The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-07-20

laF ests - eaagls On Their Live
'asAs ~ tteAsoR end Vel

lRf ests - eaagie On Thsir Live
'dsAs - bteAsoR END Vel
No nation IN the word devoCed 80
such attention 90 the subject Of the
future life ~ the ancient Egy ptiAhs.
sad yet. strangely enough. with - it,
Tie eGect Hpon their daily life N this
No. "a. Q; had, however. no morbid
eheet utOn him. for. unlike ans other
nation Of antiquity. the Egyptian had
isiiy convinced himself that his nIe
Sss but the ahte-chamber 20 q lie
u eternity AID eyeriasgingness."
Egypt vas essentially the land of
msfis. and fully justified the Talmn-
die say Ing THAI when magic vas ere
aiad out % ten paris. nine we're a.
signed 60 Egypt" Il u IN magic. says
the LOndOn Globe. that We ind the
Whole hey % the Egyptian ideas %
heaven and he'll.
The greatest work of the future
state was that known a. the Book %
the Dad marvellous compendium
Il magic. religion and folklore. Its
beginning il lost In the dark regions
oa the prehistoric aee, for there -
noU no doubt that o. had taken def
hite library form long before TIE
fourth dynasty. d. c. S7Oo. and vas
old By the time % the sixth. soms
centuries later.
The Egyptians ideas Of future llfs
Were the OutcOme Of his magical beIlef
THAI everything material OF inmate
rial had It's immortal double. The land
Itself. the Nile. the chief religious
cities. the King. and the people. al
had their doubles In the next world.
Out VI this grew the idea u a life In
the future state % perfect happiness.
the lsst on earth. In the Fields %
Peare. There can be no doubt tnas
this region Of the blessed was regard
I'd b. the early Egyptians. and. In
deed. for Q long time by the common
people. not az q celestial region. bug
o. situated In the fertile ana we'll wat
cred regions % the Nile delta In tue
northwest Of Egypt. where the blessed
ever bFeaihed the cool north wind.
Here helived In an ideal form of his
NE upon earth lie psOughed his fields
and grew the grain which suppIlea
HIM with bread that grew not stale
and beer that never became sour.
Here VAS situated the duplicate % his
earthly town or village. and Heaven
would. indeed. b. q home to him.
The belief In ancestor worship. no
doubt. vas an important ei1ment In
the religion % the Egyptians-Dut
would the Decreased meet and BE- rec
Ognized BY those Who had preceded
him? On this point DT Bulge de-
scribes hOu the decreased meets and Il
TecOgnised by all who are near aad
dear Ia him.
a. he truly remaFks. q r. an exact
picture Of the return Of q long alb
sest wandeFeT 20 his native village.
such - may BE- seen any day In tns
Nils valley. u explains. also. tue r's-
soa Why The funsrai Inscriptions make
20 strong . feature % the family ane
social roctitude % the dead Tnus
the expression: \ was one reverent
10 my father. favored Of my mother.
devoted 10 my brothers and sisters
and united In heart with the people q
my iowa"
The underworld vas q region % are.
lAsys u me. rivers Of Ere. bound.
beesadcd. and each day brought a ire
% undergo fresh torture. spare viz
not permit ~ to deal with this sub.
teet here. hut In these terrible pic.
tures we have, no dOabt. the source
fFOm Nhich the early ChTisiian witt
srs drew their vivid descriptions %
the tOrtures % the Wirked.