Elias: An Epic of the Ages

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Whitney Orson Ferguson. Elias: An Epic of the Ages

FOREWORD

DEDICATION

THEME

ARGUMENT

PRELUDE

CANTO ONE. As From a Dream[1]

CANTO TWO. The Soul of Song[1]

CANTO THREE. Elect of Elohim[1]

CANTO FOUR. Night And The Wilderness[1]

CANTO FIVE. The Messenger of Morn[1]

CANTO SIX. From Out The Dust[1]

CANTO SEVEN. The Arcana Of The Infinite[1]

CANTO EIGHT. The Lifted Ensign[1]

CANTO NINE. Upon The Shoulders of The Philistine[1]

CANTO TEN. The Parted Veil[1]

EPILOGUE. The Angel Ascendant[1]

NOTES

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"And if you will receive it, this is Elias, which was to come to gather together the tribes of Israel and restore all things."

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"And if you will receive it, this is Elias, which was to come to gather together the tribes of Israel and restore all things."

The title "Elias," signifying restoration and preparation,—the lesser going before the greater with those objects in view,—is used to denote and personify the Genius of Progress, whose beneficent workings, under the guidance of the Infinite Spirit, through the aeons and the ages, behind the scenes and upon the stage of human action, are the warp and woof of the entire poem. The medial point is the Dispensation of the Fulness of Times, the era of restitution, when the House of God is to be set in order, and all things in Christ are to be gathered into one.

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