of the houses of the Chinese is a tablet to which they pay their
devotion. On this tablet is the name of the "high, celestial, and
supreme God." The principal word which this tablet contains is "Tien."
Of this Chinese Deity Barlow says: "The Chinese recognize in Tienhow,
the Queen of Heaven nursing her infant son." Connected with this figure
is a lotus bud, symbol of the new birth.

Originally in Chaldea and in Egypt, only one supreme God was worshipped.
This Deity was figured by a mother and her child, as was the great
Chinese God. It comprehended the universe and all the attributes of the
Deity. It was worshipped thousands of years prior to the birth of Mary,
the Mother of Christ, and representations of it are still extant, not
only in oriental lands, but in many countries of Europe. Within the
oldest temples of Egypt are still to be observed sacred apartments which
contain the "Holy of Holies," and to which, in past ages, none might
gain access but priests and priestesses of the highest order. Within
these apartments are pictured the mysteries of birth, together with the
symbols of generation emblems of procreation.

On the banks of the river Nile are observed the ruins of the temple of
Philae, which structure, it is said, represents the most ancient style
of architecture. Within these ruins is to be seen an inner chamber in
which are depicted the birth scenes of the child god Horus, and, indeed,
everywhere among the monuments and ruins of Egypt, is plainly visible
the fact that the creative power and functions in human beings, in
animals, and in vegetable life, together with Wisdom, once constituted
the god-idea.

Between the ruins of the palace of Amunoph III. and the Nile are two
colossal statues, each hewn from a single block of stone. These figures,
although in a sitting posture, are sixty feet high. It is thought that
they once formed the entrance to an avenue of similar figures leading
up to the palace. It has been supposed that the most northern statue
represents Ammon, and that its companion piece is his Mother. It is now
believed by many writers, however, that these figures do not represent
two persons at all, but that in a remote age of the world's history
they were worshipped as the two great principles, female and male, which
animate Nature. The fact has been observed that Am or Om was originally
a female Deity, within whom was contained the male principle; when,
however, through the changes wrought in