Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1837-09-25
PASSAGE OF THE RED SEA.


The rout Of the israelies, and .he place
where they crossed the Red Sea, are thus
discussed in the "lncdents OF Travel" by
an American:
"Late in the afternoon we landed on the
opposite side, on the most sacred spot con-
necIed with the wanderings of the Israel
lies, where they rose from the dry bed OF
The sea, and, at the command of Moses The
divided waters rushed together overwhel-
ming Pharaoh, and his chariots, and the
whole host Of Egypt. With the devotion
OF pious prilgrim, picked up shell and
put II into my pocket as memorial OF the
place and then Paul and /, mounting The
dTomedares which my guard had brought
down To the shore in readiness, road 10 a
grove Of palm trees, shading fountain of
bad waters, called ayoun Moussa, or the
fountain of Moses. was riding care essly
along, looking towards the sea, and had al.
most reached the groves OF palm trees when
a large flock OF crows flew oui, and my
dromedary, frightened with their sudden
whlzzng, started back and threw me 90
lee; over his head, and completely clear Of
his long neck, and left me spraying in the
sand. II was mercy that did moi finish
my wanderngs where The children of isra ell
begun theirs but saved my head al the
expense Of my hands, which sunk in the
loose soil up TO the wrist, and bore the
marks for more Than two months alterward.
| seated myself where | fell +; as The sun
was Just dipping below the horizon, told
Paul tn pitch the tent with the door tow
ards The place OF The miraculous passage.
| shall never forget that sunset scene, and
it is the last shall inilic upon The reader.
| was setting on the sand on The very spot
where the chosen people Of God, alter
walking the dry bed OF the sea, stopped To
behold The divided waters turning to their
place, and swallowing up the host Of the
pursuers. The mOutans on the other side
looked dark and porlentous, as il proud and
CONSCIOUS witnesses OF The mighty miracle {;
while the sun descending slowly behind
| them, long after il had disappeared, lett "A
reflected brightness which Illuminated with
an almost supernatural light the dark sur
lace of the water.
"But to return 10 the fountain Of Noses.
| am aware that there is some dispute as to
The precise spot where Moses crossed but
having no time for Skepticism on such mat
ters, | began by making up my mind that
this was the place, and then looking around
to see whether, according 10 the account
! giving in The bible the face Of The country
ard the natural landmarks did not sustain
my opinion. remember looked up IN the
head Of The gull, where Suez or Knlsum
now stands, and saw that, almost In the
very head OF the Gulf there was high
range of mountains which il would he he
cesSary To GRESHAM undertaking which il
woul he physically Impossible Tor six hun
ndred thousand people, men. women and
children, 10 accomplish, with hostile army
pursuing them. At Suez, Moses could not
have been hemmed in as he was he could
60 off into Syrian desert, or unless the sea
has greatly changed since that time, round
the bead Of the Gull. But here directly op-
posjIe to where ! sat was an opening in The
mountains, making clear passage from
| HE desert To the shore of the sea.
RISING GENIUsEs.-SCENE IN ScHooI.
Room. Master. Fuss class'n jogralee 7
Scholars 'Yelh'm.' Master. 'rnmmas,
what's the biggest river in Amerikyi' 'The
'rombigbee, EUR; Eur; Ike keeps pinchin'
on mel He pinch't me first EUR, and
piDcb't him back again Take yer seats
parse Arkansas line from top A.
r-k ark, a-n-s ans, arkans, ass ass, Arkan-
sas.' Pronounce it Arkansaw; but Moses
you aint spelln'-yer parsin, child 20,
yether! Harkhandsaw is a noun, ohjeciv
case, indcativ mode, comparaliv degree,
third person and nominativ case TO sciSzars.
You hav'nt said what gender, Moses. =
Feminine gender WhyH Corr irs,
- Next Dono.' Next Corr
liz a shemae.' Next Forgotten, eur.
Come, David, you know 'Yelhm.'-
We'll, why is Arkansas Of The feminine
gender, David Corr ilz--why coz it2
got Miss Soury on the MORT, Louisa Anna
on the soui, Mrs Sippy on the east, and ev-
er so many more she females on The west.
Very well, David you may 60 ~ the head
you're n rising genius, and III make
man of you before yer mother Yelh'm.'
Claremom Eagle.