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XOTES ON HIERATIC PAPYRUS.
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poor that is in distress, who art gentle of heart
when a man crieth unto thee ; thou who deliverest
the fearful from the violent, who judgest the poor
and oppressed; Lord of wisdom, whose precepts are
wise ; at whose pleasure the Nile overnoweth her
banks ; Lord of mercy, most loving, at whose coming
men live, opener of every eye, proceeding from the
firmament, causer of pleasure and light, at whose
goodness the gods rejoice, their hearts rejoicing
when they see thee."
"Bringer of food, great lord of all things nourishing.
Lord of all terrors and of all choicest joys.
He filleth all granaries, he enricheth all the store-
houses,
He careth for the estate of the poor.
He is not beheld by the eye,
He hath neither ministers nor offerings.
He is not adored in sanctuaries.
He wipeth away tears from all eyes,
He careth for the abundance of his blessings.'1
Subjoined is a copy of the titles of the several
chapters of the Book of the Dead, portions of which,
more or less complete, are contained in the annexed
Hieratic Papyrus.
Under no religious system ever adopted by any
race of mankind, is the dogma of future responsibility
for the actions of past life established in a more
searching or comprehensive form than in the Book
of the Dead.
L
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poor that is in distress, who art gentle of heart
when a man crieth unto thee ; thou who deliverest
the fearful from the violent, who judgest the poor
and oppressed; Lord of wisdom, whose precepts are
wise ; at whose pleasure the Nile overnoweth her
banks ; Lord of mercy, most loving, at whose coming
men live, opener of every eye, proceeding from the
firmament, causer of pleasure and light, at whose
goodness the gods rejoice, their hearts rejoicing
when they see thee."
"Bringer of food, great lord of all things nourishing.
Lord of all terrors and of all choicest joys.
He filleth all granaries, he enricheth all the store-
houses,
He careth for the estate of the poor.
He is not beheld by the eye,
He hath neither ministers nor offerings.
He is not adored in sanctuaries.
He wipeth away tears from all eyes,
He careth for the abundance of his blessings.'1
Subjoined is a copy of the titles of the several
chapters of the Book of the Dead, portions of which,
more or less complete, are contained in the annexed
Hieratic Papyrus.
Under no religious system ever adopted by any
race of mankind, is the dogma of future responsibility
for the actions of past life established in a more
searching or comprehensive form than in the Book
of the Dead.
L