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Egyptian: and worse than all how of the broth ere to hear the voice of
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tin y were fa-t becoming tainted by God whilst t he hundreds of thousands mg
all the evil they witnessed day by in Egypt we re deaf.
day : were fast forgetting what they
So Moses said goodbye to his father-
had been taught about the one Cod, in-law, tee Zipporah, his wife, and to
and were falling into the base his little children, and accompanied
Idolatrous custsms of the people with by Aaron, he went to the land of his
whom they were forced to associate.
birth to accomplish his God-directed
floe day, Moses saw an Egyptian task. On their arrival in Egypt, the
sinning 'luny blows upon a Hebrew, first thing that the brothers did was
apparently for nu reason whatsoever. to gather together the heads of the
)loses' hatred of injustice got the bet. tribes and families and tell theta that
ter of his self-control, and he fell God had taken pity on their misery,
upon the Egyptian and killed him. had listened to their prayers for help,
Then, fearing punishment, he fled to was about to give them the freedom
Midian, a locality south-east of Arabia He had promised the descendants of
within the neighborhood of Mount Abraham, and lead them back to the
Sinia. Whilst Moses was resting near land of their forefathers. Who could
a well, soon after his arrival in doubt the truth of those words, spoken
Midian, the daughters of a certain with so much sincerity and fervor by
Midianite priest, called Jethro, came two men whose noble faces reflected
with their pitchers for the purpose of the greatness of their souls? Cer-
drawing water to fill the troughs from tainly not these down-trodden He-
which their father's flock drank. Just brews to whom Moses and Aaron did
as they were about to draw water, a indeed seem like messengers of God.
number of rough, boorish, young Joyfully but with awe, these grief-
shepherds arrived on the scene, and in stricken people listened to the words
a most ungallant manner drove the of promise and hope; listened, be-
timid girls away from the well, so lieved, and "bowed their heads and
that they themselves might be the worshipped."
first to use it This angered our
Naturally the next thing to do was
noble-hearted Moses who was watch- to approach Pharoah himself and ask
ing but a few feet sway. Never could
him to liberate the Hebrews. Should
he hear to sec the weaker oppressed he fail to consent, then Moses would
by the stronger. The sight of men have to resort to other means of de-
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bullying women aroused the fighting livering his lirethern from the cruel
l e•
spirit of his chivalrous nature. Ile grip of the Egyptian monarch. Moses
n1.4.
came forward and remonstrated with knew quite well that he could not ex-
the coarse shepherds so effectually pect l'haroah to give immediate con-
that they stepped aside, whilst Moses sent to a plan that would rob him
filled the pitchers for the young girls. of thousands of slaves who toiled from
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Fi
It must have been a daily practice morn to night to increase his com-
of these uncouth lads to interfere fort and the magnificence of his cities.
with the shepherdesses, for when they Therefore, he compromised by asking
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arrived home on this particular day , permission to lead his brethern into
Jethro remarked upon their early re- the wilderness, for three days, to
care of all kinds of cleaning.
turn, and asked the reason Of it. celebrate a religious festival in honor
Send your discarded clothes to
Eagerly they told him of the courteous of the God of Israel. l'haroah's re-
us for renovation and you will
"Egyptian" whose polished manner ply—"Who is the Lord, that I should
be agreeably surprised with our
acquired in the land of culture corn- obey his voice to let Israel go? I
bined with his own innate gentleness know not the Lord neither will I let
results.
of disposition had made a great im-
as arrogant and
•
go" wins
pression on these simple shepherdesses . Israel
wicked a one as might be expected to
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They willingly acceded to their issue from the lips of a tyrant and an
•
father's request to "call the man that idolator. There was nothing for Moses
he may eat bread." It was not long and Aaron to do but to leave the
before mutual liking had urged king's presence. Whereupon, Pharoah
Jethro to ask, and Moses to consent, gave orders to the taskmasters to
to stay in his household. later the make the tasks of the liebrews much
ties of friendship developed into the
affection of a son for a father-in- harder.
Formerly, the bricklayers had been
law, for Moses married Jethro's
daughter, Zipporah, and settled down supplied with straw. Now they were
to
gather the stubble themselves, and
in Midian with the occupation of
yet make as many bricks, each day,
shepherd to Jethro's flocks.
as they had done heretofore. Of
A simple life indeed for the future course, this was an impossibility, as
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lawgiver to lead. Yet doubtless this it took many hours to collect the
Apartment House Work.
very mode of life was a strong fac- s tubble, Thus, the vicious taskmasters
tor in developing the inborn spiritual found an opportunity to whip the poor
strength of Moses, a strength which Hebrews with heavy straps, when at
ultimately fitted him for no less
the end of each day, the required num-
purpose than to make the slavish ber of bricks had not been made.
Israelites into a free people. There Some of the Hebrews came to Moses
in the solitude of the grazing land and Aaron and upbraided them for
between the Red Sea and Mount having spoken to Pharoah. In con-
Horeb, watching Jethro's flocks, sequence of their act, they explained,
Moses thought of his past life in the life of the Hebrew was more un-
Egypt; compared the simple, pure life bearable than ever. Moses was
of the shepherd with the degraded life able to see this for himself, and at
of the downtrodden Egyptians. As it first, a doubt crept into his mind.
was very hot in Midian, Moses would Had he made a mistake in attempting
stay out in the open, late into the to free his brethern? Perhaps, he
night, long after the sun had sunk to was doing more evil than good. But
rest. There beneath the "star- to this misgiving, his courageous soul
spangled vault of Heaven" he would gave immediate and unfaltering
continue his musings and brood over answer. No, he was right. God had
the water tossed by the storm, stood
the fate of his people in Egypt. Some- sent him and he must fulfil the mis-
trust to God to help them in their
of the Red Sea. They saw themselves difficulties. A hurricane from the up like a great wall. The Hebrews
times he did not think at all, but just sion.
now turned their backs for ever on
trapped,
and
thought
themselves
lost.
northeast had blown during the night cruel Egypt. They were safe on the
Several times did Moses and Aaron
•Jat quietly, enjoying the silence gaz-
ing at the magnificent stretch of sky, appear before Pharoah with the same Some of them in that mean spirit so and driven the waters southward, so
other side of the sea long before the
often
displayed
by
those
of
small
and drinking deep of the peace of awe-inspiring words on their lips —
that, unbeknown to the Hebrews, the pursuing Egyptians arrived. They too
nature until his own soul seemed to "Thus saith the Lord, let my people go minds when confronted by difficulties, bed of the river opposite Pi-hahiroth
noted with triumph the dry passage'.
turned
savagely
on
Moses,
and
taunt-
partake of the grandeur and immen- that they may serveMo." Many weeks
was almost dry. When they arrived But their rejoicing was soon over,
sity of his surroundings. Then came passed, however, before the king would ed him with the question "Are there at the bank of the Red Sea, they for with a suddenness that charac-
no
graves
in
Egypt
that
thou
hest
the day when in such an exalted mood give way, and then only because
found much to their astonishment and terizes most violent storms, the
as this, he knew himself to lie destined dreadful plagues and disasters had brought us out to die in the desert?" joy, a safe and dry passage across it,
tempest ceased. Just as the Egyptians
G. A. Prise, Gen. Mgr.
to fulfill some great purpose of the been visiting his country, and he was An unexpected means of escape pres- Needless to say, they hurriedly
were mid-
God of Israel. Do not mistake me, beginning to fear that the God of ented itself which one more com- crossed, whilst the deeper parts of with their gorgeous chariots
pelled
the
faint-hearted
Hebrews
to
children. I do not wish to imply that Israel was really omnipotent, and that
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our hero's sublime nature. He was for his obstinacy. He gave the Ile-
born with a great soul, but this soul brew's permission to go, and then
needed time to grow; needed the op- seized with panic, lest fresh trouble
portunity to express itself. Nature was to befall him and his country, as
ti
and silence, not man's populous cies
long as the Hebrew's were in Egypt,
and noise, are the great sources of he urged them to depart quickly. The
the soul's development. Moses had fourteenth of Nisan (March) is a
been taught about the one God and I
in the history of the
His love of righteousness from his Israelites, for from sunset of that day,
infancy and had clung to these teach- right through the long night, the He-
ings even though living among brew slaves were preparing to leave
id-lators; but not until he was away Egyptian bondage. According to the
fn In these e• il surroundings, living orders of Me sea whom they now all
the wile lesome life of a shepherd, did regarded as their lender, they gath-
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ren!ir.± ts what Fright if perfec- ered togother near Mimeses, a town
he
tion the soul could attain, how near about 10 miles northeast of Cairo.
— of —
to God man can really approach.
Then, as the day broke, ushering in
Whitt WAS this mission that Moses the 15th of Nisan, thousands of lie-
SPUR, BEVEL, SPIRAL
felt God had appointed him to fulfill? brews turned their backs on the land
A mighty ene indeed! To prevail 'of despair and set their faces towards
SPROCKETS, RACKS
pmts.. It must have
'non Pharoah t' all ,: the Il ebrrws lthe land of proofs..
co !ease Egypt and then to lead them
0,, ,,,. I hero a wonderful sight. Not only
— and —
into Carman, a core yin ',Ho, ..a re there thousands of men, stave's
might settle as a unitid pe ode. Whils't
his i in hand, bundles containing clothes,
been Ii•iing in ."i.lian,
' and unleavened bread still within the
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brother had remained in F.gypt. Aaron kneeding troughs tied on their shoul-
'ho
was
al:,
f
a
religious
and
ders, but there were also their wives
— for —
he had not and children riding i n asses, as well
idealistic nature, though
Ft.(
risth
of
character
as
as other tnen and wemen belonging
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Service or Production.
is y unrer br ther. had likewise he- to strange shepherd tribe's who had
inspired t help his downtrodden been living amongst them for a great
Engineering Service.
At tin• very tune when I number of years and who spoke their
.•r•thern.
Moses tAlt abort to return to Egypt, Inn guage. Bringing up the rear of
Aaron left his heme,,me.t. his brother I this huge concourse of people were
a, .
'Ivor Mornt Ilereh and t •I him that !the herds of cattle and flocks of sheen
he too hod rr ri`cd the Divine mss<at,e that the Hebrews had possessed in
eaded by Moses and Aar 11
Egypt.
(leaded
E
they left Ramses and began their
fulfilling it.
d of ni c. . wenris o m. bourn, to the
"Was it just by chance that Aaron 1 ,.1„n2..
anaan. They at first went
wen t to meet Moses do you think, j northeast passed the town of Succoth
Magician?" asked Rut h.
and then to Etham, a distance of
"1'1 y, that very question was just about 40 miles from their shrting
m the tip of my tongue," added her
point. If from Ethan,. they had iour-
brother.
neyed in a northeasterly direction, by
"And has doubtless, one time and "way of the land of the Philistines"
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another, been 0 nthe tongue of t nu- • for only 160 miles. they would have
re
Itut
sands of other boys and girls, "
marked the Magician, smiling, "all of been at an end of their travels.
od
whom were probably disappointed en reaching Etham, M ores realiz
way with the that he could not allow them to take
ram,'
much
in
the
answer they receiFor who can i this short routiii for he feariiid string
I toll you what I e opposition on the part of the
uppos
ines against allowing them a right
stey
myself believe—that the meeting was of way through their territory. More-
not by chance but by design. How over, he knew that his army, consist-
then will I give youa reason for this ing as it did of men made cowardly by
belief? Some things in life, children, long years of degrading servitude,
are beyond the power of expression by would rather flee backwards into the
or rather, no words are
mere words;
desert, than attempt to resist the
winged enough to soar to such spirit- Philistines. Therefore Moses turned
ual heights as the inner feelings of the Hebrew's hack, went south and en-
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the two sons Of Amram. All we do camped at Pi•hahiroth which is near
know, (and this by historical records the bank of the Red Sea. In the
through the long ages of the World's
meanwhile, Pharoah was preparing
history,) is that sometimes there are his army to pursue these Hebrews;
born
those
who
have
such
sublimet-
for no sooner had they left Egypt,
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tures, who are so filled with rue than the king repented of his rash
humanity, great generosity, high convent. forgot all the plagues his
ideals that their thoughts never dwell country had endured, his former fear
on the sordid or selfish aide of life, of the God of Israel, and only re-
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but always on what is noblest. By gretted that he had allowed thousands
constant contemplation of the higher of men who worked at his buildings
things of life, and by living in accord- and in his fields to escape from his
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people
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ance
seem t develop the power of divining Hebrews when on having their peace-
Eronormed Senrie.
ut the use of the five
,
things with
ful camp disturbed by the sound of
senses ordinarily empl-yed by man ed-anriers troops. they looked towards
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many of whom arose during different of Egyptians, some on foot, some on
periods of the hist cry of Israel, though camels, mote in chariots, coming
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a Divine message, for their souls are
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the desire of flight in their hearts,
in tune with the Infinite. This they looked in the opposite direction,
truly
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