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TITIF IV- 5011
THE BATTLE CREEK
Moses—The Heroic Nation Builder
OF DETROIT
SPA HEALTH SPRINGS
By Ruth Arakie.Cohoo.
brews were a people who had once
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migrated from their homes in central
dining-room, shortly after eight o'clock
Syria to Palestine, and having
on the third Friday evening following
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settled in that country for a lengthy
the famous Lubinsky fight, would
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period, again migrated to Egypt, both
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have seen a grey, a black, and a gold-
because famine had broken out in
brown head very close together, ob-
their own land, and because they had
viously for the purpose of examining
heard of the prosperity in Egypt.
one and the same thing. Our story-
They journeyed to Goshen, a territory
teller and his two pupils were looking
situated in the extreme north of
at a large map of the world.
Egypt near the borders of Palestine.
is Europe," said the Here, in this land of Goshen, the Ile-
"There
magician, sweeping the face of the brews led, for some time, a peaceful
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map with his hand, "and here right pastoral life, finding their means of
along the south, flows the large in- sustenance by keeping sheep and
land sea, the Mediterranean. To the cattle. Probably at this itme, Egypt
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extreme east of the sea is Palestine. was ruled by one of the Ilykos—the
Next to it, on the south-west corner of title given to a race of invaders who
the :Mediterranean, and forming the conquered Egypt during the period of
north-eastern portion of the African confusion and weak rule which fol-
continent is Egypt. It is about this lowed the close of the XII dynasty.
country," continued Mr. Crunfeld, This invading race had come from
closing the atlas, "that I am now go- Syria and were doubtless, like the He-
ing to speak to you for a few brews, a pastoral people. This fact
minutes."
probably influenced the Ilyksos kings
"As you both know, Egypt has in their adoption of a policy of nun-
but one river — the Nile. Strange interference with the Hebrews. An-
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though it may sound, it is quite true o ther reason for this peaceful attitude
to say that the Nile has produced towards a strange people who had
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Egypt. For, without that very long cone to settle in Egypt was, that the
stream which conies from the Equa- Hebrews were at this time still lead-
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torial regions, and flows into the blue ing a semi-barbarous life. They had
I waters of the Mediterranean, Egypt n o fixed location, no household fur-
I would be nothing but a frightful desert n iture, but moved about with their
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lof interminable, scorching sand. A
flocks, living in tents, eating simple
if to compensate Egypt for her barren food, having no place of worship, no
soil, nature has provided her with
priests, no organized government. Na-
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life-giving river which, on its way turally, the Egyptians who were an
through the desert, spreads verdure a gricultural people, highly advanced
and fertility on either bank, and th us in civilization, owning populous cities,
creates a strip of the most productive c olossal edifices, temples, pyramids,
territory suitable for the settlement and mausoleums; a people whose
of man. This remarkable fertility of priests had acquired, to no mean de-
:
Egypt is not due to the mere exist- gree, the art of architecture, hy-
ence of the Nile, but to its peculiar draulic construction, sculpture, paint-
habit of overflowing its banks every ing, precious-stone cutting, and who
year. Mainly on account of the rains had a knowledge of geometry, medi-
which fall in Abyssinia between May cine, astronomy and many other sub-
and September, the waters of the Nile jects which would be studied by those A
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and continue to increase in heigh tuntil of culture—those Egyptians, I repeat,
about November or December, when would naturally despise so crude
they overflow the banks on either side, p eople as the Hebrews: he unwilling
irrigating the lands to an extent de- to associate with them, and leave them
pending upon the height attained by severely alone.
the river. It then recedes slowly un-
A change of dynasty brought about
til it has regained its normal level,
leaving behind a soft black mud, the a corresponding change in the life of ,
the Hebrews. After 511 years of Ilyk-
richest soil in the world.
sos domination, the kings of the The-
Thus, you can well understand how
baid—a portion of Egypt having The-
the whole prosperity of Egypt de-
bes for its capital city—raised an in-
pended then, as it does now, on the
surreceian, drove the Yyksos from the
height of the flood. If the waters
capital and finally compelled them to
of the Nile did not raise to their aver- leave Egypt, and return to Syria. As
I age of 23 feet, then much of the time went on, there ascended the
;
!higher ground was left uncovered, and
throne of Egypt, one who viewed the
had to be irrigated with great trouble
settlement of the Hebrews in the
by means of canals, and, what are
land of Goshen, in a very different
called, shadoofs or handswipes. On
light from that of the llyksos kings.
the other hand, 'if the average rise
Ile not only despised their semi-bar-
was much exceeded, then terrible re-
barism, and disliked their pastoral vo-
sults ensued. The mounds which kept
cation, but he realized that they had
the waters from the villages were
no intention of moving from Goshen;
broken down; the cottages built of
he noted their increasing population;
mud washed away: the cattle were
assume a war-
drowned; the corn destroyed; and the feared that they might
inhabitants had to save their lives by like attitude towards Egypt, or at
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least
join
forces
with
any foreign
climbing trees, or rushing to some
army that might invade the country;
near-by hillock: Knowing this, do you
state
of
freedom
the
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wonder the Egyptians, ever since 3,600 begrudged them
which was denied to the Egyptians A
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themselves; and entered upon a policy
of the flood as the chief event of the
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destroy these rapidly' increasing He-
-Despite the fact that the intense brew tribes. This Pharoah (for by
heat, and limited water supply made this title were these Egyptian kings
life in Egypt very hard, the people called) declared all the Hebrews,
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seemed to have been amply repaid formerly free in the land ,of Goshen,
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for their troubles by the huge crops to be bondsmen, and he compelled
of wheat, barley, and doors: the them to perform the same hard la bor
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splendid yield each year of peas, as the Egyptian slaves. Naturally the
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beans, lentils, onions, melons, cucum- cruel taskmasters showered more
bers and radishes: and the rich har- blows upon the breaking back of a
vest of dates, figs, pomegranates, mul- Hebrew than upon an Egyptian at-
berries, grapes, olives, pears, plums, though each did the same amount of
apples and the fruit of the dam palm, work. Pharoah hoped that by keep-
which tastes much like our ginger ing these Hebrews in a "house of
bread. Such was the fertility of a bondage" and "an iron furnace" he
narrow strip of land either side of the would compel them to follow the
River Nile, that 3,500 years ago, the idolatrous customs of the Egyptians
greatest country in the world was and thus ultimately destroy the race.
Egypt. Its kings were Powerful, its In order to diminish the Hebrew popu-
armies had conquered many distant lation quickly, this tyrannical Pharoah
lands, its soil was rich and fertile, commanded that every male baby born
and materially it waa most prosperous . of these unfortunate people should be
The Egyptian kings took 'pride in slain at birth. This sad 'state of
erecting huge buildings, great and affairs continued for a long time, and
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beautiful, temples for the Gods, and in it was doubtless during this period,
maintaining is magnificient court'. although we have no records whatso-
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Such deeds might have been praise.
ever of the date, that a third child,
worthy had they not been achieved by a son, was born to a certain man
The
thoroughly wicked methods.
called Amram, a member of the Levi
Egyptian religion taught the people
that their king was a god. The king, tribe.
This child was Moses, destined to
himself, believing this to be true
Thought no more of the people tha n s bring not only freedom to the Ile-
if they had been so many machine brews, but to establish them as a
constructed to perform whatever tas k people, and to give them such ideas
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he desired. When an Egyptia g and ideals which finally transformed
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humanity. Moses had an elder brother,
monarch wanted to erect a hu
Aaron,
and
an
elder
sister
Miriam,
building, or a pyramid (which wa
both of whom helped him in later
triangular' in form and intended t
days to drag the Hebrews from the
be the torn') of a monarch,) his off
slough of degradation into which they
cers would capture thousands , of me
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and make them work for years i n had sunk through their many years
dragging st nes, many tons in weigh
of intimate associations with the
for many , •indred miles, from th vicious Egyptians who violated the
quarry to the , place where it wa entire code of morality known to us,
needed. Br•tal task-masters war and whose minds were filled with
ready with their lash for those wh 0 ideas of God and the• Divine Power
could not, or would not, work. Simila r- that. were of the lowest possible na-
ly, many thousands were also e n- ture. Unfortunately, we have but
slaved to make bricks, and other boil d- scant knowledge of Moses' youth and I
inc material, in the places wise re upbringing. Doubtless, his father be-
these public edifices were to be erec t- longing
longing to the tribe of Levites, had
ed. Doubtless there were thousan ds kept himself aloof from Egyptian III
Rendered to our patrons is to us a matter of greate ,
of these poor men who died under t he idolatry and vile mode of life, so that
and pleasure than the accumulation of profits. T
fierce Egyptian sun, from over-wo rk Moses, his brother and sister, grew
and utter neglect; died without t he up in an atmosphere of moral and
may play an important part in the health, happin(
slightest attempt having been made to religious purity; learnt from the ir in-
comfort of your family is an honor we strive con
alleviate their sufferings; without as fancy the truth of the Oneness of God
to be deserving of.
much thought spent on them, as NS and preserved their faith in this God 1y
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today would give t oan ailing anim
of their fathers right through life. If •
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ref is is Moses untainted by Egyptian sinful-
ki ng,
ness, his residence in the midst of a
slaves.
Equally revulsive was the Egypti an people who, despite their vices, had
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religion. Snakes and crocodiles we e attained to a high degree of culture,
their gods. Bulls and cats were so could not fail to have its effect upon
ng
sacred that the punishment for killi
his active intellect. He readily ac- iLv
, them was death. Dignified pries is quired all the knowledge that was to
officiated in the temples in honor of be learnt in Egypt.
the bull, clever artists depicted t he
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He observed the life around him,
gods with a crocodile, or a haw k's
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head and a human body. Further, t he and what he saw of goodness
Egyptians were staunch believers in nobility he absorbed, and it became
a future life, and it was a mat ter part of his own sublime nature. The
of great concern to them that de ad man who had been taught about the
Jove of
bodies should be embalmed, and bur led God of Abraham and His
in a tomb of massive and perman eat righteousness and justice, felt his
ch
whole
soul
rise
up
in
revolt
against
structure. If the Egyptians paid au
attention to the dead bodies of hum an the hideous practice of idolatry; the
hat
cruel
treatment
of
a
mass
of
human i
-
beings you can imagine with w
beings who were looked upon by the,
; care they would preserve those you kings and priest* as so many beasts
their bull and cat gods. Today if
go to a museum, you will see the be l'ay of burden; and against the moral '
tan wrongs which' were rampant there.I
of a cat which sonic pious Egypt mn These things Moses loathed, and his
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ceremonies.
just grieved deeply over the fate of his
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many, many years ago, • large body subjected to slavery; how they were
of Hebrews came to settle. These He- ill-treated even by the lowest
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