The design of love / written by E.B.

  • Parker, George Williams.
Date:
1893
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The design of love / written by E.B. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    E’en though she seem bereft of richest peace!—■* Proud Gallia smooth a quickly-ruffled crest!— And Afric’s sons rejoice that Freedom’s wave From every quarter rolls a sweeping flood !— And China’s waiting millions humbly ask For purer knowledge than they yet possess !— Lone Araucania bask beneath the beams Of brighter SUN than Aztec’s dazzling lord !—f Dakotah spurn a false Messiah’s claim, 210. Who seeks for SELF a sceptre ever HIS!— And Utah bow before the stern decree Of One whose wrath licentious Pride has braved !— And Asian height and deep Columbian gorge On Friendship’s common level gladly meet; No more apart, estranged from foolish Pride !— * a.d. 1888 (June 15th), death of second (Prussian) “ Empeior of Germany” Frederick William II. after a long illness [Frederick—“ rich in peace ”] f In the Temple of the Si n at Cuzco in Peru [and no doubt in all temples of the Sun in all ages and among all nations], the image of the Sun-god “ con- sisted of a human face in gold, with innumerable golden rays emanating from it in every direction.” This was “so placed ” on the western wrall, “ that the rising §un, shining in at the open east end, fell full upon the image, and was reflected with dazzling splendour” “as from a mirror, and again reflected throughout the whole temple by the numberless plates, cornices, bands, and images of gold, till the temple seemed to glow with a sunshine more intense than that of nature.” “In the place cr square of the temple, a great annual festival was held at the summer solstice. The multitude, assembled from all parts of the empire, and presided over by the Inca ” (their High-Priest and King), “ waited in breathless solemnity for the first rays of their deity to strike the golden image in the temple, when the whole prostrated themselves in adoration.” [Extracts from Chambers' ffiicyclopcedia, article Bun and Fire woiship]. From the quantity of gold in it this temple of the Sun at Cuzco vas called Coricancha, or “The Place of Gold” ; and the govern- ment of Peiu under its Incas (a despotic thecciac-y) was the same as that of the Jews for so many centuries ! N.B.—The dale of this festival gives the date (June 21st, “the summer solstice,” when Sun enters sign of Cancer) of (1) Elijah’s battle of Crrmel, (2) Jehu’s slaughter of Baal-worshippeis, and (3) Belshazzar's Feast on night when Babylon fell into power of Peinane— three “ strokes ” on Baal ! ! !