinence and prayer
and s0rrowful solitude wore awsy The
grcssness Of my flesh, and with the eyes OF
the Spirit ] learned 20 loOk deep into the
heart of things tili the JOY GO Wisdom fell
like dew upon NV soul.
Soon was the rumOr waited about ths
city that a certain holy man named O.ym-
pus abode IN solitude in the tOmbs OF the
awful Valley Of the Dead; snd hitbercame
people bearing sick that I might cure them.
Aud / gave my mind to the study Of aim
pies, wherein At0ua instructed me, and