The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-04-11
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Softly VIC tread, our measured foots.c2s falling
Within tho Sanctu .ry S venfold;
Soft on the Dead that l.veth ere we calling:
return, osris' from tay Kingdom coiai
Return 10 tnein 'h-' worship 'neo Oh oIu'
Once more, as we bowed before the Holy,
she sang, and sent the full breath OF her
glad music ringing up the everlasting walls,
till the silence qulvered with her round
who bearkened s.irred strangely In the
breast And thus az we walked, she sang
the song of Oeiris risen. the song of Home.
the son9 of Victory:
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Throne that our Lord hath set
There peace and truth are met
There in the Halls Of the holy alone!
There in the shadowings
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But for me the ceremony was only begun,
for tonight was the night of my initiation.
Leaving the inner court l bathed myself,
and, clad in pure linen, passed, as 1T is Or
dained, into an inner, but not the Utmost
sanctuary, and laid the accustomed Offer
ings on the altar. Then, lifting up my hands
to Heaven, remained for many hours in
contemplation, striving by holy thoughts
and prayer to gather up my strength against
the mighty moment of my trial.
Slowly the hours sped in the silence OF
the Temple, till at length the door opened
and my father, AmenemhaG, the High
Priest, came in, clad IN white, and leading
by the hand the Priest of Isis. For him
self, having been married, he did not enter
into the mysteriesof the Hol- Mother.
Irose to my feet and stood humbly before
the twain.
"Art thou readyF' said the Priest, lifting
the lamp he held so that its light fell upon
my face. "Art thou ready, o thou chosen
one, even to see the glory Of the Goddess
face to FACET"
II am ready" answered.
"Bethink thee" he said again, in solemn
tones, this is no small thing. If thou wilt
carry out this thy last desire, understand,
0 Royal Harmachis, that now this very
night must thou for awhile die in the flesh,
what time thy soul shall look on spiritual
things. And If thou diest and there shall
be any evil thing found within thy heart,
when thou contest at last INTO that awful
presence, woe unto thee, Harmachis, for
the breath Of life shall no more enter in at
the gateway of thy mouth. Utterly shalt
thou perish as to thy body, and what shall
befall thy other parts, if know may not
say. According to the Egyptian religion
the beng man is composed of four parts
the body, the double or astral shape (ka) +,
the soul (bD, and the spark of life sprung
from the Godhead (khouD Art thou, there
fore, pure and free from the thought Of SIM
Art thou prepared to be gathered to the
breast of Her who was and is and will be,
and in all things to do Her holy will; for
her, while she shall so command, to put
away the thought of earthly woman; and to
labor always for Her glory till at the end
thy life is absorbed'in Her eternal lifes'
II am" answered; 'lead on"
ut is well,n said the Priest "Noble
Amenemhat, we go hence along"
Farewell, my son. said my father; "be