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And. rising irln uy knees. / stretched
out my arr1s aud dared - cry ecad The
W-Ea ~ Fear. gle wh-ca - Use unworthy
ls oealh
Swiftly the answer came. For II the
silence i heard ths sound of the SHAKEN
s-slra ler4.dlag l1e coming q the CORY
Taen a. tha Tar end If tie chamber grew
lie semoisles 0f tie horued moon, CLEAN
lng f2lnlly IN rhe darkness, aud 'twlIt tne
golden horns rested tie small dark cloud,
10 ana oat whereof tie nery serpent
climbed.
And my knees wsIed loose In the pres
snoe or the Glory. aud l sank down before
H.
Then spske the small, sweet voice within
the cloud:
"Harmachis, who was my servant and my
son. | have heard thy prayers and tns
summons that thou hast dared 10 utter,
which on the lips Of one with whom / have
communed, hath power 70 draw me from
the UttermOst No mcre HarmAchis, may
We be one IN the bono Of love divine, for
me hast thou put away OF thine own act.
Therefore, after this long silence l come,
Harmachis, clothed IN terrors, and per
chance, ready for vengeance; for not lightly
can Isis be drawn from the halls Of her
Divinity"
"Smite, G0ddessp' answered "Smite,
and give me over 10 those who wreak Thy
vengeance; for no longer can / bear the
burden OF my woe'
And II thou canst not bear thy burden
here, upon this earth came the soft reply,
"how then shalt thou bear the greater burden
that shall be laid upon thee there, coming
defled ana yet unpurlfed into my dim
realm OF death, that Is Lite and Change un-
endingy Nay, Harmachis, l smite not, FOR
not al am wroth that thou hast dared 70
utter the awful word which calls me down tc
thee. Hearken, Harmachis; / praise not,
reproach not, for i am the Minister OF re.
ward and punishment and the Executor OF
DEGREES; and il l give, l give in silence;
any IL smite, IN silence do smite. There
fore, naught will add 10 thy burden by the
weight of heavy words, though through thee
il ms come 10 pass that soon shall Isis, the
Mystery, be but memory in Egypt. Thou
hast sinned, and heavy shall be thy punish
ment, as l did warn thee, both IN the flesh
aud in my kingdom of Amenti. But l told
thee that there is road OF repentance,
and surely thy feet are set thereon, and
therein must thou walk with humble
heart, eating of the bread Of bitterness, til
such time as thy doom be measured"
Have l, then, no hope, o Holym
That which is done, Harmachis, is done,
nor can its issues be altered. Khem shalt
no more be free till all it's temples are as the
desert dust; strange people shall, from age
TO age, hold her hostage and in bonds; new
religions shall arise and wither within the
shadows OF her pyramids, for 10 every
world, race and age the countenances OF
the Gods are changed. This is the tree that
shall spring from thy seed OF sin, Harma-
CHS, and from the sin Of those who tempted
theer'
''Alasl / am undoner' ! cried.
''Yea, thou art undone; and yet shall thi:
be given to thee: thy destroyer shalt thou
destroy, for so, in the purpose Of my justice,
is it ordained When the sign comes &c
thee. arise, go TO Cleopatra, and in such
manner as l shall put into thy heart dc
Heavens vengeance ON herl And now for
thyself one word, for thou hast put Me
from thee, Harmachis; and no more shall
come face TO face with thee till, cycles
hence the last fruit of thy sin hath ceased
to be upon this earth Yet, through the
vastness Of the unnumbered years, remem.
ber thou this: that love Divine is love
eternal, which can not be extinguished.
though everlastingly it be estranged. Re.
pent, my servant; repent and do wei
while there is yet time. that at the
dim end Of ages once more thou mayest be
gathered unto Me. Still. Harmachis, though
thou seest Me not; still, when the very
name by which thou knOwest Me has be
come a meaningless mystery to those who
shall be after thee; still, /, whose hours are
eternal-I, who have watched Universes
witber, wane, and, meath the breath OF
Time, melt into nOthingness; again, to gath
er, and. reborn, thread the vast maze Of
space-stll, l say, shall / companion thee
Wherever thou gOest, in whatever form Of
life thou livest, there shall / oel Art thou
waited to the farthest star, art thou buried
in Amenu's lowest deep, in lives, in deaths.
in sleeps, in wakings, IN remembrances, in
oblviOns, in all the feyers of the outer
Life, in al the changes Of the Spirit-still
if thou wilt at0-o aud forget 1'e no more,
shall be with thee, waiting thine nOur Of re.
demption. For this Is the nature O. the love
Divine wherewith Il loves that which doth
partake of its divinity and hath once bv the
holy tie been bound 10 it. Judge then. Ear.
machis; was IL well 70 put this from theeto
win the prizeOf earthly woman' And. now,
dare not again % utter the Word Of Power
till these things be done, Harmachis, for
this season, fare thee we'll"
As the last note Of the sweet voice died
away, The fiery snake climbed into the heart
Of tho cloud. Now the cloud rolled from
the horns of light, and was gathering inc
the blackucss. The vision Of the crescent
moon grew dim and vanished. Then as the
Goddess passed. once more came the faint
and dreadful music Of the shaken sistra,
and all was STILL
I hid my face in my robe and. even then,
though my outstratchcd hand could touch
the chill corpse Of that father who bad died
cursing me. ] felt hope come back into my
heart, knowing that ! was not altogether
lost nor utterly rejected of Her whom had
fOrsakeu. bat whom yet l loved And then
WEAKNESS ovcrpowered me, and slept
l WOKE, the faint lights OK dawn we're
creeping from tho opening In the roof
Ghastiy they lay upon the shadowy scu pt-
urod walls and ghastlv upon the dead face
and long white beard Of my fnther, the
gathered "a Osiris. ] started mp. rcmem-
0eruz ou things, and wondering in my
heart what should De. and as rose heard
faint football creeping down the passage
Cf the names of the Fha~aohs
"Lnf a. ~ mumh,ed voice that
knew for The voice of enc old wife, Atoua
"Why. 'tis dark "a the House Of The Dead
The holy ones who bl.f ths Temple loved
not Tho blessed sun. however much they
worsAiped him. Now, where's The cur
tainr'
Presently il was drawn. and Atoua or
tered. a stick p one hand aad ia tac other
a basket Her face was somcwha. moro
wrir k'ea and her scantv l1eas we some
gr"nt moro fs .rn f.tr IA r.rs.f| |rffr. bat fsr