The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-07-19

under the influence of Osiris or of Bacchus
for nothing. The sun Of the heavens makes
the fruit grow which supplies to man the
food he needs, so that his mind as well as
his body may grow and thus become capa-
him"
In the hope that he would more rapidly
rid himself Of the stranger by accepting
the offer. the architect placed the bottle to
his lips and swallowed few drops of the
wine il contained. At once he experienced
a marvellous change. The blood circulated
tremendously and evenly to every part of
his body, imparting strength and energy to
his limbs and his brain. Once more he felt
confidence in his own ability. and even at
this late hour his hopes of success began
TO revive.
Upon my word" he exclaimed. this is
veritable nectar; never have L tasted so
potent cordial.
Il am glad TO hear you speak more cheer
fully" resumed the stranger. for now that
i have given you some proof of my power.
l may venture to add. and pray do not be
mind conceived the as yet unborn plan of
sublime church. Still. though the idea is
there. you cannot give birth to your con-
ception. If you trust to yourself alone you
will do nothing. If you consider yourself
sort of god who can act independent
~ of the laws of nature your plan will
wither in your brain and you will die with
out accomplishing your task. Come. take
more of the food you need; drink more of
this wine.
The architect accepted. and this time
without hesitation. Feeling his strength
further increased, he asked how he could
possibly terminate in three days the plan
of the cathedral. which he had not yet sat-
sfactorily begun. For answer the stran-
ger gave loud laugh. and drawing a
large parchment from under his cloak. dis
Played the complete drawings which real
lied in every detail the very Plan the archi-
tect had conceived. and which he had never
been able to put on paper.
HOW THE SCHEME COLLAPSED.
Needless to say that to the vulgar and
the ignorant this stranger was none other
than the devil in person. Indeed, We are
told that he wore long, red cloak for no
other purpose than to hide his cioven foot
Then, before he gave over the plans to the
architect, he made him sign a little square
parchment with a droS of blood. Having
thus secured the architects soul. there was
another great flash OF lightning and the
demon disappeared in great blaze OF light.
/ will not stop 10 inquire at length why
the Angel of Darkness should be described
as travelling in flash of light and that
light electric light. Modern science, in
spite of telegraph, telephone and Roent-
gems rays, has only given us but a slight
insight into the potentialities of electricity
Nor do see anything SO very .damnable
about the cloven hoof. Without en-
tering very deeply into the symbolism
of the cloven hoof, i might point out
that when the ancients sought TO picture
forces of nature they embodied the same
in the person of their great god. Pan.
Now. Pan. as emblematic of viriIity. had
the legs Of a goat-that is to say the
cloven hoof-and so also the BaDhomeus
worshipped by the Knights Templar. in
much the same spirit as the ancients wor-
SHIPPED Pan. Osiris, Bacchus, etc.
The legend, howeve-, OF the Cologne Ca
thedral is written and told for the vulgar
and the ignorant, SO the joys of the archi-
tect are represented as poisoned by the
sense of remorse. He submitted the plan
he had received from the stranger in the
forest to the archbishop. The latter was
overjoyed. He had never seen anything so
perfect. He gave orders that the work
should be begun at once, and that the name
of the architect should be engraved on
bronze pate. and SO exposed in the wall
of the cathedral that all future generations
would be able to celebrate his genius. But
the architect could take no pride in his
work. He attributed his success. not to
himself, but TO the devil and believed
his soul was condemned to eternal torment.
At last the architect related the whole
truth to his father confessor. The worthy
priest ordered the architect to undergo very
severe penitence and mortification; and
hermit, who lived in the Eifel mountains,
and who had practiced numerous exor-
cisms. The hermit succeeded in consoling
the architect. After denying himself food,
infiicting upon himself many Negotiations,
the architect was at las persuaded that
he was forgiven. and returned to Cologne
to superintend the building OF the cathe-
dral. The strange part Of the story rests
in the fact that the cathedral only prog
ressed so long as the architect was not for
given. and while the architect lived nat
ural life. When. however, he took TO starry
ing himself and infiictng corporal punish
ment upon himself. and doing other unnat-
ural things his work no longer prospered
The clergy OF Cologne began 10 quarrel
with the inhabitants OF the town-disturb-
ances riots, even civil war broke out. Only
small portion OF the cathedral had been
built when the architect died. The quar-
rels between the clergy and The people con-
tinued. AT one time the Archbishop Of
Cologne had TO fy for his life. and estab-
lished his see at Bonn X is only in these
modern days. when the belief in the devil
has lost much of its ancient and barbaric
characteristics. that the work has been re-