the Madonna and Child were alike unknown to devotion
and to art, we may gain some sense of what changes
Egypt wrought in Christianity, and how utterly foreign to
the Judaic origin was its influence.”
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B. T7ie Light that never Fades
In the dawn of Creation, when Adam and Eve
succumbed to the temptation of the serpent, the justice of
God banished them into the earth. But His love
necessitated that He redeem them. Thus was the promise
of the Redeemer made by God to man.
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This Divine
Promise, being given to the father of the human race, was
carried within its collective subconscious. Hence, we hear
of the Messianic hopes among different groups of
peoples, at different ages, and in sundry climes. The
literatures, the wise sayings, the sacred writings, all reflect
the hope of the Advent of the Redeemer.
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Among the
Hebrews, it attained its crescendo, while among other
nations, it was sounded with varying strength, according
to the temper and spiritual susceptibility of each group.
In Egypt, the people were given countless gods and
godesses to revert to for different needs, yet the priests
and sages expressed their faith in the one God, and spoke
of the coming Redeemer. They conceived of a triad of
gods, and they worshipped the Mother Isis suckling the
Child Horus. They, therefore, glimpsed the Light of
Christianity beforehand, and many of their writings run
parallel with those of the Hebrew prophets.
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According to
the measure given them, they were on the lookout for the
Light. And when the Light did come to them, their hearts
were filled with gladness. Their spiritual unfoldment