Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-06-04
LOVE hND HATE.
"a Visien.
From "Civilization Civilized.

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''Thou told us if we did not reap
wealth, our fellow man would starve
us. In this race | have won, and they
hate me; but my goodly wealth pro-
tects me, and can pay hate for hate,
with interest"
Hate. would kill. Why not kill
that which hates thee?" whispered
the demon.
And the rich man muttered between
his teeth, Eyes kill"
And now great commotion arose
in hell, and the vast steaming. sweat
ing, factory millions gathered and
divided into factions: and certain
bands hurled the epitaphs 'scab" and
TRAITOR" at their fellows, until the
brands upon their foreheads fairly
glowed and sparkled, till curses rent
the air, and blood began to flow.
And again, in other parts, deadly
emeutes took place. Servants of the
palaces issued forth upon the danger
Gus throng, and swept them down with
diabolical instruments made by the
victims for their own destructio
floods devastated the plain, deluging
and drowning: fires consumed innu-
me rable habitations, and the shrieks
of women and walls of children
arose like the sobbings within a tenn
pest. And | said to myself This is
the end. at last
SO seemed yet not so it proved. for
| heard distant harmony. and d
silence came. like the cessation of
wind and the very atmosphere stood
still. And there before me on the
plain. stood an angel. whittier than the
stars white fire. and fairer than their
sweetest flower, and as she moved the
fires and floods adjourned: for she
could rule the elements. | heard
her say
Peace"
Then raising her hand like ray of
sunlight through departing storm
went forth her words:-
Love We one another
And then again she added
Look upon thy fellow-man with
wisdom, and thou shalt have love.
Feel for thy fellow-man with love and
thou shalt have wisdom, and having
wisdom and love. have heaven"
And great change came DER the
plain. From the peoples brows the
legend disappeared, and in its place
circled lovely aura: and they cried
aloud
I'VE love"
And as they looked upon each other
through eyes of love, 10. each from
their former responsiveness grew
beautiful and wise: and their wisdom
thus gained through love again reoip-
rocated love until not trace had
remained of all the past in all the
plain.
And across the wide, wide scene, a
splendor and a grandeur now arose.
But best of all, oh the peace, the
peace and strength within the blessed
atmosphere. And from my soul came
forth these words
Here we live forever; for this is
heaven
And yet sadness came DER me and
| sighed and asked, where is he, the
demon, the unhappy minister of
wretchedness, the Prince of Hate. -
oh, what of him in this hour of peace.
Fear not" she said; "love redeems
all. Behold through me, thy demon"
looked, and 10, the Angel of Love
transparent was: and through her
radiance beheld the demon" But
how changed.
The brand of hate was gone, and on
his brow rested calm more peaceful
than the blue depths. The inward
ness of existence lay in his eyes, and
sweet meditation sat in every feature.
| His form embodied the power and
majesty of the universe. stately and
grand and eloquent as nature. evil
dencing win as irresistible, yet as
modest as the sleeping child resting
unconscious. And he spake and said;
"You beheld in me the masculine prin-
ciple of existence; devoid of love, its
feminine; you shall behold the femi-
nine principle of existence devoid of
the masculine of wisdom-of me
see"
| gazed-heavens could it be? Her
radiance had died away. and where
her form once gave out light, now fell
shadows, for she had sunk and become
matter devoid of spirit, and uron her