Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-03

however, the scales show that Truth outweighs
the souls good deeds, then is the soul condemned
and often cast to the jaws of the Devourer or
He'll. Many are the pictures of hell, and souls
not devoured are depicted walking on the
ceilings of Hades, upside down. All dwellers in
Hades are pictured with horns whence, doubtless
comes our own idea of the devil, and of the 9TH
er dwellers in Hades. From time immemorial
the Egyptians believed in a Trinity; this com
prised God Goddess and Son, the offspring.
From 5000 until 2000 b. c., Ptha, the father,
Sekhet, the mother, and Meier Temu, the son,
were worshipped as the Trinity; and from then
until 1900 B. c., Osiris the god, Isis the goddess,
and Horus, the son, represented the Triad.
These members of the Trinity were in turn sup
planted by belief in the Trinity of Amen Ra,
Nut and Khonsu, when Thebes became the relig-
ious centre of Egypt. This known the
Triad of Thebes. 1t was worshipped as such
from 1000 to 300 B. c., excepting that when
Amenophis " assembled the throne he endeav-
ored to destroy all reference to Amen, and to in
troduce the worship of the rays of the sun. Some
years after the death of Amenophis " the wor-
ship of Amen-Ra resumed
Now after general resume of the Egyptian re-
ligon we find vital weakness in its structure.
The foundation on which it was builded was hol-
low, and there was no keystone to the faith 1t
a religion of form, not of sincerity. The
King, and in fact anyone in power, could do no
were buried in pomp, and the walls of their
tombs were decorated with narrative of their
holy life and of their good deeds. The Kings,
when they died, required poor beheaded,
and the headless corpses buried in a separate
vault, but in the same tomb. The wretched vic
Tins are pictured in mural decorations as walk
ing headless behind the mummy of the King, in
order that they would bear any sufferngs that
might otherwise be visited on the Kings holy
person during its journey Heavenward All
Kings were declared Heavenborn. The priests
deceived the people in this and in many other
particulars, all of which combined to make the
religion, dolatrous, hollow mockery and sham.
Only the weak and the poor could sin.
Christ teaches us that the humble in spirit in
herit the Kingdom of Heaven, while the proud
who are selfsatisfed and who "thank God that
they are not like other men" are cast out. In
the 9th chapter of the Book of Job it is writ
ten: "For what is the hope of the hypocrite,
though he hath gained, when God taketh away
his soul? a.. . Why then ye thus alto
gether vain? , This is the portion of a
wicked man with God and the heritage of OPP
pressors, which they shall receive of the Al
mighty"
A PASSPORT TO HEAVEN.
The Egyptian faith taught that soul could
clear itself of wrong doing by declaring its good
deeds, no matter how untrue the statements, on
the walls of the tomb, my soul is pure" reads
one inscription-'T was ever a holy man, and
did naught but holy deeds" A chronicle in an
other tomb tells us, "The people of all time-to-
come will be charmed by my remarkable merits
and holiness"
Another yet and in the tomb of an exception
ally cruel King, reads; II have never been an
oppressor, / was kind just and charitable. and
1 did not prefer the rich to the poor"
Indeed. to all people Of learning and reason.
ing power, the entire Egyptian religion has d
God appeared on earth they rapidly spread the
true religion, and found myriad converts amons
the strong a. we'll as among the oppressed. This
was all especially the case because the moral code
sank constantly lower as Egyptian greatness an
pFoachad itS zsnith. ~ the early Empire wo
linen wssss shQnoreds and man haa but = sinels