Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-26

adored; but what they said could not un-
 derstand. Beholdl the dark cloud came down and rested on tho Altar, the Serpent
 of fire stretched itself toward me; and with it's forky tongue touched me on the
 forehead and was gone. From within the
 cloud voice, sweet and low and clear,
 spoke in heavenly accents:
 Depart, ye Ministers, leave me with my servant whom have summoned"
 Then like arrows rushing from bow the 1 Hame-clad Spirits leaped from the ground
 and sped away.
 50, Harmachis," said the voice, tbe not afrald. am She whom thou dost know as
 Isis ot the Egyptians; but what elsc am
 strive not thou to learn-it is beyond thy
 strength. For am all things, all life is
 my spirit, all Nature is my raiment. am
 the laughter of tho child, am the maiden's
 love, am the mothers kiss, am the Child
 and Servant of the Invisible that is God,
 that is Law, that is Fate-though myself I 1 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 countenance; when the spring blooms out in flowers, that is my smile, Harmachls For am natures self, and all her shapes are shapes of Me. I breathe in all that oreathes. wax and wane in the changeful
 
 rise with the Suns. I flash with the light ming and thunder in the storms. Nothing IS too great for the measure of my majesty nothing Is so small that I can not find a nome therein. am in thee and thou art in me, Q Harmachis; that which bade thee be bade Me also be.
 bowed my head-I could not speak. for was fear-smitten.
 "Faithfully hast thou served me, o my servant" went on the low, sweet voice {; greatly hast thou longed to be brought lace to face With Me here in Amenti; and greatly hast thou dared to accomplish that desire. For it is no small thing to cast oil the tabernacle of the flesh, and, before the appointed time, if only for an hour, put on the ralment of the spirit. And greatly, O my servant, have l, too, desired to leok on thee here where l am. For tho Gods love those who love them, but with wider and deeper love, and under One who is as far from Me as am from thee, mortal, am @ God of Gods. Therefore have caused thee to be brought hither, Harmachis; and therefore speak to thee, my servant, and bid thee commune with Me now face to lace, as thou didst commune that night upon the Temple towers of Abouthis. For was there with thee, Harmachis, as was Tn ten thousand other worlds. It was I, o aarmachis, who laid the lotus in thy hand, giving thee the sign which thou didst seek, For thou art of the kingly blood of those who served Me from age to age. And if thou dost not fail thou shalt sit upon that klngly throne and restore my ancient wor- ship in it's purity, and sweep my temples from their deflements. But if thou dost fail, then shall Isis become but a memory in Egypt"
 The voice paused, and, gathering up my strength, at length spoke aloud.
 fail7n '0A
 "Ask Me not" answered the voice, ssthat which 1t Is not lawful that should answer thee. Perchance l 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, to be eager to look upon the blossom that is not blown, but which, lying seed in the bosom of the earth, shall bloom in it's season! Know, Harmachis, that I do not shape the Future; the Future is to thee and not to Me, for it is boru 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 ana the measure of thy hearts purity. Thine be the burden, O Harmachis, as thine m the event shall be the glory or the shame Little do rcck of the issue, who am but the Minister of what IS written. Now hear me. Always will 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 thls: If 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 con- fort; shame and agony shall noG be eter- nal. For, however deep the fall from hut heart, there is 2 path-a stony and cruel path-whereby the height may be climbed agaln. Let it not be thy lot to follow it, Harmachls! And now, because thou hast loved me, my servant, and, wandering through the maze of fable, wherein men lose themselves upon the earth, mistakine the substance for the spirit, and the altar for the God, hast yet grasped clew of truth the Many-faced-and because love thee and look on to the day that, perchance, shall come when thou shalt dwell blessed l in my light and in the do,ng of my holv l tasks-because of this, l say, it shall be | given to thee, O Harmachis, to look upon | the face of Isis-even unto the eyes of the l and not die the death Beholdr, |
 The sweet voice ceased; the dark cloud l upon the altar changed-it grew white, it l shone, and seemed at length to take the l shape of woman. Then the golden | snakes crept from it's heart once more, and. like living diadem, twlned itself about the | cloudy brows.
 Now suddenly the vapors burst and melted, and with my eyes saw that GlorIya, at the very thought of which my spirit talnts But what saw it is not lawful to utter For, though have been hidden to write what have written of this matter. perchanoe that q record may remain, there. on have been warned-ay, even now, after these many years. saw, and what saw can not be imagined; for there are Glories ana Ihere are shapes which are beyond the reach of mans imagination. I saw-then- With the memory of that sight stamped for. ever on my heart, my spirit failed me, audT sank down before the Glory, ..-~.' e''' " '''
 And as ] te.l atssemed that the great hall purss open and crumbled into flakes of fire around me. Then there was g sound as the l sound or worlds rushing down the cataracta '1 11me-and knew no morel R7'''s' 'sss < . '. >