The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-02-14

wisdom, and make thee ready for the battle.
Fear not for myself; thou art protected
from all i'll. No harm may touch thee from
without; myself alone can be thine own en-
envy. have said.'' r ...
Then 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 outer gate. And
then, seeking solitude, and, as 1t were, to
draw nigh to Heaven, climbed the pylon's
two hundred steps, until at length reached
against the parapet and looked forth. And
as I looked the red edge of the full
moon fioated up over the Arabian hills, and
her rays fell upon the pylon where stood,
and the temple walls beyond, and lit up the
visages Of the carvcn gods. Then the cold
light struck the wide 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 Tim
himself shall wither. And mine it was to
be to rule this moonlit land; mine to pre-
serve those sacred shrines and cherish the
honor of their gods; mine to cast out the
Ptolemy and free Egypt from the foreign
yoke! In my veins ran the blood OF those
great Kings who, sleeping in the tombs of
the valley of Tapi CThebes), await the day
of resurrection. Ny spirit swelled within
me as dreamed upon this glorious destiny.
/ closed my hands, and there, upon the
pylon, prayed as had never prayed be-
lore 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 all are, vino
givest out thy Godhead and gatherest it up
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 all time
hearken unto me.
And as knelt cloud grew upon the
face of the moon and covered it up, 90 that
the night became dark, and the silence
deepened all around-even the dogs :Sr
below in the city ceased to howl, and the
silence grew and grew till it was heavy as
death. felt my spirits lifted up within
me, and my hair rose upon my head. Then
of sudden the mighty pylon seemed to
rock beneath me, great wind beat about
my brows, and voice spoke within my
heart:
''Behold sign! Possess thyself in
patience, U Harmachisv'
And even as the voice spoke . cold hand
touched my hand and left somewhat within
it. Then tie cloud rolled from the face of
the moon, and the wind passed, and the
pylon ceased to tremble, and the night was
as the night had been
And as the light came back gazed upon
that which had been left within my hand.
1t was q bud of the holy lotus new break
ing into bloom, and therefrom came q most
sweet scent.
And as gazcd thereon, behold! the lotus
passed from out my grasp and vanished
leaving me astonished.
ITO he CONTINUED