Angels and Women (1924)

152 ANGELS AND WOMENpower. They must convert the Eternal’sexpected victory into failure, and thus aggrandizetheir rank to the splendors of thehighest heaven.The Strong One is bound by His own law,was the argument; by that Law they mustprecipitate the hour of doom! Then followwords vague and awful, like rushing meteorsand roaring winds, not to be written,not to be recalled, whose import I couldscarce comprehend. I only knew that by adesperate plot which involved the destructionof other planets, Earth’s calamity mightbe averted.Satanas ceased, and heavy thunder shookthe dome; fire and smoke filled the vault;but, rising above the tumult, I heard thisdreadful blasphemy:"Honor to our Light-Bearer !Praise Preparer! to the Way-Glory ! to the God-DarerSatanas, our King!"