The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-09-18

nigh TO the tenenos Of the Temple, having
ridden ACROSS tho well-SiIled feds, the
priests aud the pe0pla issued forth 70 bid
ne welcone, md with them the ola wife,
Atoua, who, bus aoc \ few added wrinkles
that Time had cut upon her forehead, was
even ss she had been xhen she threw the
sandal after me I'VE long years agoneL
"Lai Ia la'r she cried; and there thou
| art my bonny lad; more bOnny even than
thou werti LalWhata mani what shoul
| dersi and what q face aud torml An. il
does an old woman credit 70 have dandled
theel But th0a art over pale; those priests
down there at Annu have starved thee.
surelyl Starve not thyself; the Gods love
| not q Skeleton Empty stomach makes
empty head ss they say At Alexandria
But. this Is q glad hour; ~, q Joyous hOurl
Come in-come in p aud As Iigated down
she embraced me
But / thrust her aside my fatheri
where is my fatherr' cried Il see him
notP' -t
May, nay, have no fear" she answered; I;
s'his Holiness is well; he waits thee in his
chamber. There. pass On o happy dayl
o happy AbouthisIn E
And so went, or rather ran, and reached
the chamber Of which have written, and
there at the table sat my father, Amen
emhat, even the same as he had been, but
verv old: and I ran 70 him. and kneeling
before him kissed his hand. and he blessed
me -
tIook nm NV SON. he said. Gand lea nv
ola eyes gaze upou thy face. that / may read
thyheartp -
80 lifted nm nv head. and long and ear.
uestiy he looked upon ma -
81 Rad thee.n he said nj length: s'pure
thou art and strong in wisdom; have not
been deceived in thee. Oh. lonely have been
the wears: but I did wen 70 send thee hence.
Vow. tell me. tell me Of thy life, for thy let
ters have told me little. and thou canst not
know, my son, how hungry Is q fathers
heartn
And so Itold him; far into the night We
sat and oommuned with one another. And
in the end he hade me know that I must
now prepare me 70 be initiated into those
great mysteries that are learned Of the
chosen Of the Gods
And 30 IN came 70 pass that for q space OF
three months I prepared myself according
TO the hoiy custuma I ats no meat Twas
/
of the secrets of the Great Sacrifice and OF
the passion of the holy Mother. Iwatched
and praved before the altars. lifted up
NV soul 70 God; az, in dreams conmuned
with the Invisible, tin at length earth and
earth,s desires seemed to pass from me.
lonOed No more for the glory of this world,
INV heart hung above II As an eagle on his
ontstretched vinRs. and the voice Of the
world,, blame could not stir n and the
Vision of its beauty brought no delight
For above me was The vast vault Of Heaven,
vhere In uualterahle procession the stars
na.s On drawing Alter them the destinies
~ nan, vhere tbe Holv Ones sit upou their
hnrnire throne. and watch the chario,
wheeIs Of Fate AZ thew roll from sphere tc
srhere N hour. of holv Contamination
10 hsvinv once ta.ted N vour low could
,-;.h aga,n 10 groveI an tha earthi Oyile
a., - -, =. a. would tha, tb01
-, -, .I,o,.,h.r t.II.p from me and
80, - -, - ,o ..el O.ir;sI
rho r,on,hs ~ nroh.tior passed but toc
...it,,,- - ~, ,he hoIv dav drew nea,
-. -. q. .,,,,h ~ he 1ni,nd N ths
".t1-o-..I No,hsr Naver h.,h Ni0ht "a
ionse5 ,or ,hs rror,;.a N the Dawn. pexe,
- -. 49, - !, l,,-.- - ,,.s.,on., ,al,
S.-;-sS ~. - ,.,,,ins, ~ ,ne hr;se. :,
Sors.,'S 80 80 INV g,or;ou. face n Isis
E.e, nov, ths, 7 hsve hen faithless d
| T1,e. anS T'.ou ar, far from me. % Divine
nv so,I voe. ont to Tbee. and once more
r,,or~ Rut az n Il bidden that i sboul,
-, ,h, vail ana NAL IN things that nav,
M, heer tol5 since tha beginning of thi,
world Ie, me mass ON and reyerently sci
ao1vn ,be history Of that holv morn. Fol
ss,,eD dav. had The great festival been cele
hrate5 tbe suffering Of the Lord Osiris hai
hen rommemorated. the passiou of IN,
Mo,her Is;s b.d heen adored and riorv haf
haon done 10 the menorv IN the coming o
,ho n,S;ns chiId Horns the Son ths
A,.nSer ,ha God- -begot An these thing
hsd heen carr;ed ont according 10 N,
ancient rites. The boats had fioate,
~. - 49, tha rr;cs.. ha,
oo,,--..a ,harosslve. hafore the sanctu
ooou go - -. "a -, t-.,O,
arles, anu '.e nn1kS u"N = =
through the streets Al night Anu nONi y
the sun sank on the seventh day, once NOR
the great procession gathered 10 chant m
woes Of Isis and tell how the evil wa
avenged. We went in silence from tn
Temple, and passed through the city ways
First came those who clear the path, the'
NV father. Amenemhat, in all his priestl
robes and the wand Of cedar in his hand
Then. ,lad In uure linen. followed L tn
neophyte, aionei ana Siter me tne "niue
robed priests, holding aloit banners an
the emolemsof the Gods. Ne1. came .nos