Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-09-29

lug the Wiuernta9 lying opout tho N0rthern
extremity of tho Western nrm Of tho Rod
Sea. 1t is this moro Northern route that
Pharaoh supposed the Israelitos would have
taken; it is upon this route that they first
set out and had they continued oh this way
perhaps Pharaoh had not pursued. 1t was
when they 'turncd-whcn they diyerged
into tho Wilderness of the Red Sea that
Pharaoh thought he saw his opportunity.
The turn was so sudden, SO unexpected. so
unaccountable, SO Imminent with peril, the
involvement was SO complete that tho con
quered king, now revived By the conspicu.
Gus folly Of the leaders Of tho Exodus, very
naturally concluded that the Gods of Egypt
have returned aud given him an cpporu.
nifty of wrcaking vengeance for the slaugh-
torcd first born and inflioting also signal
punishment upon tho fugitive slaves.
"Thoy are cntangcd in tho land, the will
dorncss has shut them in." And he made
ready lis chariot and took his people with
him. Aud he took six hundred chosen
chariots and all tho charots of Egypt aud
captains over every ono of them. But tho
Egyptiaps pursued after them; all tho
horses and charots OF Pharaoh and lis
horsemcn aud his army and overlook them
cnoamping by the sea, beside Pihihoriotl.,
petOrc Daal IcpnOD.
Had not Moses himself been 10 co,n-
munion with the god of the burning bush
his heart must have melted within him at
the appalling prospect. Two millions OF
fugitive people completely hcmmcd 10. In
front the Red Sea-, on their right hand tho
prccipitous mountain, jutting up to the sea.
extending from tho mountain to the scu,
tho army Of tho cnragcd king, with The
terrible war chariots and the terrible war
horses. The environment could not have
been moro complete and more formidable.
The glousing, triumphant king is stretching
forth his hand to grasp tho quiperins prey
Is it not perfectly natural that tbs people
should cay to Moses, because there were no
graves in Egypt hast thou taken us away
to die in the wilderness? Wherefore nast
thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth
out of Egypt? Is not this the word that
wo did tell thee in Egypt, saying, let US
alone that we may serve the Egyptians?
For it had been better for US 10 serge ,ho
Egyptians than that We c!,on!l die in the
wilderness.
Does some one say why didn't they face
about and { Il their way through? The
answer is, tho Tsraclitcs had no arms, they
were pastoral people, they were net ac~
customed to var, they had no weapons to
match tho chaviots and the armed horse
men, they were cncuMbcrca with their
women ond children aud old and infrm
with their ilocis and herds. Such ma
ncuvcr os changing Of front in tho presence
OF such all enemy, even had they been
armed, could only have resulted in over
whelming disnstcr Perhaps tho lcadnrs
knew this region better thnn tho Egyptians
themselves, for Goshen lay next next to it,
II is not improbable That Moses knew the
place thoroughly. Right here il tho most
favorable place for crossing on the coast Of
the Red Soa Right here tho sea i, uar-
rowcss aud this is the time OF The mouth
and tho time O; The year that The tides are
highest and lowest and right here there
may have been shoals, The projecting brd at
this mountnin extending away into tho sea.
ln such place, in such on cxigcncy, No
SOS, tho man Of God, conscious that the
Lord Jehovah would make the clements
themselves, tides, winds, lightnirgs aud
thuodcrs, obcdicut to his will aud sutscr..
Went to his purpose, uttered the sublime
words. fear yc not stand s';ll and eco The
ealva,ion of the Lord, which ho will chow
you to day; for the Eyyp,nns, whom yc
hayo seen to day, sc shall see them again
no more forever. The Lord shall fight for
you and you shall hold your peace The
people, panic stricken, wos looking back
upon the army in terrible array; was |ooE~
ing forward upon tho turbulent sea, but
Moses, never more sublime in look and
mien, is looking upon tho pillar of cloud
Slowly il moves around from the from. to
the rear, and adjusts itself between the
Egyptians and the Isracltcs, SO tina. ;,l
Isracltcs could not sec the Egyptians nor
could the Egyptians SEQ the Isyac'itcs 7.
is writtcp, you know, that tho Angel Of
God, which went before The camp of Israel,
removed and went bchind them; and tho
pillar of the cloud went from before their
fuoe and stood behind thew, and il came
between tho camp Of tho Egyptiaus and tho
camp Of Israel, and it was cloud and
darkness to them, bnt it CAV, light by night
to these; SO that the one camc not near the
othor all the night. In the light raaiating
from the pillar Of cloud in tho midst Of
that terrible storn, where perhaps & small
caravan had never crossed before, except
with lmmancnt peril of speedy destruction,
under tho ipspirtory word of tho great
Loader, the vaat columns of Israel begin to
move forward in that terrible night march,
night, my brethren, tina. never will be for
gotten as long as the world stands They
begin to move and they End place for their
feet, they find place in the sea for their
flooks and herds for the old and inGrm, for
tho women and the little children They
move forward and tho bottom, Of the sca
becomes dry ground. Steadily they move
forward all through tho nipht and tho roar