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

heart are they Of being called Men Of
Mace6onia, IN the markets Of Alexandria
The whole land mutters and murmurs
beneath the yoke of the Greet and the
shadow of the Roman. Have not they
been oppressed? Have not their children
been butchered and their gains wrung from
them to AL the bottomless greed and lust
OF the LagiG.el 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 freedomi and shall she cry in
vainl Nay, nay, for thou, my son, art the
appointed way Of delverance. To thee,
being sunk in cid have decreed my rights.
Already is thy name whispered in many .
sanctuary, from Abu even unto Athu; al
ready do priests and people swear ALE
glance, even by the sacred symbols, unto
him who shall be declared unto them.
Still, the time is not yet; thou art too green
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 high
mission, but this must thou learn. An thou
learn it not, thou shalt fail therein; and
then. 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 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 rusta There
fore, make thou thy heart pure and high
and strong; for thine is no common lot,
and thine no mortal need. Triumph, and
in glory shalt thou go-in glory here and
hereafterl Fail. and woe-woe be on theep
He paused and bowed his head, and then
went on:
"Of these matters shalt thou hear more
hereafter. Meanwhile thou hast much to
learn. Tomorrow will 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 1 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. "Niay all these things come
upon me, and MORE" said, ''if fail thee,
o my father!'
"Nay," he cried, "not me: but rather
those whose viii l 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