The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-05-14
Our Evening Sermon !

Our Evening sermon I!
"s y But Moses fled from the face of
Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of indian;
and he sat down by a well. ii--xv.
The earliest experience of Moses inn
pressed upon his mind the fact that the
Egyptians were his bitter enemies, seek
ing his destruction. His safety as an in
FAINT required that he be hidden, as the
King of Egypt decreed that all male chill
dren should be destroyed at birth. For
the period of three months after his birth
did the mother of Moses hide him from
the law, but at last becoming discouraged
as to hen ability to conceal him longer, she
made and ark of bulrushes, covered it with
slime and pitch, placed the little child in
it, and hid it in the bulrushes by the river
bank. In this concealment he was found
by Pharaoh's daughter, who took him and
sought nurse for him, in the mercy and
providence of God selecting the Hebrew
woman who was his mother.
Thus Moses grew, in the knowledge
that he was among his enemies. 1t chan
ced one day as Moses was looking upon
his brethren who were greatly oppressed
by the Egyptions, he beheld an Egyptian
shifting Hebrew. Moses did not inter-
fere in this matter after the manner of
men attempting to quell disturbances,
generally. But he adopted an effective
method of putting a stop to that abuse.
He looked about to note that he was un-
AiSo0x-arod hxyf he al
ately killed the Egyptian, and hid him in
the sand. On the second day he went out
again and espied two Hebrews in conflict.
He reproved them, and inquired why
they thus strove together. AS many men
| would do in these sinful days, they in
| quired what business that was of his, and
| if he desired to slay them as he had slain
| the Egyptian. Then Moses knew that
there had been witness to the killing,
and became alarmed. The news of Moses
deed came to the ears of Pharaoh. and he
resolved on the killing of Moses, but the
latter, divining the Kings object, fled to
the land of Midian, and sat down by a
well, where the maidens of that neighbor-
hood came to water their flocks Here he
|
ter, and won the heart of one of these
maidens, and settled in that country.
! The great lesson in this early experience
of Moses is the wonderful protecting care
of the Divine Parent. Having been born
under sentence of death, Moses was, by
the Providential care of the Father, con-
cealed and protected, and came to be, to a
certain extent, a member of the household
of the King who had decreed his death.
Afterward, by an act of his own, he was
banished from the Kings presence. but
Divine care forewarned him in time to
enable him to escape the wrath of the
King because of the Staying of the wicked
Egyptian. Doubtless Moses had his sor-
rows like other men; his way through
life was not all JOY and beauty; he may
have had moments, or hours, or days, OF
extreme anguish: yet through it all there
was a power greater than Kings which
protected him.
There is more remorseless King than
Pharaoh pursuing every soul to-day. Nc
matter what course may be followed out
in the life of the one who would hide
| lTOul bnlS evil hIHS, ne is ever SCnem1DG
for the destruction of the life, of the soul
Should we slay our fellow, he will redou
BILE his efforts for the destruction of the
soul, no matter how righteous might be
the act on our part. But he is ever pur
suing the soul, of which he has decreeG
the eternal death, and is tireless in his
pursuit. In season and out of season, by
day or night, this scheming, relentless
pursuer is striving for the capture anG
destruction of the soul. Yet there is Z
means of safety for every soul. AS Moses
fled to the land of INDIAN, so the sou
that is pursued by the evil one may fine
a refuge, a haven of rest in that country
far grander and sweeter than the land Of
Midian, and may sit down by a well OF
greater purity-the fountain of the house
of David. All that is necessary in order
to secure ones safety, is to live an earnest
trustfull life, charitable and kind to fellow.
creatures, and faithful to that God whose
protecting care is ever about us. The
God who protected the child. abandoned
in the swamp, protects all His creatures
alike.