The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-11-11

the 1oyt. ALu then the CLOUDS QfOpPea
hal! and lightning. And then locusts
came in. swarmS Of them, worse than
The srasshoppers ever were In Kansas,
and then darkness dropped for three
days So that tie people could not see
their hand before their face, great
su1ges OF midnight covering them
And last Of al, on the night OF the 18th
OF April. about eighteen hundred years
before Christ, the Destroying Angel
sweeps past; and hear 1t all night long
the ZAP. flap! 1iap! Of his wings until
Egypt rolled on q great hea1se, The
eldest child dead in everv Egyptian
hons, The eldest son ef Pharaoh cx-
pired that night in the palace and ali
along the streets Of Memphis and He
liopelis, and all up and down the Nile
there was funeral wall that would
have rent the fold Of the Ennatura!
darkness If it had not been impenesra'
ble.
NOW IS ISRAEL CHANCE.
The Isrealitish homes, however, were
untouched. But ths.e homes were full
of preparation, for now is yosr chance,
O ye rreDged Hebrews. Snatch up
what pieces Of food you can aad to Tie
desert. Its simeoms are better than
the bondage you hsve suffered. Its
scorpions will not sting so sharply as
the wrongs that have stung you all
YOUR lives. Away The man who was
:rsdled In the baske: Of papyrus on the
Nile will lead you. Up. Up. This IS
the night of your rescue. They gather
together at signal. Alexander $
armies and all the armies of olden time
we.e led by torches on high poles, great
crests OF fire; and the Lord Almighty
kindles a torch not held by human
hands but by omnipotent hand.
Not made out Of straw or OIL, but
kindled out of the atmosphere, such a
torch as TIE world never SEW before
and never will see again. 1t reached
from the earth unto the heaven, pillar
Of fire, that pillar practically saying
This way. March this way On that
supernatural ilambeau more than a
miiiioa refugees set their eyes. Moses
and Aaron lead on, Ther ccme the
herds and flocks moving OF across the
sauas to what is the beach OF waters
now called Bahr-el-Kulzum, but called
in the Bible the Red sea. And when |
Dipped my hands in its blue waters, the
heroics OF the Mosaic passage rolled
over ne.
on THE RED SEAS SHORE.
After three days march the Israel
itish refugees encamped for the night
on the banks of the Red sea. As the
shadows begin to fail, in the distance
is seen the host of Pharaoh in pursuit.
There were six hundred finest Wal
chariots, followed By common chsrlots,
rolling at full speed And the glitter
ins of the wheels and the curse Of IN
furiated Egyptians came down with
the darkness. But the Lord opened
the crystal gates Of Bahr-el-KUlZum
and the enslaved Israelites passed Into
liberty, and then the crystal gates of
the sea rolled shus against the Egyp-
tian pursuers.
It was about two o'clock in the uoTn-
ing when the interlocked axle trees OF
the Egyptian charioss could not 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
Inen il one, and Miriam led the women
in the other, and the women beat time
with their feet. The record says: AL
the women went out after her with
timbrels and with dances. and Miriam
answered them, Sing ye to the LORD,
for he hath triumphed gloriously; the
horse and his rider hath he thrown into
the sea-" What thrilling story OF en-
durance and victory.
The geatest triumph Of Handels
genius was shown in his immortal dra-
matte orato7io, Israel in Egypt" He
had given to the world the oratcrio of
Esther and Deborah" and Athaliah,
bat reserved for his mlghtiest exertlon
at the full height of his powers tbe
marsha!lng of all musical instruments
to the description in harmony OF the
scenes on which we this morning dwell.
He gave twenty-seven days to this pro-
duction, with its tWenty-eight choruses,
enthralling his own time and all after
time with his Israel in Egypt"
SO the burden Of oppression was lift
ed, but another burden OF Egypt Is
made up Of deserts. Indeed, Africa is
u great continent for deserts, Libyaa
desert, Sahara desert, deserts here and
there and yonder, eondemn!ng vast re.
gions of Africa to barrennes., one OF
the deserts three thousand miles long
and a thousand miles wide. But all
those deserts will yet be flooded. and so
made fertile. De Lesseps says 1t can be
done, and he who planned the Suez ca
nal, which marries the Red sea, and
the Mediterranean, knows what no IS
talking about.
The human race is so multiplied that
it must have more cultivated Land, ana
the world must abolish It's deserts.
Eight hundred millions of the human
race are now living on lands not blessed
with rains, but dependent OF lrrisa-
ton, and we waot by irrigation 10
make room Tor eight hundred millions
more. BY irrigation the prophecy viii
be fulfilled, and "the desert will blossom
as the rose" So from Egypt the bur
den of sand will be lifted.
THE BURDES OF MOIIAMMEDANISM.
Another burden of Egypt TO he lifted
though tacre are seTne good things
about that religion. a commsndable
grace Is cleanliness. Strong drink IS
positively forbidden by MohammedaA-
ism, and though some may have seen
a drunken Mohammedao, | never saw
cne. Il is a religion of sobriety. Then
they are not ashamed Of their deVo-
tiolIs. When the call for prayers IS
sounded from the minarets the Mohem
medaa Immediately unrclls the rug
on the ground and falls on his
knees. and crowds of spectators are to
hiln no embarrassment-reproof 10
many Christian who omits his cray
ers if people are looking.
But Mohammedanism, with lis poly
gamy, blights everything it touches
Mohammed, its founder, had four
wives, and his followers are the enc
mics of good womanhood. Moham-
mechanism puts its curse on all Eg!pt,
and by setting up sinful Arab higher
tnan the immaculate Christ, is an over
vhelninr blasphemy. Nav GCd help