The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-03-18
A SISTERS INFLUENCE.
The Power of n Sister Over q
Brother for Good or Evil.
Another Sermon In the Interesting
Series by the Rev. DR.. Talmage.


| tenth OF his series OF sermons on "The
Marriage Ring" the subject being "Ihe
| Sisters Influence Upon Her Brothera."
The pastor first read and expounded a
chapter In Exodus, on the crossing of the
Red Sea, and spoke OF the water on either
side of the Israelites as "crystalpaliaadeS."
| The text was;
And his sistor stood afar off, to wit
what would be done TO him.--Exodua H., 4.
| DR.. Tnlmage said
Princess Thermutis, daughter Of Pha-
raoh, looking out through the lattice OF her
| bathing house on tho bauka OF tho Nile,
saw q curious boat on tho river, II had
neither oar nor helm, and they would have
been useless anyhow. There was only ono
passenger, and that baby boy. But the
Maylower that brought the Pilgrim Fathers
10 America carried not 80 precious load.
| The boat was made OF the broad leaves or
papyrua tghtened together by bitumen.
| BoAts were sometimes made OF that mate
rial, on we learn from Pliny and Herodotua
and Iheophyaatua. skill all the Hebrew
| children born" had been Pharaoha order,
TO save her boy Jochabed, tho mother OF
little Moses, had put him In that queer boat
and launched him, His sister Miriam
stood on the bank, watching that precious
craft. She was far enough OIL not to draw
attention TO the boat, but near enough TO Of
fer protection. There she stands on the
bank, Miriam the poeteRs, Miriam the
quick wtted Miriam the faithful, though
very human, for In after time she became
80 mad with That very brother for marrying
o woman she did not like that she made a
great family row and was struck with lep.
rosy
Miriam was splendid sister, hut had her
| faults, like all the rest Of us, How care
| fully she watched The boat containing her
broihor A strong wind might upset IT,
| Tho buEalOes often found there might, In
n sudden plunge of thirst, sink II, Some
rnyenous water fowl might gwoOp and pick
| his eyes ont with iron beak. Some croco-
| die or hlppopOtamus crawling through the
ruRhoa might crnunch the babO, Miriam
watched and watched until Princess ! her
NUTS, maiden on each side Of her hold
| ing palm leaves over her head TO Hholtor
her from the sun, came down and entered
her bathing house, When from the lattice
she saw that boat she ordered II brought,
and when the leaves were pulled bnck from
the face Of the child md the boy looked up
| he cried aloud, for ho was hungry and
| frightened, and would not even lot the prin-
cess take him. The infant would rather
stay hungry than acknowledge anyone OF
| the court IN mother Now Miriam, the sis
ter, incogniio, no one augrocting her iela-
ton TO the child, 10 pa from the bank, and
ruahos down and offers 10 get nurse TO
pacify the child, Consent Ia given, she
brings Jochobed, the bNlys mother, incog-
nilo, not sure Of the court knowing she was
the mother and when Jochebod arrived the
child stopped crying, for its fright was
calmod and ia hungor nppoNsod. You
may admire Jochobcd the mother, and
| all the ngog may admire Moses, hut
clap my hOuds IN applause NJ The behavior
Of Milan, the faithful, brilliant, aud
gtrOt gle sister.
"Go homc,' SOMEONE might have said TO
Miriam, "Why risk yourself ont here
alone on the banks OF tho Milo, breathing
the miOema and " danger being attacked
by wild beua, or ruIliOni Go homol' MOI;
| Miriam, The sister most lovingly watched
and brNycly dolcudcd Moses, he brother.
IL ho worhy hrr care and cuulNgcl Oh,
| yea; the sixty centuries Of tho " rll's his
I tory have never had NO much involved In
! the arrival Of any ship 1t any port Og In the
landing Of that pOpyius hoal cOlkod with
| bitumcn, It's one pOsBlng was TO 10 n
non.such IN history. Lawyer, statesman,
| politician, legislator organizer, oonQucror,
dclivcrcr, lie hud such n m0rlioblo beauty
| IN childhood that Jos0phuy gaya when no
was carried along the roOd oopo stopped
10 gaze NJ him, nn1 worl,mcn would leave
their work TO admire him, Whom tho king
playfu'ly put his crown upon thie boy no
threw II of Indignantly and put his foot on
H. Tho king, fearing that this might bc q
Gin TINT the child might yot take down hia
| crown, applied another togt, According 10
the JowiGh legend the king ordered Two
bowls to b. put before tho child ono con.
tanning rubios and the other burning Goals,
And n ho took the coale ho was to live. aud
n ho took the rubios no was 10 die. For
Homo reason the child took ona of tho coAla
and put II IN liA month, no that HIS lifo was
| spared, although u burned the tongue M
he wnH indlstinct of uternnce over after.
Having como 10 manhood, no spread open
tho palms OF his hands In prayer, and tho
Rod Sea parted 10 lot 2,bON,00o people
escape, and ho put the palms OF his hands
together IN prayer and tho Rcd Sca closed
on etnnRulo,od host,
His lfio was unuttOiably arond, his burial
must DO on tho nlmo scale. God wonld let
neither man nor snint nor ArchNnEel have
anything 10 do whh weaving for him
ehioud or digging for him grave. The
omnpotont God loft His throne In heaven
one dOy, and " tho question wo. nakod.
"Whithor In tho King OF tho Universe
RoingYH the anewor was; ~ nm going down
to kurv Mosea.n And iho Lord ,te,' o.,
mighticgt OF men Ia tho top OF a hfl, and
the day wns clear, and Meues ran hle eye
over the magnificent ranKc df country
Hero thb valley Of EcdNolon, where tho
hnnl hhktio Of all nAtlone 10 10 be fought;
and yonder, ne mountains Harmon, and
Lebancn, md aorlSim, aud tho hills OF
Judea; and tho Village OF ljothiehsm thore,
and The city Of Jericho yonAcr, and tho
vast MNtch Of Landscape that almost took
the old lavgivor's breath away 40 hc looked
Al H. And then, without pnng, au learn
from the statement fhat the eye Of Moses
was undmmed and his natural foroo
unabatc,, God touched tho great law
givcr'n eyes, and they cloeed and hin lungs,
and they coosod and his heart, and Il
stopped, and commanded, saying; ITO
the ekioe, thou immortal spiritl" And then
one diVnc hand was put against the back
4 oi MOhVh anu tno OInVf nhnu hHnnht lno
| pulecloee broaot, and God laid him softly
down on Mount Nobo, and then the law
giyor, iftod In tho Amighty's arms, was
carried 10 the opening Of u cavo and placed
In Crypt, and ono stroke OF the divine
hand emoothod the features into nm oyor-
laatng calm, aud rock was rolled 10 tho
door, and the only obeoquios nj which God
did NIL tho Offices Of priest and undertaken
and grayodiggor md mournor wcro ondod
Oil was not Miriam, the sister Of Mosos,
doing good thing, an important thing, u
! glorious thing whom eho watched tho boat
woven Of river plants and made water.
tight with eulphntum carrying its one pas
senRarp Did pho not put all the ages Of
time and OF coming eternity under obliga-
tlon whom pho dofcnded her holpless
brother from Tho potls, aquatic, reptiilion,
| aud rayenoup2 kho II wnH TINT brouphl