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I: SUPERSTITION
By INGERSOLL LOCKWOOD
Cousuellor at Law
Formerly American Repre$enlative at the Court of Hanovt'r, Germany
The gods that exist are born of The idea which man calls "god •·
those that exist no longer.- Rig- only exists in the consciousness of
Veda. man himself. - BuiT»er-LJYllon.
\
INGERSOLL LOCKWOOD
Al:TIIOR AND ORIGI NATOR OF THE Cl'I.T OF THE Dl~IORT.\1. ltt: :M .\:\
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for [ set tW <·opy t·igh l 11 pon il . i 1 1
counLt·yJncn. . .. , H•lt 111
J "lw <'~lit use 1l , tt JHI d llw c l(•t·i<"s ll 1(
to a.ny IJO< Y • . ' H·,,l,
1. ~
1
W llel1
u~c
sttCCl o · •' •
should hardly cxpccl,. lcL lhem. 1l as n. rcmL·dy I
torpid liver au cl henri Jl :v ('l\I'Se I L r.lt
I have only
. •
one fn.Yor to nsk •
of nny• man or ·W()llHl.n
v,rho may p1ck 1t up, and that • f
ts: }{cad 1t through bCOt<:
you pass judgment upon 1t.
I'm entitled to that m~tch consideration anyway. lf
monarchs only had the tunc to read the petitions trem-
blingly handed up to them, there would be more justice
done in the world.
INGERSOLL Locxvvoon.
Saratoga SpTings, N. r.,
May 1,1910.
,
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t,U,f·r ,,Jd gt)d h:t\'< gon(' into eternal night . god" "lw
W'·n· (}fl('l '''111ft·JnjJOJ'Stl'y wit.h him. and e'en more po"l.!r-
ftd :wd sJclivt• than he \\U.S. F or j 11 .. tance. we mn;· a.:;~:
\VI ,t·r·r· an• t h(· gr,d of oltl. th god:, of mighty F' g; pt.
l u ""• ,. ' Il l•' nl • llllll't' t't fi II I'd '~ II jll' I'S \ ·" ·1111 I, I " " ('()li -
t I ,, II ll' tim I I ll' rt I)• \ ,.,. 11111 H\ I H' <I runk hy Uw
..tr.tnL , .,"
. you nn•
a 1u, it'1011 1o \IIH 1P rs ~ and
111
, tht' d,n· ot the •·oustinrr
_ ... 1n m 11 n n <1 \.
n fl·sh <'I' <H 1 wa.s
.. ' 'l jng t 0 .J nhveh. and \\ h}. no the 1TUtkc.s .~ot'l c•p lus
('!l .. . l.o
.... ur 1 au,t
, •thnt the church hul'l 1 }>c1,,·c1• t o c\'•w·s t any
d of ofl crmg. \nd 1 1nrk \Hll that ,,·\• 1' \c 1>1'11111 · ·t·lVC I
11
" abjc t fenr in th pr nee of ~ntnrc's C'onvulsions
.. p rfcctly natural. ~ t the ubtlc anc\ ever incrcas-
,., cncou rugcmcnl of hi uper tition hy the " mcdi-
"nc-man · und hi •· su c or and a. :-.igns" was the
fir t act of humnn tyranny that was destined to take
on uch 'a t t r ngth nnd colo~~a1 proportions as to
crO\H~J the ·rown d and ·cptrcd de pot quite out of
t u 'nc . 1\ nd now . even in thi~ free land of ours,
h ·r Lib rty ~ it enthroned in upcrb majesty and the
right of man ,u·e graven in large Jetter~ on brazen tab-
1 U, th • r1Lbbi prelate acerdote, clergyman, priest,
par1011 and th ir thou ands of a i tants, curat~-s, dca-
1111111, uol Jeri elder and presbyters stand re-ady
pon t ttempt to Joo en their hold upon t~c
old cr in different words: Great IS
I Great i Diana of the Ephc-
• • •
SGPERST I1 ' IO~
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t Ir 1Ono·ical, v.d lCil Lhc .sa<'Prdol f' S ' 't.s tl' H·y dr) .m tl :
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II ll t•c• ltctll fol , HIH' It su;
~ ' punty 1 .
p t:.yc· }w, ( 'allistc
tliH con
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' "1to11t I• 11 I IH' t' ,J o vc• Htt a h ·lac •cl • , ) a.n<
t ' cl.\'<ayand p}af'P(\
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Iin I h•' M1 •
,,,·n
ltrt lllt ll ll '" ' 11 14 llu· {;n·ut.
. • I . . ., ,, JH .tttlc! Bear: 1 I .
p ll ri te 11 11 1 ly ll 10:·w lw ld ted t 0 tl .
H! star~ were
1 ntc >1'1' . .
1111
till' P,.,·cltl• lwnl' f ll<' l.o t' H o f tltc human ntc"... , ::men . , t as As-
tt1L'It •
l ht' lov(·ly dau g ht<.
p11 n • 41 11d
,
' r of Them1· . , gcxl dess
of , ~~~ 1icl' 11 ud
. Ln.w, <'<>lll1Sellot·. of .Jove him self · ...\ strrea,
J ,ss of' Jllt l<H'(' II C' C and pun ty, was renlo"·"'d f
,to< ll(
< • • • •"' rom tl1e
r.tC kc·d wo rld a nd p la ced by ,Jove amana-
,, o the ·t ars as
\'irg<>, rr hc Vi rgin. Cadmus the inventor of letter' and
Jfcrcules the slayer of mon tcrs that oppr<:s ~ ~nan were
also lifted to the stars. ,.fhis :-.ysh:m of deification of
rtals a s practised by J choYn.h. the reformed and
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etherealized J ahvch, u nder a11d by d irection of his sacer-
dotes, has been and is the 1ncr e encourager of Sup er-
stition. Not ser vices to 1nankind arc h er e the movin g
cause, but t he greater or lc s nlU!::\Cula r Ct11lo~ity r esult-
ing from long-continued prayer . One of the~c instances
is that Simon Stylites of the 5th century. who r en1ained
alive for twenty-six years on the top of a colun1n ex-
posed naked to the elemcnh. To de>cribe the horrid
depth of Superstition to which his wor,hippcr sank in
their baleful io-norance
0 would defile t\HY. decent page.
A lover of his kind can only emit 1\ groan of despair.
Nor has the hand of the new worlll been li ·tle·· or idle
in the art of theotecture. During the 'l'oltec and Aztec
civilization of Mexico, a very e. teu,i,·c and intricate
theocorp, under the guidance and nu\nagenlent of an
50 p }:;:H. TITIOX
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(. J>J ... t was in exi~tcnce at th(' ti 1
JY 0 J(!-1 ..,, ne or
"~"~'. • J 1. 11 at 111011 sh·r of cruelty Cortez, who \~
H JTJ\' Il 0 I } • \\'!h •
•• t'tkr.n to he tlw To tee messiah. n
(';td nL (11 s 1· '
lt
. . .. . .. ' o d0 , 1
. 1 .. '\'JJif<· skw, for Ills .... mokmg and flam 1·
/rolrl JJ'> • - 11g 1
1
nt
1) J JL 1Jh• 1 I
. ., .~. ""lS
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not \'i:->ihl('.
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The
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god Taotl
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was
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~ 11' 1\
a~_ lh
r
1J<'fl<I o ILj 1js LlH'ocortJ, WI lh • •
tlnd:ccn ass1stant go..l\IS a.n t:I
I wo huncl rc·cl in fcrior dcJb~s, . under t.he command ~f
llH•i r frigh tfuJ 1\Iars, I I UJhilopocht~J' compared to
whom Lhc.· GYN·k go(l was a calf-eyed mfant of tend
ness. Even highly civili::~.ul peoples like their gods t::~
riblc in threat and execution. But some will exclaim_
for, wiU 1 a sLnmg<• incongruity in his nature, tnan
though a Jibcrty-1oving creature, yet rather than d~
his own il1inking ancl lwar himself the can•s of state
clings to Lhc very yoke that his oppressor lays upon hi~
ne<·k- VVhy is it that there arc so few cries of nescio
deos l
In a ddition to the rea-,on ahoYe stated there· are many
. others : The sacerdotrs ha vc so corrupted human nature
that at the least show of indifference or contempt the
priest balances anathema in his hand like Father J ove
ready to cast a bolt, an cl the parson threaten eternal
damnation. Then again, man's eYer present distru t
of woman's virtue comes in. :No matter to what horrid
depths of Supers6tion so-called religion may descend,
he calmly adds : It is good for them, women need such
a shoe on their wheels in the steep descents of life. And
another reason is that any and all worship of so-called
celestial beings forms a most admirable shield and cover
for that most despicable of all human weaknesses, hyp-
. who
ocnsy. And last, that terrible demon Ignorance,
f I I' I ,II ' I I ,;,
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lilt• J
11as· f' mmcc
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m tlw
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111111 1 1
IJI J J' I• lVI
d o n ot n~scmblc lum; he rcs<·mh l,•s us.
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I t will be urged that even Yo II ni •.,. dic•d Jl'r f .
1Je r1c f 111
· 1 1 ' ( .,,g
a goc and that he t'J'cd <•d a <'lnu·c·h at ,
l . tl . . . 1 rn
>can ng 1c. n~scnptwn: .Dco crc.ril Vollttire. 'f
a nswer to tlws 1 that the bmc had not vet co . t
• rne o crt
1.Y escio deo.~! Yoltairc made a hold fic:rht 'Lrrain t;:: •
' o' ··Uper-
s itio n ( L 'infame), and he wa~ satisfi<>d with that. T
h
Ihe'll. , ptii'I~~'I H of'Nrkid nnd r.;awdust ' ' wl len t 1tey diseov(•r
1 ,\J ol•l wt· :dI lll'c•,
I 1II t 1 , r '
c·an lav chilcl·
. J 1 en 0
f' flesh rl n d
hIelf' d j 11 ll~t · ll ' n t'IJI H. I PHI' a-.,tdr the VCI'1 S 0 f t IlC " hol1' f>S
. ,, I 'J'I 11 '.Y 11 1'<' I HI t t IH" eahinet"' f tl ..
'' I. J,nlws ·. . . ..., o te wondcr-
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i tlf'' t-. JIIJ'tl .ll :.tiiHIS!
h
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"' ·:f.
.11 tcl]loCl
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Jistil~e~·,t ~ cople right here within the very limits of
~ tlblic.r Without any exaggerat1on . . 1
1t 1as ma e
d
otl l' F ~ldcrness and the solitary place to b e glad for
1
heard, how the blind see, the lan1c walk. I.h,• l \q •)•'~'' Ul" ll'
cleansed, t he deaf hear an d t 11e d ca d <.\ re "''~ l"''(
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wr t bed · · tl11· tlw \H'"t \h C'
ec children of humanity' 15 · tl • tht·
ca do for you? Hundreds of ~fen '.::, \wf, '"' ll", ),i-
0 1 10
old 1 11 0 llcr ·lH'I 'u
er gods had given you a n1t1 C l > ~
SOl' ElfS'I /'J 11 J
tivc as.s unl.JI C(· of UH·iJ· divinity
t 1J1. L,
Ceres wilh l1<•r ug ,·i<'rdfaJn , j~ ,,'.l
l.VIinerva wi ll1 her wi,;dtH 11 , ,J llll'> ,.. •
1\1crcm·y with l1is c·tmJnH•J t·t, Vt 1
ihc l\fuscs wi tl1 t1H ir a..rfs.
Arc yc, cl1ildn·n of 1Jum:tnity, to )
first by one god :wcl tllf•Jl by : notJ ct-:
of saccrdotcs Jivi ng upon you, n d
you will pay fo1· it, o1· wjth :.t ('Ut
from their n.ltars in contempt~ I · r
day must be ncar a t hand when .}
wrath and drive out Sup<>r tition fr
as you h ave dti\'Cn out t_yram13
1Juman slavery from your fair land.
spangled with the star~ of Libert) w
b;y-· your fathers to cover nny other "
enlightened people, in who c mind ... and
ing ignorance or baleful Supcr ...tition . .}10
a lodg ment.
* * *
In all god-systems, from thf' Ycry ('rtrr :- ,
their evolution, ther e is a strongly mark\:--rl
construct a theocorp, so as to makl' ilh '~'
ticable, for surely it would be a mo. t. umf.
ceeding for a god to run about (' t'<'UI n~
orders, doing his own errands, 1ightinR U}
unloosing the winds, forging hi own thun••·....•••..:.i
conducting souls to their Ia t abiding-pi"
Egyptian and Babylonian theocorp ltl~'tl t •
at times of the most fantastic form Arr '~t b'
the Jell tho always took good eaft toP
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SU P J •: i! ,,~' l ' l ' I I(>
ll 11 111 ,., ' '"''II••' I :IIIP!d ltdllll s w<·n· .spt. lU>H· l c f or Fa.tlwr
, ' " ' ' ,I til\ ,.h_ '"'" llu· On•cinn ancl R
' 10 ' 1 , oman augurs
1'11 l.t•d I Ill'' ' '''"I~"' ' 111 11
1 I""'''
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<'herl<s ·ts
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the Y pret CJH1cd
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pllu~icl Pt•oll'l'l lnnl l111lf km•cl ing and with but partially
''H\'t'l't•d fnt 1' lt'lling- hiH god what n. "miserable ~inner"
1
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lwlp
, Its tt l'\ I 'I'
th\l ''"''I l\ 11'' III ltv ht\
t ..,ti•"'~· ",.
ltll'l't•d I:11'1' I 11\lr PI·,, I ' • ''11111'1II
\l l• • I l I n I 1111 . ti I'll\ 111
I , th •nt. t\,,ul llwnt nnd I hin~ 1'" n,, 1
•I' ="' ,. ' l' .· I . ,. 1IHs\ ist- 11 Ill' lh,. ''II I
\ •.\ll ..; \\ :\~\.• \ gt\':\ 1\\ hi s' \\lltlt•' •I ll'\11 ' liS cln • lt•t· ,
,ll
'h·~··
.
,. t,,r th~.·n'- 'ro \I '' npt·<l illt
\\' (\l.•ht111
. s lht·
t\lt~l'l\
jutdl,•,•t:-o. hl l h..: glnrittn· l ,, dlln~ll\ . 0,. "
1\\Cl'<.'il~· ll\~H\
l • ' h >\.! tOU\ ul
ttl li•''t\ltY. ll) lhc of 1
l . ~s ) oLLinu·
\\ \It·
·1: 1 :-- • ' l \ >tit· ll\\"
f f\'"P''l't. W(.: c. o . apo
. ngt~c fol· ll lCm 5 \V of O\t.t o,,"
on
n:ttl :1 nd
. 1
lC so { :ttlcd us, we Wot1ll l.
< 1old ere I his ~-><r l
111
. tl':l th Ius nose <'tnd cry him " 1Yllln-. our kn\tckll:s:.
• 6 f
.. JH.:lf " ~uH1 •• impostor." rand'' and
But wh:1t must we do now at the b'dd'
dole in order to savc the credit 0 ; t~~sg ,~f th~ s:tccr-
bcin"
::- ·· who has so tricked us ' led us ou andomn1potcnt
then ub
doncd us to the contun1ely
• an-·
of a world ' 0111Y too read
'•
t ouloat over the nusfortuncs
. of ca fell ow creature?
' l
Either we Inust take the entue blame upon 0\liSC . 1VCS-
no matter how sacr ed our cause to us - or cry out tlu.tt
he is punishing us f or our sins or the sins of our fathers
and we did not deserve his help! '
Or, we must save his credit by bowing our heads at
the sign of the sacerdote and murmur humbly and con-
tritely : His way s are p ast findin g out; the wi dom
of this world is foolishness with god ; though l\c sltl.Y
me yet will I trust him · whom he lovcth, he chastcnclh:
' d' t
the battle is not to the strong; it is not in rnan to ucc
his steps; all nations b efore him are as nothing; thou
tenderest unto every ma n a ccording to his . work.
of the utt et.
There could not be a better illustratiOn
~{ p F HSTIT 10
I ,, II l
tttllll i l't tl y Jllll ltj{IIII J lJy II
- · nr
r J Ja
· C nd I "il] ·
you. )f.an co r proof o i:} e ru h
I l1. f . . hat
oe ~ 1 hrone tha
by the fact t d ro,-... hJ . . aod b~ 1 .
• .J ftYin
too great a tas · pon ·m or b,- ununoning hi~ tf:!
do a thing re to "njure the credit of hi~ prie-thoO:.
!~ather Jov·e·s priests were ,-ery careful in this re P~t.
they always made hi oracles capable of a ··yea ·· or
"nay" interpretation . It i the onlv -.. afe way .
.Jehovah, the softened and etherealized J aln·eh. wa,
no soon er ~eated upon hi-.. throne than t ht..: ~acerdotes .
while bidding him not to let loo ... e fire or thunderbolt~
upon the earth, not to wipe out a great city through
the agency of one or more of hi~ angel~ of destruction.
not to sn1ite the :;coffers with di.-ca:-;c or pestilence. none
of a ll these, but nevertheless committed the 1nost woe-
ful error of calling upon him to de ·cend to enrth him-
self, in any form he might choo e to nsstune, and
through the agency of a daughter of Eve to incarnate
himself. ,Jahvch, not a great lover of won1en 'tis true.
had nc·vcr in his wildest manifestations of affection
for his people ever dreamed of doing such a thing.
Only }•,ather ,Jove had .dared to wa~ on earth for that
pu rposc. It was an awlul risk, and could the sacer-
dotes ha. V(' foreseen how the miracle ould live to rankle
in rninds " sicklied o'er with the pal oaat of thought,"
tJ 1cy n(·V(· J· would have sanctioned it; Day, 11ever would
hu vc• gi vcn it u. rnomen~'• terioua thought.
IIud Uw rww god only been better advi ed, 1le would
have 11 t )cust imitated ather Jo e and !Dade his descent
S U J> J·.. ftST f'J' J(JX
. f 4-5
tl on cart11, lll . a orm
. so
. p oetic ' "
oO fll..}.:itCTlOU...
. :,0 lJ
P
. g· to chaste nnagma bon s that U1 . . .' a ur-
Jn ., . . ' mcarnabon mi"ht
}lflve been 1ather susp ect c c1 than assert d . o
" 'i · . .. · 1 " . e ' mtght haYc
'-
"Cll fl.Jl l IS Sr\1 ,C ' () )' ~l n H It J. S r• ) ::tHO(!(
. }".. or a :; one
IJ
Hljght. a1rnost f.: ay. But nfJ, he came fr om 1lb .. t 1n-one-
room
. m the . clouds a.s a tall, hand"(Jtnr-, ·so t o spcak·, god -
}Jke fl.gUlC, one of the most ch.zzl;ra " ' • 0
, d Impo,:,mg
an · ·
members of the thcocorp, not hcan ed, tru~, but male.
masculine, muscular, manly, he gradualh· c~lothcd him:
self in visibility, a n d his raiment assum;d the crlow of
phosphorescent light as twili~ht falls: he stoocl in the
presence of a clark-eyed and full-tre.;,scd maiden es-
poused to a just man - *" ~ * i?: *
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H ad I continued: it " ere n eedful that my p en be dipt
in ink of crimson hue that the glow of shame should
redden this page, for here was an act that smote the
white and velvety check of female Chastity a stinging
blow, which still echoes in the cars of self-respecting
ifomanhood. Here was a deed that spat upon the
of mankind ~tnd outraged human reason and
it to scorn, - a deed that set the horns of
upon a pure man's brow ; and as ?ab~icl
his wide-extending wings th ere came np~lmg
the sides of sky-piercing Olympus the nbald
. G 1· at Pun was not
~.nu~r of the assen1hled goc1s, f <>I e" . . .
yet. a , the blood of that day's v!Ctnn sbll
. y l. blc floor about
"Ull~en m the grooves of the w ute mar t 1· were that
V
altar of Father Jove, the ho1Y cs a s
.SLT p 1': HST IT IO l\
10 .
. . s~ ilHr t ill' Fo li llll flnd Lh c people Wt• t· , 1
1uoment < I o. h . 1 1 " "-ll~ •\
.
1
• tl (l
I-.l.l'i~
.. 1·11 00 • t he 1r shnc ows n s t 1cy J>l l""•>.,('(
I 1.!
I 11 ,g'
·
,l
t l , Gnnymcd c, w •t t ]1 1aug'1'ltng
. eyes a , 1\tl ' I
the ~ we«' )O.) . nc1 t·o~
.. s w·tshin a· the wmc cups of the gods in
fincrc rs . " <h
0
c o . Wn.h,Y
t ed front the rock at the str oke of P c r
tlwt p ou gn.~lts'
1100 f ' and the Graces had begun
d d
t o dance before tl
l(!
. of oo-ods and men. The ec was done, and tl1cr~
kmg
ami'd tllc dark
' foliage of t he tree of Snpcrst' , 1t·ton'
g rafted upon Ignorance, hung t~e largest and fairest
fruit jt had ever borne, red and npe to r ottenness, and
)fankind reached up and plucked and ate till the quabns
of satiety checked them, and, as they ate, they spat
t he seeds out upon the rich black soil beneath their feet.
* * * * * *
I f the J e\-vish mythology were but illumed with the
rush light of common mor ality , it Inight, in spite of
; Ls fllth and obscenity, enjoy to a greater ~egree the
respect of human reason, but almost from cover to
cover, wjth here and there an except ion, it is fairly
r ncrusted with theft , f r au d, deceit and chicanery, and
,Jnhveh is himself the chief est sinn er of them all. Could
a ny more cowardly and dishonest a ct b e conceived of
than t he manner in which h e cau sed the walls of J ericho
to tu mble down flat, and t h en instr ucted h is people to
walk in and d estroy ma n a nd woma n , y oung and old,
IJII l to take good care to put all the silver and gold into
tlH· trcnsu ry of the house of the Lord? Now it may
b{~ where t he world learned the gentle art of indis-
Hccn
criminate slaughter and pillage in war times. And
when t.he kings of the Amorites gathered against thero,
,fahvch said unto Joshua, Fear them not, and then
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I 1 to cnsl do"n noTcnt
t)till'l'l't l'«
t ones f rom h
''II I tlttlt't.' of l he enemy than tl I. caven, and
I ll
It tIn' s" o rd.
• 'j
, •\\ " It
lC c llldrcn
of I srac1
.. . l
·
one hundred t 1lOliS<UH l mnoccnt I1uman beino-s 0 slaY
.
women and of ten tunes, cI 11'1 <Ircn, at such a con
o ' lll<:n ,
1Inand I
The world will never know the exact numbers that ·
. d . .
sJmn, often two to three thousan 111 a stnglc co Were
. . m:rn~
ntty, under most appnl1rng torture. Why did not thi~
·'jealous " god, so anxious :thYays to keep all other
gods out of hi:; domain, hurl one of his thunderbolts
or even a huge ::;tone, as he hud done before wll"n
' ~ as~
:sisting his people in battle, :straig-ht at the head of the
witch of Endor, at that famous seance, and get, himself',
the credit of haviug J-..i11 cd at least one witch? And
to think that our fat hers brought ovc•r to this fai r land
of F r eedom and the right :s of nmn this hellish Super-
t itian, and that nineteen innocent beings, men and
wo1nen, met their death as it Yictims before our fathers'
eyes wer e opened and they rca]ir.ed that thei r minds
wer e under t he pell of inbcritt,c1 clc:Iusions which for
tl1e nonce had t r ansformed t hem in to monsters of cru-
elty! But before the end ca1ne to this sudden and
tempestuous stonn of Superstition, freedom's air was
polluted by the terrible spectacle of one execution by
peine forte et dure, the life of a brother man crushed
s1ow1y out of his . body by superposed we1g . hts ·I Oh,
think of the unspeakable horror of it! Giles Cory wasd
1118
. name, and a shaft ol the blackest marble shoul
..
. grave to be an etemal reminder to the cttJzens
Inark h1s li ,
of our Republic of the abysmal depths towbib c reg
otl Su p ( r t"l"c
b Jo, d );
0 ur
by the di a p P<.::.t , ~
cringing, mut b · ;.:;..
hado" y throne :
by a snow-\\ hit.e onf·
Recl1r istening .J
world any, sa\"£: a
full strength. T e
dropt ~ .Jahveh no _
ing meat laid upon
up the war upon Lhe 2'0<h
H owe,·er! as I ha¥e !5"",._.,...._,... tneocorp a.-- r_ y
increa ed by the addi-: ew member-. and
b~· great swa~;;: o: fe e thin2 alw·1~- ...
abhorrent to J aliYeh. T' ese c n _ . . n -ura h· called
for an enlarged sacerdocy. for · mu .. - a ''ay .. be borne
in mind that the two a ay .. ba ance each oth -god-
ridden, priest-ridden - and -he poor. i!!flonun wretch
has more prayer'- :o mum e and more tax to. pa~· to
lr-.-
~
his sou1 1n
. a ..a 1,-a J e co di·lt.on • I t wa-. m other
.." 0rds, t he satne old ~uper
,. . .. -. . .on ... 0 ttl,-• clld
. .
in t>ret t. r
.r
• . d h to -. flh,f,· th 1 ,... ~
~..rments, w1th altar' !!au Y enou... ·f t · i
t.ft .... d ulon· o ' .amt:
reant with a "litter oi candl n ,. . . •t l'Cl in
IJaa. ~ h th en:r \H ne . . -.t
the ' past anytlung tlle world a th . .hndowy p:\xi-.
lllatter of ten1ples reared to pi ..
Oil ..1._~
~ shadowy thron -. . - to rtlt on
b_~ t conhnU ..
~.,.. in spite of it all, Laz~ru . . t thri1· t'ld
~~ d0 cr· nrc ll
t • ..,.. ID&rble doorsteps, and the '"" ' l l'l ,l·r;lplll
~ d the bon::- z
• The window open an
SlJ Pglt ., ,
~ . ~ ll '('
iou:-o ~lll)(' l"stllion ·. TO \"
IH ('Hp I
. . n. )I~ of si11 1..
0 ur helovl'd land 1l<1.:-l HJ
he \.lllrr •
by the disnppcara en Pllrgcd f h' . n.nd not until
nee of tl o tJlJs ·f l .
cringin o·, munlbl" lc last k . . aw u crnnC'
h l Ing Worshil) ncelmg, . hivcrin:P"
had owy t \roues sh ll Per of sha 1 C"l
. ' ou c that b < c owy gocls on
by a snow-wh1tc onn"'· lack column bc rcu 1acco1
* >f:• * :!•. L
Rcchristenjng J ahvcl J . .
1 e1lovah h
* *
world nn y, save ns a. dilut d . .as not helped the
c poison 1s 1 h f
full strcn oo'th. Trun~ tlle blood css
'fi
arm ul than
t J 1 1 1 Y sacn ccs haYe been
drop , a 1vc 1 no onger enJ· oys tl
. . . le sweet odors of roast-
mg meat la1d upon h1s altars' nor docs J chova11 k·ccp
up the war upon the gods of Egypt .
. However, as I have shown, the theocorp was largely
increased by the addition of three new member and
by great swanns of f emalc angels - a thin b0' n.hva •v ·
abhorrent to J ahveh. These changes naturn.l1y called
for an enlarged sacerdocy, for it must ftlwn.ys be borne
in mind that the two always balance each other - god·
ridden, priest-ridden - and t he poor, ignorant wretch
has more prayers to mumble and more tax to. pay to
keep his. soul in a salvable con d"t'
1 1on.
It was m other
.' . .
.. 1 1 d m pretbc1
Words, the sa1ne old Supcrshbons, on Y c ~ h t
a·h to sabsfv t c mo~ ·
garments, with altars gaudy cnoub d ·l . , ·of stnined
em.£
reant with a glitter 0 f can d1 cs an bo on~ritncsscd in
G
n1en who n1ake a wry face when they ~ee a man co:-
sober in their midst. -
To sum up then, in spite of our common schools.
acade1nies and colleges, in spite of our thousand.5 o i
liberal publications, in spite of our libraries o:f scienci:fic
books, in spite of our lectures on the evolution of t:he
universe, in spite of the spread of free thought and the
manifest weakening of many of the old theories. yet
Superstition still exhales a certain " odor of sanctity.··
and thousands of sensible 1nen and wmnen ~it ~undaY
after Su,nday and listen with grave faces to the reading
of fabulous doings and n1onstrous tales that q u·pa''
the . imaginative fertility of the Arabian Xight.s. Ou r
children, fresh from their school books, from wlnch the~·15
have learned that the earth-ball, like the gyroscope..
supported in space by the incakubblc swiftness. ~f ,t~
revolutions and that stopt for the thou•and-nnlhonth
. 1 ] f' 11 yet there stands the
r~
Pa r t o f a second 1t won c t]a ' f nt·tstic storY o f the
1
aowned priest drawling out e a c · •
,I I sr I'I ·~ H S' I 'I' I ' J() N
•
.)(i
I ·ccciv-ing
, or holdlltr , M~" "" Y I Iff'I I IIJ) I '
·ndiv1dunJ, dek gn lloll f'lt H"n, 1Jl ) t 1y 1
l • '
l':dtt tOn Jmff t 'if ), rr' t., rf,J,),. t } JHJ:ul l,(· '
tl,:ttiJ:tw lo~t·dfJ,'rk'rd:udr,' u tfc'rrv( L 1~
• • ~ uc:c:ur 1.( ,
J,,.J p, Id I up, s nw,hf, :u d fJ!-r ,1it.. Hrc r:1 <'-t Jr., Vf· f , .. t ' h
soap-bubble
. . of ra1nbow
, hue burst· bY the breeze of the
rrusclnevous boy s blowil1oo- · What would b e lef t of
them would not be more substantial than the fabric of
the forgotten dream the morning after.
But not so with the world itself, for take man out
of it and its most luscious and fairest-cheeked fruits·
would r evert to their poisonous and acrid originals ; the
lovely hundred-petaled rose would shrink to a button;
the green and velvety meadow would forget its quiet
beauty; the faithful dog, beautiful in eye and limb,
would go back to the rocKy kennel of wolf and jackal;
the lithe-limbed horse, the soft-eyed heifer, the iris-
necked pigeon, the thick-fleeced sheep ~··ould fade awny
to the rude types fronl which man hftcd them. The
nOble rains would shrink to infinitesimal s,zc, the ~uc-
g fil k bs the luscwns
culent vegetables dwindle to n·ous no '
..
• Y.C'J 10 • • • ECOND
'('II f'. cr · IT
1
~ OF '1 I l l""·
'• l) I ~ I O H.TA L lll .. ~ l .AN
~xi ~
st 6 . 'CI smf tm 0' n d
1
Jouds would r<dc out of • st cncc on hJs 1n t unstable
-:~y
c . . . . b
the suntlc ts map t . tl . · as rcath.
. ' . lCl c would be no such de tl1
50
. hle o f rmnbow
.u.p-bub , .h ue hurst
· bY. thc b recze of the
nusclncvous boy s blmnn 0o-. 'Yhat \Hm . ld b e lef t of
them would not be more substantial than th e f ab n· c of
the forgotten dream the morning after.
But not so with the world itself, fo1· take man out
of it and its n1ost luscious and fairest -cheeked fruit .
would revert to their poisonous and acrid originals; the
lovely hundred-petaled rose would shrink to a button;
the green and velvety meadow would forget its quiet
beauty; the faithful dog, beautiful in eye and limb,
would go back to the rocky k~nnel of wolf and jnckal;
the lithe-limbed horse, the soft-eyed heifer, the iris-
necked pigeon, the thick-fleeced sheep would fnde ":'·ny
to the rude types from which man ~iftccl
.thenl. rhe
nOble grains would shrink to infinitesnnnl "zc,, the .~nc-
. dl t fibrou!o\ knobs, the ln~c lous
culent vegetables dw1n e o ·
()(}
( ' 1 ] 1 ,'1' ()J • . , . , , , ,.
• ' I MM (IWJ J\1,
tm• •l wi ll 11 • Jr ~ ~J.
l>t · t't'lt 'f
•
lt11 cl /o'"'d 11
I
d 1 •11 1, , . ,
ll 'ft' fi', I ·y J I j, .,,,,
' II Ill 1 II lfi(JI)J' 'VNI dd
li lt• IH'IItrly tJ!' HIJ ;, rJ,. t • · I ' I I
• N I l },1 1 1 '/I I 1 J 111
l)lt'c/,-; f o1 111d fJ 11 , 111 11 c•/ , I . ' :tlld :1 p
VI' I I fii 'IVtd f' 11
( I'J 'Iti tt fidel ·I 11 ,,r,·h:,r<f
h ' f' l ll { IIIJ( 1 pf ~'tl ltll f C If J J((d,<Je
g-i f'l. of l"i OIIg" in LIH· ~o~l ,.,,u, J 1' we; dd I(;~ tt 'l'i.'''Y
• ; ) ~ I• I H' J ,• ,J f (
of II H· Wot·ld I lJC· t·,.f·,,.,. Wt J 1 f • c, b.h Ht:-r
crod fc .. , . Jll ( J(• ft, ft)b it of .
,..., ' JJ ' , IN fl u· lltu nsw 11 • t · ·
1
1 tn
If •t H7 Juun'>rf 'tl 't .
Hnrg-111' C'OJJ s c·itHI S IIf'SH ~OI If l iJ · t . , } J I rrtrcl.
.
I11p;ltc•J' a11d lt ig-l~t•r (' 1' ·l per •~ts
' 11· rn~
· 1 (t
. . xoc s gt, c1own to thei,· b T I,
llr gltl' IIH·i t· lPtuplt·s f :d l fc J'l. tl . ,, ·~ tad
· ' ll!l: t<:Ir :lltar ,
L hc•JI' s:t C' reel \\ J'i I j Hgs on Iabl"ls of }J• c.J d crurnbi ..
I I (J ()' IC'{' l (l l 1 ' I t '\ <lr ene cJa,. J 1
.I£! I•
M c H 11 ps, )ll .l,fan the Immortal I-I k
1 tl , uman now
no ( en 1. lurncd fron1 one J>ath he tr d
·1 . ca :.. anothe-r.
pyramJC s arc but mde- tones in hi cour c }•'. ·. ·
. . . · . . 'er r1 10 '"'
111 power arul (hgrut} the human mind bur ~~ f :;,
• • • rom the L.')
du·ysal1s of one ac:re to 1 read it:; w 1"11 rr · • h
o o... m anot er
~'l'is IH:~ ~ l~at js. immo~·tul, for 'ti he that is the uprem~
est rnanlfe. lntron of 1\rature· eternal deYelopment of
lower fonlls into higher·. J'or ages upon age ~ he him-
self has Lecn 1'inu•, the god~ the mere sun-dial-.: he
hirnself the glorious dawn, all the '; go:-tpe} ...., but the
nlcr<' crow of the chanticleer; but the lying dial can
no longer keep up the deception that it measure off
it ' own 1nateriaJ, nor the silly cock persuade the world
t-hnt the dawn comes at its call.
• • • • • •
Thi " ure and 6rm-set earth" is but trembling
con-
quagmire and un table sand compared to humanh but
. t we ave
sc1ou nes . The earth may be there or no ' . bsO'
• ness ts a
the proof of our senses; but our conscious
<' U I .'I' OF ,,I II t ~ I
)utt·ly• t'ttnl. ''""' ' II II• I)J I
1
~I :\I< >HT.\ t . 11 1' ~~ A
jo 80 IIIIIIII 'IIKIII'IIhi
.) ldm._ ,.,V11 IIl'l'Oln l' , •I. nut· •
. 'I Iii
w te ll t ' Oll l}llll' t•d \ () •d I(
• ol h,. 1. I'lll '('l'k
IIIII 1 f '"' ""''" ,
,.,
I
said o f' I hi li ·' •nn'I,. I' IHn.) h(• "'lid 0 I' o 1 N,llu,.,. Il lld
, • S I(' n I 1• . I lw
ot Kl'1'1l'" I" I"' I <Ill .ol ,, }H' \'I()() 1 rn·l11·I I \\llh
.. IfII II
''" I hunh·l
Worlds IIIH \ I. . ' 1 ('Ill ('()II . . n<>< I'll li I'(• " :
~
mom "t t uuc. i< :thsolu tel y c·augh t up bv the I . ' ·t 1
.
Humn.n nlHl lifted for •'\11 insbnt
• to a ·1.ug11er mmot
potcnb-
nhty of t hought. •
But we arc no longer dependent upon these
" guesses. •• g 1onou . 11 they were; we have now the
ab olute t ru th a · obtnincd ,,fter long, patient and actual
study of Na tu rc her ·elf. From her Yery first crude
experiment in mode · of motion, there has been a steady
Progression t oward· higher forms until the Immortal
B:uman crowns the sublime edifice of uprear- ~ature's
ing, and o wonderfullY c01nples: and highly cYolved has
b.eome the humnn
the ord"
mi~d
thnt it is no longer bound by
f , , t ·e but rises in its eten1al
'lid
m a rJ 1aws o .!." a u1 '
Petaistence to a -clf-es:istence, to an entity
.
qu,fte
f u . sel -recorc-
t
ap~Il.
f'reed from all the conditions o n1a del' d ret- ~l'th
u·100Cf en owe \
~ ~~M:U-preserYincr1::) , self-contro '
., - t.l'
f)!l ('[ ' LT OF Tll E I M \fOR'rA.L fiUi\1 1\~
r·o~pc·d and pro<; peC't, lltcrnory, will, ('011:-;cicntsnhis. rJ'hi -.
;~ Ia fine (leur of Nature'!; growing, nncl its pt•J'ftltnc ·
IS
fo, c, pity, sympathy, kindness, a nd that even halanc·(!
we ca/1 j usticc.
True, thi, "eternally persisten t" is but a highly-
evolved force of Natur e, and it is wrapt for a t ime in
the cerement of lightly solvable and disintegrating mat-
fer; but tl1at brief space of time is but its "Wander-
jahre," its apprenticeship during which it may, if it
strive, take on new beauty, new grace, new aspirations,
in its ascent to a still higher plane of existence.
All human love lies but in remembrance, and if this
" Soul " can carry that with it when its eart hly enve-
lope bursts and sets it free, then all is well!
As an eloquent English writer has put it : So long
as we can be certain that our actions and t houg hts in
this life will help to determine our conditions and our
relations to those we love, in the next, we can afford
to smile at death.
Tbc scientific fact of t he eternal persistence of con-
sciousness is the simple concept that lies at the base of
tl1e New Cult . I t is as free from all Superstition as the
p ure air of the garden is f rom the miasmata of the
swamp. It will not, can not shock the 1nost sensitive
mind that bristles in anger and disgust at the mere
mention of schemes of" salvation " through the agency
of gods, ang els, etc., and, while it is natural, it is highly
p oetic in that the soul is not turned loose in some im-
measurable corner of space where the millions of mil-
.
l1ons of dep arted souls have congregated; but like the
subtle currents caught up by those antervruz only to
crJL'I' OF TilE J.i\1.:\IOHTAL II U.i\IA~ 63
• tlJC'Y are attun('cl in pcrfP-ct harmony th I
1
/JJl' 1 • • , e m-
'1
or111 1 J Junwn wdl •
be atb·actccl to those
•
he 1o 1
YC<. on
10
• , fpr who111 l]C IS expected and whom he lonrr.. t
11 1 11 ' .r 0 S o
1lift'
~(.' \\·i lll, and th i!j thought will buoy him up throu rrh
and influence him powerfully so to live as 110 t ~ 0
11111
r, spot or !:'tain the immortal part of him. ·
Y.: * * * * *
'l'hc sent imcntal injunction to "love thy neighbor as
thyself" has piled up more hypocrisy in this world than
can well be measured. Love js not the creature of an
outside will, nor is it, like beauty, " its ovtn excuse for
being ." It may seem capricious or illogical, but its
foundations are firm-set if we but knew it.
Besides, it is a non-circulating medium, and poor
coin wherewith to pay a debt to a neighbor. It may
flatter the g iver's vanity and he may think that he ha
parted with something; but it wn ~ only a sop to elfi ·h-
ness. The N ew Cult's bed-rock principle i ·
HELP OXE .ANO'I'Il.EH
Sympathy for, and interest in , arc the vcr.v parents
of affection for a f ellow being. It is waste of time and
money to preach a gospel lo those who arc already
p ersuaded. Thi is the '• vl'ry t'<.'~tasy ~· of st'lfishncss.
the apotheosis of self. J csns ln id down t lll' p:·itwi~)h'
that it is "lawful for any Olll' to <lo whnt he "til wtth
his own." '!'his most yiciou~ principle hns put tlw world
where it is to-day.
To this the New Cult says: I \), n thousnnd tinws
no! We cannot <lraw l\ hn'nth "itlund l'~lhhing ~lll\\l'
crust witlwnt tn:lking·
one of air; W<' cnn no t gnnw n
(I I t I I 'I r Jl I I
r, Jr{ JA
"' ,,,
r, or U ·rd
{ '
r r, t'r { rn J t (..,l.t..' } •
'
1
r • t c·t' er t IJ· tr}:,-<:k
• •• ,
r •£ d r g n c.:lo:tk 10Jt
111,,, . ''PCJH •x.~e-~,~; f J ;
'' ern v,ritin(, th·t}
n ill P".Y f',,,. il wJJ"II Jl 1~rr . :; f)gt=. n a l(!
l \.
tirp:tlcd.
.
lOOt ancl brallcl
1, :111 d II
•·tcr- :Hlcl sl I
lOU fl b .
• ..... ,nth the god:-; and lh . IHt all ('cl"st" 1
!! 011 (OC'orps in} I. . . ht r('
t\C blcn snppo ·ed to exist . Ht Hbng lhl'nJ tl l
I1' • • • • 111 pn s t \a
·c}Jt ahYc m certain modi£!" l f c.. ages nncl nrP now
lid orms b . I
wN·c and arc the creations f l . . Y t lC snccrdntcs
. o lis mm . f '
the present s:ystem of gods · tl 'gma ton, nnd that
. lS 1C most h f
world has e\cr seen in that , · arm ul that the
' man 4;) reason , I .10 t 11'
lnn·e in their unfolding outr th ctl1( c Jgencc
un c power of th
dote to k eep up the dcce tion c sneer-
. £ P ' and the con~cqucncc 1~
that Ill tens o thousands
. . . s man, f or polwv'
of case . nll·
or fron1 a morb1d d1sposition to •sU ff er. .c1UC1cnt· ··wronn·. .
0
inherited
•
from
• •
his forebears
•
rather t} a ·t
1 c n s rugg e or 1 f'
their abolition, continues to bow down before o·ods he
does not believe in and to listen to the recital of fables
from ancient mythologies which in his heart he despise .
T he X ew Cult has no gods, no heavens, no hells, no
purgatories, no angels double-winged or scxtnvle-
winged, no churches, no altars, no priests in embroid-
ered copes, no ministers in gowns, no par::;om; in bln.cl,
coats, no bible, no prayer-book, no dogma~. It appeals
to man's r eason and not to hi::; Supcrslition, to his sclf-
respect for shadowy gods on shado" ~·
respect and no t to . . Be thine o~cn pncst, . and t1It
t hrones. It says t o hun ·
within thee thine only god.
Immortal Human . l k, the tu\1\\l' of
1 11
The follower s of the New cu,,tp\~'1 ·l,.~tsc'' nnd h~ or-
1 . t " or ~v< l ~ . ,
"Humanist s," " Cu tJs 8 . f ·~nlpnnions under the
0
ganized into corporate bodtcs < . Circle of - -:'
·tnl Unnuln ·
title of " Cult of the I mn101f Gunr<1.wn~,, 011e-hn.lf "mncn,
0
with a prescribed number
on~half men.
I 1!
I I I I I' f ' II
' 'I I I I
( '" \I I IJ l',ll't At,
'llltlltlltll I
lnt II " 1 /II
f d '' '' t d '
I I I,I I" 11111
II II
'"''
I,,,,, I,,,,,
'
'I I
I I tI I I II II
•
\llrru~ t
0 •
1. Little 'I
.o\ 0
t}
lCl' • I .
nnd Ill<·
chddrcn \\ ho hel P t o rc· )as 1n hon or of. tJ
1 fnmily.
Sepl. 1. :i\J ot het· · and F· "r tte w •·ldt•r
..tther . n
ay. }'est ~ l '
, t \V t•k f' ~
prepared b v the ( I '11
t ( ren. \11< Spr<'ad
ihc Children). ·
~!'lobu SO. . ol IIIII ( 'olllem platinn of the Higher Life.
O\ cJuher. Hepol't I>uy of H umanity Ilou. c in all its
d<-part men t .
One sid<." of the . cw 'u1t i Intcrc~t in and Devotion
T
rae.
'l'h ( ~ I .• 1 of th<' ~~ ew Cult will be a• Tri,mgle,
• r uu . c. L • • Hu_
'• ft ,j, ,,. () r \\ hich 'ItaI] 'I and I he II 01 cb .
on th ,.. ri "hl. ~ chuol- Jlou,c. at the ba e:
() II t II ' ;
nat II ()llS( , 0 .
70 CULT or Tfil·... • l"(JRT
f .L " AL H'-
'-:L
'rowu IIalL• that •;,..
..
"1,,
• ' ..n.
_ - 1:.. .LIGH
C'.\L (~O\"f;H.KMJ7'·T
- · .... · "].,he comt on t
( 'u] t wi]] be a butterfly \\ i h flat c . , ded
typical of the voul.
Such. briefly outlined, i the u of ' I
.IIu man. VVhi1cpointing'·o 11 g I r p I an o r
u a l.
J t never for a moment forget 1 c it port
Parthly apprentice hip. B autifu d :d d
thoughts can enhance th b ul) of t
n1an. Int r t ·n t1 c incJi, "d I f r rt
touch hi oul when all el e fail : but it must be an
i ntel1 ig n , un ·dfe ted · t r
:-;} mpath). The '' ( 1
in th i j ourneJ througl
the rich 1· doe n •t chung r 11f or ip: t ro d · ...
often tccp and hard Jet u h Ip one another along. If
I Ji Ill]>, let rnc lean on . our houlder: if your food giv~
Oll t fall hack on Inine. rH help you in the cold. you
help rlle in the heat. If I faint, hurry to the brook for
cool wnter; if your shoes wear through, take my extra
pair. If I die, bury me; it will leave so much more for
you. It never was mine in reality, but I will call it o
in order to 71J to accept it.
Forw ! w~a almost at the end any-
wny.
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Till<.. L\1:\I RT. L
lll \ L\ "'{
' t'hl'~l.' pnt'\H . . r
\wrt.' t'or l h ' s~ 1 su~h they mn.- be called.
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. c pnrpost.' o t' ..,,, .
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i.rht thl' waY tm ·.. t l,t they. "rc but a feeble !!low
• \,\lt s a n cnbrelv new ath \fa\-
} . other
· hands will add oil t 0 tl 1e- 1n.mp pand .nwk . - up
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l- ·· .. ~ ( 1 Ul·1 110 1' Sa('rfllllt'IIL
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I
There is a Kingdom and its na me is L oYe
1n a land that's eYer ncar,
And a soul d wells thert' of n.. maiden fair
Whom I hold mos t p assi n g dear .
II
That Kingdom is filled with n wonder ful light.
Yet not from its palact• or tlu·onc,
But only from glow of thnt beautiful soul
That dwells in that Kingdom alone.
III
For she is that Kingdom whose name is LoYr .
That Kingdom her elf alone,
41J\nd some fair day with love for a crown
1 n come to that empty throne.
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drift th rnnp:h l't>s·v-l.\1\lt•d1\Htrb l)' h· R<'lll pl,· whil pu rt·,
\\A' t tnt t 1\. H>it'l ?. 0
1 1 ~ll''·\1· .nw , illtll nmg . <',wintry
Lh<'l' t rays
ntor<', " ' 111 y name 011
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tllll'lt.' lll' \\ and stt·· more, once
.Ill 0'(' hot l
()JICC mort; . m) n.mw ."n:w I;~~ "WI 't'ln.:ss to th v ton
h no"' tts p;lln<· ! '1'1 • . • l l\1!' watch th :
thee and tlw f ll l
1 'fl
1 I mmorlal II y
n < C( petals vcxrd tl t1bman stirred within
es,
beloved! l~ps,
~e ~
o o. 'k lOU art ·st'll1
lwaulif 1 btc ud. Al1, sav
t
A ou 1 . hinc · th oup;11 mnsk." l' . clovcd' · H ow could
ll 1
n een. unfc·lt and \IIlS\lS}>L'l'tl'd
. . u f m l < ullcst argil' walk
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And thought1es~
'en l'd
throno· . l ,
n' Ill
ort t? The dull
< nt on self . 1\t pass it bv
H c with it and .l'. ·l . . . ' t Jmg
l<< 1ts lughc· 1 ·'
Eut oYe wonld .., ) na nrc not.
ton un 1~cnnel it f .
Can 1set its impress on tl . I
B ' Ol mortal love
It u w· . . l nnnortal Human, lift
p, Ipe from ltS tenuous garb both s .
Cleanse it from c ·trll . . . f . pot aml stam,
Enn bl . . : ' ' 111 ccttOn, strengthen, beautif
o e It, unttl "' nature's own good tim y,
Unfolding in progrl'ssion infinite etcrnc e
O r£
Th' . tnheritance
1 e and tts :· fndcs) from the
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f memory as hath existence prece'dent.
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1 h:1t rwvc:r
-- c· mp t·IPS ont w lll.1e her swret lips
·
H(·st on 1't s crysta1 b rim. Thou art not gone.
( \Yrilt<·n in my voutl)
on 1to twsl \o k nc~, ·1 1wfm·<· ..1lt·. 1
T
1 n onk for ., 1 ' .tr or throne
\ on . H\1'\'<'St wlH'rt·
d 1hnm st to e· 11 l . l.
. not Hng is sown .
~:thlfl'
• Ll mnse l{ ,.il , 1 '
'f
wnl·~\
\\he n snys: ,, Tl < am abject
'f O<' 1 to cl. > 1 . IOU nrt god - s l nn d up erect!"
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chrl·
c C \IS l'Vf'S. mak"
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• ,ness ntH truth 1 mg C
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ny
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mght,
1' l .
Too h01wst lo nsl f l a one Jg lt;
, • ' ' OT a tea \"l!\1 h• CUI"C
l·or tlls that ltunt:lltit\· 1m rs to c. llCl . .
rl"" 1 • m:c,
•oo. lnn c~t
. lo ask fo r •·t crttst
· o.r n cup,
\\ llll e r:un ctnnclh down and grain COtl1cth np;
Too honl'st to 1n-a~· that ct ernn1 decrees
Be changed as a crcntut·c of moments may please ;
Too honest to enll for a balm from above'
While earth is :tll budding and blooming with love;
Too honest to dream of a life of pure bliss,
While workers and helpers are needed in this;
Too honest and brave in the battle of life
To falter while thousands are breasting the strife;
Too honest to think of an arn1or of prayer,
While bravest of bosoms go naked 'enandinbare;
thoucrllt,
oo honest to reach for a crown, c " It·'
Whil
T b tl t are noblest of laurels ]lave nang'
rob mother-earth hof a t~a~nd the bier ;
e rowsto 1a
honest
rt b nd o'er t e pa
buroan h ca s e 1 of the blest,
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honest to long for rea Ill
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0 Evergreen, dear, faithful tree,
The birds return with joy to thee.
Thy tents of green in fields of white,
Await them in their earliest flight.
jJ(.).E M S 0 F TilE
l:\1 \IORT .\L
Ht:\l A:\
•u.a.· n .\tN
O. E' t'rll"r~'ett
~ ' l
<wnr F. . ,
Mort~
. faithful l~ugh ·' crgreen. '
\\ lwn wintry. w· d "
In s th . . · 1l'r e neYer ·e en,
TllOU still art f·,\l't1 lf ul nEr · tnrYe t ~alea.n
' ergrcen.
II
The rn in nwy •
b~-~·\t
'"'
tl H"' to ·· ·
...\ nd sh ·ip it of it 1 " rmg oak
s en fv clo·tk
(.) r l '""· the nng. ... 1lty .~ b nre
• .
· fot·est
A n d swccl) its f ol'lage through t11e mr. ..
III
" ·h en wintrv
. . · wcntllcr
· d ~ r k en sk.,
Thou mp: t th~ s" cctt t lullabY·
And holcl'st the snowdrift to tln: brc·t t
A s mot her rock her babe to re.st.
IV
0. maY mv heart n con but be
A a r c t hy b r anches. fnithfnl tree.
And m ay my <>oul be pur e nnd whitt
As snow that decks thy bough to-night.
AD)IO~ITIO~
(Mother and Child at bedtime)
cHILD