The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-09-05
JUVEMILE Column.
MOSES.

the river Nile is, no doubt, well known to
You:
had grown TO be great nation in the land
of Egypt. Bat after many years there had
arisen another king, who knew nothing of |
Joseph, although like all the Egyptian
kings, his name was Pharaoh He made
all the Hebrew people his slaves, and when |
he found them growing numerous, he
oppressed them still more.
At last he was so eager to stop their |
growth, that he ordered all the little |
Hebrew boys to be murdered as soon as
they were born: But there was one mother
who thought she would try to save her |
child; and so she managed to hide him for |
three months. And when she thought she
could not keep him any longer she wove
a little basket of bullrushes, and plssteFed
the outside with slime and pitch, to make
it water tight. She then placed the babe
in it, and, carrying him down to the Nile,
she left him among the reeds that grew by
the bank. She had faith in God that He
would in some way take care of her child
She had young daughter named Miriam,
whom she sent to stand q little way off
from where the babe was left, to see what
would become of him. Soon the kings
daughter came down with her maidens to
bathe in the waters of the Nile. She saw
a basket among the reeds, and sent maid
to bring it to her. AS she opened the
basket there lay dear little babe, who
looked up into her face, and began to cry.
She so pitied the poor little thing that,
turning to her maidens, she said, "this
must be one eff the Hebrew children"
just then Miriam, who had been watching
her baby brother, came up, and asked II
she would call one of the Hebrew women
to nurse the Child. The princess told her
she might go; and you can imagine with
what JOY she went home and brought back
her own mother. When the mother APP
peared, the princess said to her, 1'Take the
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This shows the wonderful ways in which
/ God brings about His own plans. He bad
| great work for this child to perform when
he became n man. The princess called
his name Moses, "because," said she, 81
drew him out of the water" Peoples
names in those days often had particular
meaning, and this was what the name of
Moses meant--"Drawn out"
If any came to kill the babe, she could
say to them that the babe was q child she
| was nursing for Pharaohs daughter, and of
course they would not dare to meddle
with him then. Through all his infant
years she could teach her boy about the
God that made him, and all things which
he saw around him.
Moses became prince of Egypt, and he
was taught in all the wisdom of that
learned people and grew up to be man,
with the prospect of one day being king OF
Egypt. But God had a more honored
station and work for him, as the 1awgiver,
guide, and captain of the Children OF
! Israel on the way to the promised land
Guardian AR9ei. ~
REMEMBER WHOSE CREATURES THEY ARE.
1t would prevent q great deal of cruelty
and neglect to the dumb creatures If we
! kept in mind that they are Gods. They are
Gods horses, which men beat so un-
mercifuily; They are Gods sheep, and na
forgotten to be housed in the storm, and
Gods dogs and cats which are 80 often
, kicked, pinched and abused by both
grown-up people and children. They are
! the work of His hands and the creatures Of
. His care; and they are as cnrIonsiy anS
wonderfully formed with flesh and blood
and brains, and heart, and lungs as we are
, though they are dumb and cannot plead fol
, themselves, God will not forget our ill
l treatment of them in the great day o
account.-Ibid.
THE PALM TREE.--I will tell yeu abou
J, the Palm Tree, spoken of so often il
4 Scripture.
1t has long branchless trunk or bod!
aud wide spreading leaves towards thu
. top. 1t is these leaves that are spoken o
r in the Bible as palm branches. The bod!
4 of the tree does not increase in size, but a
the tree grows Older it only grows higher
Among the Arabs wine and sugar are mad
I, from its juices mats are made from it
a leaves, and upon Une kind dates grow, ant
e these are used as food by the people, indeet
the Arabs say that it has as many uses a
T there are days in the year. You know
y dear children, that King David compared
. good men to the palm tree, partly becaus
L it lives as if it desired to reach heaven
always growing upward-being Away
|, green and bearing fruit, and in its use t.
o man. So, from this tree we may learn
= lesson of wisdom and truth. Always hav
VI our hearts turned towards heaven, and il
shirt ALWAYS rising towards it, Away
:, growing in grace and goodness, and in
Is creasing in usefulness to those around US
/. But we need not refer to the far off palI
tree of the Holy Land. Every plant an
" flower in our gardens is holy thing, for
@ is part of Gods work, created for on
G benefit and pleasure, and as he loved then
/, and taught lessons by them when he said
;" "Consider the lilies how they grow
"a Even Solomon in all his glory was nc
Il arrayed like one of these."'
70 HOME CHEERFULNEss.-Many a chill
70 goes astray, not because there is want
Q, nrayar or virtue at home. buE Rimnlv he