The record-union., 1892-12-17
For the RECoRD-UNIoN.I
A PROPHETIC VISION.


Light flashes, and noise of thunder
Came up from the gates of morn,
y star WAS shivered asunder
And man and woman were born.
irwin souls that swan through the ether
And PASSED through the portals of birth,
Twin souls that entered together
The dusk and giimmer OF earth.
And neither had dreamed Of duty,
Or the years OF life and their length,
And man had strength ana beauty
And woman had beauty ana strength.
They measured their strength together
And the hand of the woman failed,
They measured the strength Of their sinews
And the might OF the man prevailed.
Then he threw veil about her,
Bound her hands and feet with a chain,
The shadow OF man was labor
And woman's shadow was pain.
The way was rugged before them,
The path of the days and years.
And woman grew 50 weary,
Her e. es were dImmed with tears.
She stumbled ana fell by the roadside,
The DUST was her couch Of rest;
Then man bent low ana lifted
And laid her upon his breast.
But he broke not the chains on her body,
Nor tore the veil from her face,
But with her as an added burden
Still StrOVe for higher place.
Alas the arms that were strong grew weary
His feet were bleeding and torn,
The burden once 50 light
With toll and anguish was borne;
HIS hand was heavy upon her,
And darker shadow came;
This second shadow was passion
And wOman'S shadow was shame.
Sometimes she followed beside him,
Sometimes on his breast she law
But often She TELL by the roadside,
Or tainted upon the way.
Man could see the stars in the heavens
The flowers that bloomed in tine grass,
The mOuntaln'S towering grandeur
And above him the chasmed pass;
But WOman's eyes were blinded,
Through her veil she could not see
But murmured low beside him
"Have pity, have pity on me!
Oh, break the chains from my body
And tear the veil from my face
That l may behold the mountain
And my feet be strong tor the racew
But he needed her not,
And onward they went through the weary
years,
And man had labor and sorrow,
While woman had trouble and tears
But higher up the mountain
Was wrapped in a flood OF light.
In the wOman's heart the longing
Grew strong for clearer sight.
q Oh, break the chains from my body
And tear the veil from my ewes
That may behold the pathway,
And my feet be strong to risep'
Then he Ioosened a little the shackles
And her swift hands tore away
The veil that ODscured the mountain
And before her It's beauty law
But she chung to him with a shudder-
The splendor dazzled her eyes.
= Alas that behold such grandeur.
And have not the strength to rise.
On break the chains from my body!
And together we will climb
Till we reach the mist-hung summit
And rest in those nights sublime.
My feet will grow strong with the running,
Ny eyesight is clear and true
Oh, take tie chains rom my body!
I'd snare every burden with you!"
The shadows Of pain and labor,
The shadows OF passion and shame
IVY f1i inf All 1Ntrt
Tie face of love. like a flame.
The man looked up through the chasm
The way was long and steep:
you never could reach it," he answered
9 / have still the burden to keep.
Your eyes behold the beauty above.
Your hands both now are free,
You see the stars and the blossoms
You must leave the labor TO men
"Remember you not the valley ?" she said.
= Where our pathway begun?
Theu my eyes beheld the mountain
Yet my feet We're strong to run
Wen not rise above the chasm,
Nor ever the summit obtain
While YOU bear double burden
In the shadows Of labor and pain"
On the mountain slope together
They stand with uplifted eyes
And faces set toward the summit
That p.erces the distant skies.
Below them the pathway narrows
And sinks in the valleys mist,
Above them the chasm broadens
To the far peaks amethyst.
And the woman with eyes uplifted
And hands outstretched to the hight.
Beholis with her feet unfreed from the
shacklcs)
a stream of wondrOus light
Alar, half mist, half splendor
A luminous vision appears,
And the wOman's eyes grow DINNER
Through their mist of unshed tears;
For higher and higher together
In the vision they seem to tread
The sunlit, broadening highway
That leads to the nights oerhead
No longer a burden she follows,
But step by step by his side;
And above them the gates of Glory
To both are opened wide.
The light is above ana around them.
Below them the shadows lie,
And wider ascends the pathway,
Than their FEEL have yet passed by;
And music is all around them,
The pTans OF hope and love
While the strains OF songs triumphant
Are echoed from nights above
The shadows are gone forever
The trouble and tears are done
From wOman'S eyes the veil is lifted.
And her feet are strong to run
As the folded flower shakes
From its petals their rich perfume,
Her heart and mind are unfolding
And fragrant in lovely bloom
Like the crescent moon expanding
In The fullness of It's time,
Her soul has reached the wonder
OF symmetry sublime.
And the soul OF the man beside her
With the fight OF her soul keeps pace,
And the depths that their wings shall
fathOm
In the measureless seas of space,
IN the glow Of moon and planet
The splendor Of star and sun
Lead up to one mighty center,
The heart Of the Infinite One.
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