. The literature of all nations and all ages; history, character, and incident. ld ! Apply thy soul diligently unto that which thou speakest,yea, speak perfect things, or speak thou not at all ; so shallthe great give ear to thee, and cry, Lo, twice wise are theutterances of his lips ! Do thy masters bidding, and be diligent to observe theprecepts of thy father ; inscribe his law on thy heart, andobey his will even beyond that which he requireth of thee ; soshalt thou be pleasing unto him. Verily, a good son is given of the Lord, who doeth morethan is required of him, and laboreth to please th
. The literature of all nations and all ages; history, character, and incident. ld ! Apply thy soul diligently unto that which thou speakest,yea, speak perfect things, or speak thou not at all ; so shallthe great give ear to thee, and cry, Lo, twice wise are theutterances of his lips ! Do thy masters bidding, and be diligent to observe theprecepts of thy father ; inscribe his law on thy heart, andobey his will even beyond that which he requireth of thee ; soshalt thou be pleasing unto him. Verily, a good son is given of the Lord, who doeth morethan is required of him, and laboreth to please the heart ofhis master, and seeketh strength in righteousness. So shall thy body have health, and thy king shall be con-tent with thee in all things. Thy days shall be many under the sun, and increase ofyears with strength shall be thine. Wisdom has uplifted me to a high place, and multipliedmy years, to live long in the earth, even five-score and tenyears. This have I found: That the best favor of a king is givento him who laboreth all his days, and findeth honor withall THE BOOK OF THE DEAD. Tacsifuzle of an ancieizi papyrus found in Thebes and noiv inthe Royal Museum^ Berlin. The Book of the Dead, otherwise known as The Funeral Ritual, andThe Going Out Day, is, with the exception of the Precepts of Ptah-Hotep the oldest specimen of the literature of ancient Egypt. It comprised one hundred and sixty-six separate chapters, each independentof the other and of various degrees of antiquity. These chapters constitutedthe funeral ritual of the Egyptians, describing the experiences of the soul afterdeath, and the texts and prayers which it must repeat in order to escape thetorments of the Egyptian Hades. DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATE. This picture constitutes the vignette of Chapter CXXV entitled Weigh-ing the Heart in the Judgvient Hall of Osiris and represents The Great Hallof Truth where final judgment is pronounced. Above its roof which is sup-ported at either end by columns
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