Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-02-13

heart are they OF 0e1nH C2le0 Men OF
Macedonia in the markets OF Alexandria
The whole land mutters and murmurs
beneath the yoke OF the GREEK and the
shadow of the Roman. Have not they
been oppressed. Have not their children
been butchered and their gains wrung from
them to I'LL the bottomless greed and lust
of the Lagidea Have not the temples been
forsakeni Ay, have not the divine majes-
ties of the eternal gods been set at naught
by these Grecians babblers who have dared
to NEEDLE with the immortal truths,
and name the Most High by another
name (Serapis), confounding the sub
stance of the Invisiblel Doth not Egypt
cry aloud for freedom2 and shall she cry in
vain? Nay, nay, for thou, my SOD, art the
appointed way Of delIverance. To thee,
being sunk in eld, have decreed my rights.
Already is thy name whispered in many q
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
a sapling to bear the weight of such q
storm. But to-day vast thou tried and
found wanting. He who would serve the
gods, o Harmachis, must put aside the fail
Ings of the flesh. Taunts must not move
him, nor any lusts of man. Thine is a high
mission, but this must thou learn. An thou
u,
them 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, IN the inter
woven scheme of things, lean upon the man
who is their instrument, even as a war
rior on his sword. And woe be to the
sword that snaps in the hour of battle, for
it shall be thrown aside to rust? There
fore, make thou thy heart pure and high
OF. f0r ia lof
and thine no mortal need. Triumph, and
in glory shalt thou go-in glory here and
hereafterl Fail. and woe-woe be on thee!"
He paused and bowed his head, and then
went on:
'.Of these matters shaft thou hear more
hereafter. Meanwhile thou hast much to
learn. Tomorrow will I give thee letters.
and thou shalt pass down tie Nile, even past
white-walled Memphis to On (Heliopolis), 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 to be. And meanwhile will sit 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 hope of Egypt. Be but
true, rise to the giddy 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 when, in the slow flight of time, the
evil shall once more grow to good and
Egypt shall again be free"
drew near, trembling and kissed him on
the brow. MAY all these things come
upon me, and more," I said, ''if fail thee,
o my father!''
stNay,'' he cried, "not me: but rather
those whose will do. And now go, 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