| Show ISIS A feW days ago It was stated that an effort is II about to bl b made to Intro sun lIun worship to 10 Chicago Various kinds uC of forms of oC religion have already gained ground In PariS once the boasted center of enlightened civilization lion tion Among lire Of t the a lt those thoM of a sect that call themselves the followers ot of Satan Another form Is the Isis Isla brought to the French capital by 1 it Scotch gentleman Count MacGregor and his hll wife who tho now have assumed time the religious titles of and Priestess Their studies of Egyptian antiqUity have suggested to them the tho idest Iden of r re on an ancient form torm of worship In time the Literary Digest we find nn an interesting account ot of the servIces of oC the Isis The Tho priest wo was dressed In II a long white robe around hi his was the Zodiacal belt th arms and ond andes were adorned with Uh over the shoulders he wore Vore Voren n a skin akin The dress of the high priestess Is symbolical The Ing hair the rays of oC light Upon II list head she wore II a little cone the symbol ot of the tho divine Spirit and a lotus the tho sm moI ol of purity and wisdom Idom The whole Id of the tI ts of the Iho priestess ts is that the Up of mitt tel ter Is purIfied and ruled by tho im spirIt of life from abo above The Itself Or the rites lug Ing the is II thus described In the center of the stAge was the figure of Isis Isil on each side of at her were ware other figures of gods antI goddesses nod nodin In front Wits the little altar upon heli was WOI th the green lamp The HamMe holding In one hand band the which eVery now noy an and th he shook and In the tho other II a aspray spray of lotus salt the prayers before this altar after which the High t invoked the goddess In pene and passionate tones Then rol fol followed lowed the dance of the four Cour elements by II a lady Ildy who dressed In long white robes bitt previously re recited cited some terses In French In honor of IsIs hi A short time before this lady hall had become a 11 convert lice Her tOUt four dances dancea were the thO danse c des symbolized the homage of the tho earth to the EgyptIan goddess the danse sIn which wares aeI of Wil wa Willer water ter ler tile the danso anso do In Ia sym helical ot of fire and the danse dos des par fume tum for 01 the tho air Most of the ladles present In the fashionable Parisian nu an offerings of oC flo er the gentlemen threw wheat on the tho al altar a atar tar The statement is III made that a great number of oC persons are interested In new na relIgious aberratIon Among them are physIcianS lawyers lights nud men of rank as welt well III as of common as well as Catho lid are the old faith In its ItA new form torm whey rhe go give p their belief bollet In monotheism as un understood and profess themselves pantheists or even een A temple for tor forthe the worshIp ot of Isle Isis III i said to be In tour course ot of construction now at the French capital On the Idea of at the feminine element In the force foree the Anari II quoted as al follows TIme of the priestess Is at the tho root ot of all ancient beliefs Only In our oure e ephemeral lu time has haa It been n neglected Even In the Old s lint the Priestess Deborah and the New TH Tee tells tell I us UI of the Anna What do Ye We find tn In the modern dive devel of religion to replace ce MI Idea end tOn thE priest ell ass Wh When n a symbolIzes the by a divine being I is It not II hi logical to omit woman Who Is II the pith hAlt half of It since she Is the hf principal creator of the other III I man JIo how can we hope bope that the world WIll become and lees when one excludes exclude from the tho divine I Ithe Is the Ideal that hat part of U iii na an lure turo which represents at one olle and the he same time the of oc ln and that of Is II to say lore Itself In its highest the symbol of sympathy That 10 s where the power ot of IS found It should create no wonder If this clIL In ho Its modern form torm should hould rt e many followers Modern Chris has hilI failed Called to tire the mission to the Collow followers fl of the Nazar en The Th ancient religions of the world much truth handed ed down downto to posterity from the progenItors of the race Their light though often feeble I still lUll perceptible nl as reflected through h the and ceremonies But Dut truth Is truth and as such sueh no matter where It corn from Crom 1 a power Eve ancient paganIsm III it many errors may contain some Bomo truth forgotten by modern Christianity but needed for tor the human family It Is curIous to reflect t though that while ChrIstIan church are deploring the decay Y of religion as 18 shown In amp ty churches diminishing contributions contribution and small membership temples are be behag hag reared to Egyptian paganism while hindu of philosophy atC are bo be coming fa Is IH this not IL a tea tes ny to tM the clergy clery that Is radically wrong It the sailors along alone the Iii II searching for Cor t a ufe an Nt set the course courso now In one dIrection Anti now III another following every overy faint gum gummer mer they may nIL through the roil that l them from the l liar ar arbor bor It must inUit he be lb the light house houlf Is II not lIot forth Its basins The light must have hae gone out OUI or the tho lamp must be befogged or blackened In some way VII There Thero must be something wrong with tho light house or with the keeper The sl signs of the times ate are full ot of warnings H they are cor corr r read and t |
