The Irish standard., 1889-10-05

been butchercd and their gains wrung from
them to fill the bottomless greed and lust
or the LagidRa Have not the temples been
forsakena Ay, have not the divine majes-
ties OF the eternal gods been set at naught
by these Greclans babblers who have dared
to meddle with the immortal truths,
and name the Most High by another
name (Serapis), confounding the sub
stance Of the Invisiblea Doth not Egypt
cry aloud for freedoma and shall she cry in
vaina Nay, nay, for thou, my son, art the
appointed way of delIverance. To thee,
being sunk in eld, have decreed my rights.
Already is thy name whispered in many
sanctuary, from Abu even unto Athu; al
ready do priests and people swear allie
glance, even by the sacred symbols, unto
him who shall be declared unto them
Still, the time is not yet; thou art too green
sapling Io Dssr the weight OF such
storm. But to-day vast thou tried and
found wanting. He who would serve the
gods q Harmachis, must put aside the fail
.ngS OF the flesh Taunts must not move
him. nor any lusts of man. Thine is high
mission, but this must thou learn. An thou
earn it not, thou shalt fail therein: and
then, my curse be on thee and the curse
of Egypt, and the curse of Egypt's broken
gods For, know thou this, that even the
gods, who are immortal, may, III the inter
woven scheme of things, lean upon the man
who il their instrument, even as war
rior on his sword. And woe be to the
sword that snaps in the hour of battle, for
1t shall be thrown aside to fustl There
fore, make thou thy heart pure and high
and strong; for thine is no common lot,
and thine no mortal need. Triumph, and
IN glory shalt thou go--in glory here and
hereafter Fail. and woe-woe be on thee"
He paused and bowed his head, and then
went on:
t0"Of these matters shalt thou hear more
hereafter. Meanwhile thou hast much to
learn. Tomorrow will ! give thee letters.
and thou shalt pass down the Nile. even past
white-waAed Memphis to On (Hellopolis), and
there shalt thou sojourn certain years and
learn more Of our ancient wisdom beneath
the shadow of that sacred pyramid Of which
thou, too, art the Hereditary High Priest
that is 10 be. And meanwhile will Isit here
and watch, for my hour is not yet, and, by
the help Of the gods, spin the web WHEREIN
thou shalt hold the wasp of Macedonia.
"Come hither, my son. come hither and
kiss me on the brow. for thou art all my
hope, and all the nope of Egypt Be but
true, rise to the gid1y height of thy des-
tiny, and thou shalt be glorious here and
hereafter; be false, fail, and | will spit
upon thee, and thou shalt be accursed, and
thy soul shall remain in bondage till that
hour wnen, in the slow flight of time, the
evil shall once more grow to good and
Egypt shall again be free"
I drew near tremblia e. and kissed him on
the brow. MAY aH these things come
upon me, and nore, 7 said, III fail thee,
O my fan.
MAY" he cried, not me; but rather
those whose will do. Ana row 60, my son,
and ponder in thy heart, and in thy secret
heart digest my words, and mark what
thou shalt see, and gather up the dew OF
wisdom, and make thee ready for the battle.
Fear not for thyself; thou art protected
from all i'll. No harm may touch thee from
without; thyself alone can be thine own en-
emy. have said.'.
Then 4 went forth with full heart The
night was very still, and there was none
stirring in the temple courts. Hurried
through them, and reached the entrance to
the pylon that is at the on; er gate. And
then, seeking solitude, and, it were, to
draw nigh to Heaven, climbed the pylon's
two hundred steps, until at length reached
the massive roof Here leaned my breast
against the parapet and looked forth And
as l looked the red edge of the full
moon fioated up over the Arabian hills, and
her rays fell upon the pylon where l stood,
and the temple walls beyond, and Lit up the
visages Of the carveh gods. Then the cold
light struck the wild stretch of well-tilled
land, now whitening TO the harvest, and as
the heavenly lamp Of Isis (the noon passed
Up the SKY, slowly did her rays creep down
the valley, where Sihor, father of the land
Of Khem, rolls on toward the sea-
And now the bright beams kissed the
water, that smiled an answer back. and
now mountain and valley, river, temple.
town and plain were flooded with white
light, for Mother Isis was arisen, and
threw her cleaning robe across the dark
bosom Of the earth. Beautiful it was, with
the beauty of perfect dream, and solemn
as the hour after death Nightly, indeed,
the temples lowered up against the face Of
night Never had they seemed so grand to
me as upon that night, those ancient
shrines, before whose eternal walls Time
shall wither. And mine it was 10
pc 70 rule this moonlit land; mine to pre-
serve those sacred shrines and cherish the
nonor OF their gods; mine to cast out the
ftolemy and free Egypt from the foreign
yokel In my veins ran the blood Of those
great Kings who, sleeping in the tombs OF
the valley of Tapi (Thebes), await the day
Of resurrection. My spirit swelled within
me as dreamed upon this glorious DESTINY.
l closed my hands, and there, upon the
pylon, prayed as I had never prayed be-
fore to the Godhead, who is called by MANY
names and in many forms made manifest.
20 Amen, prayed, "God of gods. who
hast been from the beginning: Lord Of
Truth, who art, and OF whom ali are. who
givest out thy Godhead and gatherest it mn
again. IN the circle Of whom the divine ones
move and are, who was from all time the
Self-begot. and who shalt be till ali time
hearken unto me.
10 Amen-Osiris, the sacrifice bv whom
we are justified, Lord Of the Region Of the
Winds, the Ruler of the Ages, the Dweller
In the West, the Supreme in Amenti.
hearken unto me-
20 Isis, Great Mother Goddess, Mother Of
the Horun-mysterious Mother. Sister.
Spouse, hearken unto me. III indeed / be
the chosen Of gods to carry out-the purpose
Of the gods, let sign be given unto ma
even now, to seal my life to the life above
0tretch out your arms toward me. n ~
gods' and uncover the glory of YOUR conn
Heari ali, hear mer' And I cast
myself upon my knees and lifted m NV
eyes to Heaven. - ~
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