The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-02


Pharaoh in pursuit. There we're six hun
dred finest war chariots followed by COM
mon chsriots rolling at fun speed. And the
rumbhng Of the wheels and the curse Of in
furieted Egyptians came down with the
darkness. But the Lord opened the crystal
gates Of Bahr-el- KulZun and the ensiaved
, Israeiites passed into liberty and then the
I crystal gates of the sea rolled
shut sgsiast the Egyptian pursuers-
IL was about two o'clock
; Ia the morning when the lnterlocked axle
trees OF the Egyptian chariots could not
7 move an inch either way. But the Red sea
unhitched the horses, and unhelmeted the
warriors, and left the proud host a wreck
on the Arabian sands. Then TWO choruses
arose, and Moses led the men IN the one and
Miriam led tue women IN the other. and the
women beat time with their feet The rec
ord gays: "All the women went out after
I her with timbrels aud with dances. And
Miriam answered them. Sing We to the
| Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously:
the horse and his rider hath he thrown into
the sea-" What thrilling story of endur-
ance and victory! The greatest triumph OF
! Handel's genius was shown in his immortal
| dramatic oratOrio, Israel in Egypt He
1 bad given to the world the oretorio Of "Es-
| tier and Deborah" and "Athaliah,H but re-
| served for his mightiest exertion at the full
| hight OF his powers the msrshaliug Of all
musical Instruments to the description ia
| harmony OF the scenes on which we this
morning dwell. He gave tweaty
days to this production, with its twenty
eight choruses, enthralling his own time aud
| all attertiIhe with his Israel in Egypt
So the burden OF oppression was lifted
but another burden of BFyps is made up of
deserts. Indeed, Africa IS a great continent
| for deserts, Libyan desert, Sahara desert.
deserts here aud there, and yonder, con-
| demDing vast regions of Africa 70 barren
ness, one OK the deserts three thousand
miles long, and a thous and miles
| wide But all those deserts will
| yet be flooded, and 50 made fertile. De
| LesSeps says it can be DONE and he who
| planned the Suez canal which marres tue
Reds ca and the Mediterranean knows what
he Is talking about. The human race is SO
| multiplied that 1t must have more cultivated
| land, aud the world must abolish its deserts.
| Eight hundred millions Of the human race
are no living on lands not ble4t with rai1s,
but dependent on irrigation. and we want
by irrigation to make room for eight hun-
bred millions more. BY irrigation toe
prophecy will be fulfilled, and "the desert
will blossom as tue roseh SO from Egypt
the burden Of sand will be lifted.
Another burden of EgypE to be lifted is
the burden Of Mohammedanism, although
there are some good taings about that re-
hglon. It's disciples must always wash be-
| fore they pray, and that is five times & day.
| A commendable grace is cleanliness. Strong
drink is positively forbidden by Mohan-
mechanism, and though some may have seen
a drunken Mohammedan, | never saw one.
1t is a religion OF soerieJy. Then they arc
not ashamed Of their devotions When the
call for prayers is sounded from the minaratS
the Mohammsdan Immediately unrolls the
rug on the ground and falls on his knees,
and crowds Of spectators are TO him no en-
barrassment: reproof to many u Christian
who omits his prayers II people are looking.
| Rut Muhap1mednniSm with its DOlyQarnV
bights everything it touches. Mohammed,
its founder, had four wives, and his follow
ers are the enemies of good womanhood.
Mohammedanism puts its curse on all
Egypt, and by setting up a sinful Arab
higher than the immaculate Christ is an
overwhelming blasDhemy. May God help
the brave and cOnsecrated m issionAries who
are spending their lives in combating it.
But before l forget it l must put more
emphasis upon the fact that the last outrage
that resulted in the liberation OF the He
brews was their being compelled TO make
bricks without straw. That was the last
straw that broke the camels back. God
would allow the despotism against his peo-
pie to 60 no further. Making bricks with
out straw
That impression still goes on. Demand OF
your wife appropriate wardrobe aud bountl-
ful table without providing the means
necessary: Bricks without straw Cities
and successful instruction without giving
the teachers competent livelihood: Bricks
without straw. United States government
demanding of senators and congressman at
Washington full attendance to the interests
of the people, but on compensation which
may have done well enough when TWENTY
five cents went as far as dollar now, but in
these times not sufficient to preserve their in
fuence and responsibility: Bricks without
straw. In many parts Of the land churches
demanding of pastors vigorous sermons aud
sympathetic service on starvation salary,
6anotifed Ciceros on four hundred dollars
year: Bricks without straw. That is one
reason why there are so many poor bricks.
In all departments, bricks not even, or
bricks that crunble, or bricks that are not
bricks at all. Work adequately paid for is
worth more than work not paid for. More
straw and then better bricks.
) But in all departments there are Phar-
aohs: Sometimes Capital Pharoah, and
} sometimes Labor a Pharoah. When CAPT
tai prospers and makes large percentage on
Its investment, and declines TO consider the
| needs OF the operatives, and treats them as
4 so many human machines, their nerves no
4 more than the bands on the factory wheel
thon Capital Is a Pharoah. On the other
hand, when workmen, not regarding ths
an1ietles aud business struggles Of the firm
employing them, and at a time when the
firm are doing their best to meet an i'm
porCant contract and need all hands busy to
J accomplish it, at such time to have their
employees make a strike and put their en-
pioyers into extreme perplexity and severe
! loSs-then Labor becomes Pharoah OF the
: worst oppression, and must look out for the
D judgments of God.
? W hen in December, 1889, at the museum
at Boplao, Egypt, looked at the mummies Of
the old PharaqhE, the very miscreants who
3 diaooliZsd centuries, and l saw their teeth
3 and hair and finger nails and the flesh
i drawn tight over their cheek bones che
, saroophagi OF these dead monarchs side by
, side, and was so fascinated | could only
| with difficulty get away from the spot, I
= was not looking upon the last of the
! Pharaohs, All over the world old mer-
{ chants playing the Pharaoh over young
3 merchants, old lawyers playing the Pharaoh
4 over young lawyers, old doctors playing
u tae Pharaoh over young doctors, old artists
Q playing the Pharaoh over young artists,
] i old ministers playing the Pharaoh over
It young ministers. Lot all oppressors, whether
g in homes. in churches. ia stores, in offices
a IN factories, in social life or political life,
= in private life or public life know that
q God hates opprsssors, and they will all
t come to grief hero or hereafter Pharaoh
j thought ne did fine thing. cunning
thing, a decisive thing, when for the com
= plete extinction of the Hebrews in Egypt
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