HEWITT— REQUICKENING ADDRESS 



that verily I now thrust aside the door-flap from the place where thou 

 art sitting bent prone in grief, an object that is black, yea, from the 

 place where thy back only is seen showing up out of the thick dark- 

 ness, (I say). 



"It is that, moreover, that I will stoop down there low, grasping 

 my knees, and that moreover, I shall speak such words that I will 

 soothe and appease by caresses thy guardian spirit, (I say). 



"It is that, moreover, that I come for the sake of my offspring 

 [i.e., the mother's side], (I say). 



"It is that, moreover, that this present day we seat ourselves, 

 thou and I, side by side, and that moreover, it is here in the very 

 midst of many tears, (I say). And, moreover, the reason of it is, 

 indeed, the direful thing that has befallen thy person, this one [indi- 

 cating, my offspring, thou noble one, this one, thou whom I have 

 been wont to hold in my bosom, (I say). 



"That it is, moreover, that now it has caused to be vacant the 

 mat, the place where he who was a coworker with thee, and upon 

 whom rested the eyes of the wise minds, as was wont to be, (I say). 

 That it is, moreover, that has caused it to be so, the being that is 

 demonic in itself, the being that is faceless, the Great Destroyer, that 

 it is, that every day and every night, roams about with its weapon 

 couched, yea, uplifted at the very tops of our heads, wherein it and 

 its kind desire it, and so they severally exclaim, '1,1 will destroy the 

 Commonwealth [the League],' (I say). 



"That it is, moreover, that it was there that it delivered a fine 

 stroke whereby it snatched away one in whom thou didst trust for 

 words of wisdom. And, now, in his turn, it has borne him away, it 

 may be, indeed, to the place unknown. Now, then, this day thou hast 

 thereby become one who abides in tears, (I say). 



"Moreover, do thou, my offspring, this one [indicating], thou noble 

 one, continue to think that now, it is, indeed, that the Three Brothers 

 perfect their preparations. So let them now say, 'Now, we pass our 

 hands through the tears (on thy face). We now wipe away the tears 

 from these repeatedly, and for this purpose we use the benign skin 

 of the spotted fawn.' Now, moreover, let them say, 'Now we have, 

 indeed, wiped away the tears from thy face.' Now, moreover, thou 

 shalt again keep looking about thyself in peace, enjoying the light 

 of the day. Now, again, also, thou wilt see what is taking place on 

 the earth, whereon is spread out the handiwork of the Perfector of 

 our Faculties. Now, also, again thou wilt again see thy grandchil- 

 dren as they move around beside thy person, even to the least of 

 them, the infants. Now, thou wilt again see them all. Now, more- 



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