repented, I should have gone to hell, because of my foolish conduct towards you. But now I go to para

dise.'

She spake truly. The troubled heart is hell, the heart at rest is paradise. The trouble or peace of parents depends upon their children. Let the young remember this, that they are daily consigning their parents to heaven or hell; and if they have lost their hearts, let them seek and find them, and bring them back again, that all may have joy.

By the brightness of the Sun when he shineth,
By the Moon when she followeth him!
By the Day when it revealeth his glory,

Arabic.

Koran,

s. 91,

The Sun.'

By the Night when it enshroudeth him!
By the Heaven and him who builded it,
By the Earth and him who spread it forth !
By a Soul and him who balanced it,
And breathed into it the evil and the good,--
Blessed now is he who hath kept it pure,
And undone is he who hath corrupted it!

Temple of Nature.

CCCCII.

Khèyam.

comp. &

The temple I frequent is the turkis-vaulted dome Persian. of the sky. I sell my rosary, and all the holy names Omar around it, for that wine which fills creation's cup. I 12th cent. have turned the prayers of the pious to happy songs. par. The earth is all enchanted ground. Thine it is, Wisdom Supreme, with its light and shadow, its ebb and flow

Whither leads the path of destiny? He knows it he knows it-he knows it!

Heb.
Ps.

comp.

Nature's Voice.

CCCCIII.

The heavens declare the glory of God;
Day uttereth speech unto day,

And night showeth knowledge unto night.
There is no speech, and no words;

Their voice is not heard:

Yet through all the earth their sound goeth forth,
And their words to the end of the world.

The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul;
The precepts of the Lord are true, making wise the
simple;

The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart;
The commandments of the Lord are clear, enlightening

the eyes;

The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring for ever;

The laws of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether;

More to be desired than gold, yea, than much fine gold ; Sweeter also than honey, and the droppings of the honeycomb.

Moreover, by them is thy servant admonished:

In keeping them is great reward.

Who can discern his errors?

Cleanse me from hidden faults;

Restrain thy servant also from presumptuous sins;

Let them not have dominion over me:

Then shall I be blameless, and innocent of great trans

gression.

May the words of my mouth be acceptable,

And the meditations of my heart, before thee,

The Genius of Nature.

CCCCIV.

Hindu.

Gita.

I am the father and mother of the world. I am the journey of the good; generation and dissolution; Bhagavat. the inexhaustible seed of all nature. I am sunshine, comp. and I am rain. I now draw in, and now let forth. I am death and immortality, entity and non-entity.

I am the same to all mankind. They who serve other gods with a firm belief, in doing so involuntarily worship me. I am he who partaketh of all worship, and I am their reward. I am in them, and they in me. Recollect, O son of Kŏŏntee, that my servant doth not perish!

CCCCV.

The Earth.

Hindu.

Truth which is mighty, righteousness which is strong, consecration and dedication to holiness, sustain Atharva the world may the world, the mistress of the past (Bruce. and future, give us free room!

May the earth, the place of habitation, which containeth all things, which holdeth all treasure, which suffereth every creature that hath life to repose on its golden breast; may earth, which holdeth fire whose presence is in all men, grant us the object of our desires!

The earth is our mother.

May thy hills and thy snow-clad mountains,— may thy waste and thy woodland, O world, be pleasant! Unwearied may I dwell on the many-coloured world.

Veda.

Jour. of
R.A.S.)

comp.

And thou, O earth, do thou give me sweetness of speech!

With the odour of thee which exists in humanity -loveliness and beauty in men and women, in the horse and in the elephant-which is the glory of the maiden-fill us, too, with that: may no one hate us!

I praise the world which is continually renewed. May clean waters flow for our body: I wash me thoroughly and am clean.

All the range of thee, O earth, which I look over by the help of the sun-may the sight of my eye lose none of it, till the latest years which are to come!

May thy summer, O earth, thy rains, thine autumn, thine early and late winter, thy spring-may thine appointed seasons, thy years, thy day and night, O world, yield us blessings as it were milk!

Thou hast many paths on which men go, a highway for the chariot and for the cart, paths on which the proud and the humble travel. The world which endureth the burden of the oppressor beareth up the abode of the lofty and of the lowly, suffereth the hog, and giveth entrance to the wild-boar.

May fire, sun, and water give me wisdom. May I be a lord on the earth.

May I be full of force, pressing forward: may I scatter all them that are violent.

May the peaceful earth, whose fragrance is excellent, whose breasts contain the heavenly drink, bless me with her milk!

Thou art the capacious vessel of humanity, bestowing all desires, and art not exhausted; that which thou lackest may the lord of creation fill up-the firstborn of righteousness!