The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-06-13

~ more In my wretchednesS / be-
~ thought me of death. A knife
was at nv gfrdie, wherewith I might cut
the thread of sorrow and set my spirit free.
Erect ah, free to fly to face the last ven
geance of the holy Godsi Alasi and alas!
did not dare TO die Better the earth with
ali its woes than the quick approach OF
those uuimagined terrors that, lowering in
dim Amenti. walt the advent of the fallen.
groveled on the ground and wept tears
of agony for the lost unchanging past
wept till / could weep no more: but from the
silence came no answer, no answer but the
echoes Of my grief. Not ray of hopei Ny
soul wandered il a darkness more utter
than that which was about mel was for
saken of the Gods and cast out of men. Ter
ror took hold upon me, crouching in that
lonely place hard BIZ the majesty of the aw-
full dead. rose to-fy. How could fly in
this om.-how find my path down the
passages. and amid the columusi And
where should l fly, who had no place Of
refuge2 Once more croucEed down, aid
the great fear grew on me till the cold sweat
rau from my brow and my soul was faint
within me. Then, in my last despair, I
prayed aloud to Isis, to whom / had not
dared TO pray for many days.
% Isis Holy Mother - cried, "put away
Thy wrath, and of Thine infinite pity, o
Thou al p.tIfgl, hearfzen 10 the voice of the
anguish Of him who was Thy son and
servant, but who by sin hath fallen from
the vision of Thy love. Q throned Glory,
who, beng in all things, hast Of all things
understanding and of all griefs knowledge,
cast the weight of Thy mercy against the
scale of ny evil doing. and ma ze the balance
equal Look down upon ny woe, and meas
IRE it; count up the sum of my repentance,
and take Thou note OF the food of sorrow
that sweeps my soul away. o Thou holy,
whom 1t was given to me to look upon face
to face, by that dread hour OF commune
summon Thee; summon Thee by the mys-
tic word Come, then, in mercy to save me;
or, in fury, to make an end of that which
can ne more be borne"
And, rising from ny knees, / stretched
out my arms and dared to cry aloud the
Word of Fear. the which TO use unworthily
Is death.
Swiftly the answer came For in the
silence heard the sound of the shaken
sistra heralding the coming of the Glory.
Then at the far end Of the chamber grew
the semblsnce of the horned moon, gleam-
ing family IN the darkness, and 'twixt the
golden horns rested the small dark cloud,
Is and out whereof the fiery serpent
climbed
And nv knees waxed loose in the pres
ence of the Glory, and sank down before
IL .....-
Then spake the small. sweet voice within
the cloud:
SHarmachis, who was NY servant and nv
son ! have heard thy prayers and the
summons that thou hast dared to utter,
which on the lips Of one with whom I have
ccmmuned, hath power 10 draw me from
the Uttermost No more, Hsrmachis, may
We be one in the bond 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 yengeance; for not lightly
can Isis be drawn from the halls of her
Divinity -
:-Smite. Goddess - I answered. "Smite.
and give me over to those who wreak Thy
vengeance; for no longer can l bear the
burden Of my voeI'
And If thou canst not bear thy burden
here, upon this earth. :" came the soft reply
'Ehowthe shalt thou bear the greater burden
that shall De laid upon thee there, coming
defled and yet unpurIied into my din
realm of death, that Is Lite and Change IN
ending2 Nay, Harmschis, smite not, for
not all am wroth that thou hast dared 20
utter the awful word which calls down TO
thee. Hearksn, Harnachis; praise not,
reproach not, for / am the Minister Of re-
ward and punishment and the Executor of
DEGREES; and if give, give in silence;
any if snite, In silence do l smite. There
fore, naught viii add to thy burden by the
weight Of heavy words. though through thee
II has come 70 pass that soon shall Isis, the
Mystery, be but memory In Egypt Thou
hast sinned- and heavy shall be thy punish
ment. as did warn thee, both In the flesh
and in my kingdom of Amenti But told
thee that there is road of repentance.
and surely thy feet are set thereon, and
therein must thou walk with a humble
heart, eating of the bread of bitterness, till
such time as thy doom be measured
'fHave !, then, no hope, o Holyln
THAT which Is done, Harmachis, is done,
nor can its issues be altered. Khem shall
nc more be free till all its 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 70 every