Angels and Women (1924)

GREATER CHANGE 183
Beneath a dome clear as crystal I saw the
Dial of Time. There are the cycles measured,
there are recorded the immeasurable eternities.
And above all was the Great Center,
which binds the sweet influences of the stars.
At this sight I trembled and cried out with
fear lest it might be loosened and crash
through all the worlds. But a mighty angel
answered my fear, saying, "Omnipotence
alone can loosen the bands established by
Eternal Will. Child of earth, look thou westward."
Straining my eyes through illimitable
plains of ether, I perceived a long line of
worlds, stretching in almost endless continuity.
One immense star was wheeling into
place, ! silent, sublime, awful
In a moment more the angel spake again.
"Behold, O child of earth!" I followed with
my eyes to where he directed with his golden
wand. His eyes were fastened on the great
Dial, and following their inclination, I perceived
that the index was slowly sinking to