Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-31

out Substance; Servant of the Invisible
Child of Law; Holder of the Scales and
Sword of Fate; Vessel of Life, from whom
all Life is, to whom it again is gathered;
Recorder of Things Done; Executor of
Decrees-hear Harmachis, the Egyptian,
who by Thy will hath been summoned
from the earth, waits before Thine Altar,
with ears unstopped, with eyes unsealed,
and with an open heart. Hear and de-
scend! Descend. o Many-shaped, De-
sceud in Flannel Descend Ia Sound! De-
scend in Spirit Hear and Descendw
The voice ceased and there was silence.
Presently, moved thereto by / know not
what, ] raised my eyes from between my
hands wllerewith I had covered them, and
1 saw hanging over the altar a small dark
cloud, in and out of which q fiery serpent
climbed.
Then all the Spirits clad in flame fell upon
the marble floor, and with a loud voice
adored; but what they said / could not IN
derstand. Behold the dark cloud came
down and rested on the Altar, the Serpent
Of fire stretched itself toward me; and
with its forky tongue touched me on the
forehead and vas gone. From within the
cloud Il voice, sweet and low and clear,
spoke in heavenly accents
depart, ye Ministers, leave me with my
servant WHOM L nave SuulIlOueu.'
Then like arrows rushing from q bow the
fiame-clad Spirits leaped from the ground
and sped away.
so, Harmachis,' aid the voice, 'sbe not
afraid. lam She whom thou dost know as
Isis of the Egyptians; but what else I am
strive not thou to learnt is beyond thy
strength. For l am all things, all life is
my spirit, all Nature is my faiment. am
the laughter of the child, / am the maiden's
love, l an the mothers kiss, l am the Child
and Servant of the Invisible that Is God,
that is Law, that Is Fate-though myself /
be not God and Fate and Law. When winds
blow and oceans roar upon the face OF Earth
thou nearest my voice; when thou gazest
on the starry armament thou seest my
c~ountenance; when the spring blooms out
in flowers, that is my smile, Harmachis.
For / am natures self, Int all her shapes
are shapes of Me. 1 breathe in all that
breathes. l wax and wane in the changeful
moon. 1 grow and gather in the tides. I
rise with the Suns. l fash with the light
ming and thunder in the storms. Nothing
is too great for the measure Of my majesty,
nothing is so small that l can not find q
home therein" l am in thee and thou art in
me, o Harmachis; that which babe thee
be babe Me also be. Therefore, though I
am great and thou art little, have no fear.
For We are bound together by the common
bond of life-that life which flows through
sun and stars and spaces, through spirits
and the souls Of men, wedding all Nature to
a whole that, changing ever, is yeteternally
the same"
bowed my head could not speak, for
I was fear-smitten.
Faithfully hast thou served me, o my
servant zen on the low, sweet voice;
greatly hast thou longed to be brought
face to face with Me here in Amenti; and
| greatly hast thou dared to accomplish that
desire. For it is no small thing to cast on
the tabernacle of the flesh, and, before the
appointed time, if only for an hour, put on
the raiment of the spirit. And greatly, 0
my servant, ave I, too, desired to look on
thee here where I am. For the Gods love
those who love them, but with a wider and
deeper love, and under One who is as far
from Me as I am from thee, mortal, I am a
God of Gods. Therefore l lave caused thee
to be brought hither, Harmachis; and
therefore | speak to thee, my servant, and
bid thee commune with Me now face to
face, as thou didst m that night
upon the Temple lowers of Abouthis. For
l was there with thee, Harmachis, as l was
in ten thousand other worlds. 1t was !, o
Harmachis, who laid the lotus in thy hand,
| giving thee the sign which thou dldst seek.
For thou art Of the kingly blood Of those
who served Me from age to age. And il
thou dost not fail thou shalt sit upon that
kingly throne and restore my ancient wor-
| ship in its purity, and sweep my temples
! from their deiilements. But if thou dost
fail, then shall Isis become but o memory
in Egypt"
The voice paused, and, gathering up my
strength, at length 1 spoke aloud.
TELL me, o Holy" 1 said, ''shal I then
fails''
"Ask Me not answered the voice, "that
which it is not lawful that I should answer
thee. P~erchance I can read that which
shall befall thee, perchance it doth not please
me SO to read. What can it profit the Di-
vine, that hath all time wherein to await the
issues, 20 be eager to look upon the blossom
that is not blown, but which, lying a seedin
the bosom of the earth, shall bloom in its
season? Know, Harmachis, that I do not
shape the Future; the Future is to thee and
not to Me, for it is born of Law and of the
rule ordained of the Invisible. Yet art thou
free to act therein, and thou shalt win or
thou shalt fail according to thy strength
and the measure of thy hearts purity.
Thine be the burden, o Harmachis, as thle
in the event shall be the glory or the shame.
Little do I reck of the issue, I who am but
the Minister of what IS written. Now hear
me. Always will I be with thee, my servant,
for my love once given can never be taken
away, though by sin it may seem lost to
thee. Remember then this: II thou dost
triumph, great shall be guerdon; if thou
dost fail, heavy indeed shall be thy punish.
ment, both in the flesh and in the land that
thou callest Amenti. Yet this for thy com.
fort; shame and agony shall not be eter
nal. For, however deep the fall from
righteousness, if but repentance holds the
heart, there is q path-a stony and a cruel
path-whereby the height may be climbed
again. Let it not be thy lot to follow it
Harmachis! And now, because thou has,
loved me-, my servant, aud, wandering
through the maze of fable, wherein meT
lose themselves upon the earth, mistakinl
the substance for the spirit, and the altal
for the God, hast yet grasped a clew o.
Truth the Many-faced-and because I love
thee and look on to the day that, perchance
shall come when thou shalt dwell blessed
in my light and in the dong of my holy
t~asks-because of this, I say, it shall b.
given to thee, o Harmachis, to look upor
the face of Isis-even unto the eyes of TIT
Messenger, and not die the death. Behotdr
The sweet voice ceased; the dark cloui
upon the altar changed-it grew white, /
shone, and seemed at length to take thu
shrouded shape of woman. Then the colder
snakes crept from its heart once more, and
like a living diadem, twlned itself about tn
cloudy brows.
Now suddenly the vapors burst ant
melted, and with my eyes 1 saw that Glory
ut the very thought of which my spiri
faints But what I saw it is not lawful u
utter. For, though l ave been hidden t
write what I have written of this matter
serchance that a record may remain, there
IN have l been w~arned-ay, even now, afte
these many years. Isaw, and what ! say
san not be imagined; for there are Glorie
md there are shapes which are beyond tn
I reach of mans Imagination. I saw-then
with the memory of that sight stamped for
EVER ON my heart, my spirit failed me, and
sank down before the Glory.
And as / fell, it seemed that the great hal
burst open and crumbled into fakes Of fir
around me. Then there was q sound as tn
sound of worlds rushing down the cataract
, of Time-and l knew no morel
!, fro BE Continued
WHAT WOMAN CAN DO.
Wise Observations Made by an Unknow