Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-02
nn rolled .hut against the Eeyptian

n ing when the interlocked axletrees Of th
z Egyptian ehariOts could not move a
inch either way. But the Red sea M
hitched the horses and unhelneted tn
: warriors and left the proud host
( wreck on the Arabian sands. TLei
q two ehoruses arose, and Moses led tn
Z men in tlle one. and Miriam led tn
E women in tie other. and the wonel
4 beat time with their feet. The recon
saws: IAN the women went out ate
? her with timbrels and with dances
) And Miriam answered them, Sing y
} TO the Lord, for he hath triumphec
: gloriously; the horse and his rider haiti
J he thrown into the sea- What a thrill
. ing story Of endurance and victory
The greatest triumph of Handel:
genius was shown in his immortal dra
matte oratorio, Israel in Egypt" He
had given to the world the oratorio OF
Esther and Deborah and Athaliah,
but reserved for his mightiest exertion,
at the full height of his powers, the
marshaling OF all musical instruments
70 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"
TIN BURDENS OF EGYPT.
So the burden of oppression was
lifted, but another burden of Egypt is
made up of deserts. Indeed, Africa is
| a great continent for deserts. Libyan
desert, Sahara desert, deserts here and
there and yonder, cond GINNING vast
/ regions of Africa TO blrrenneSs, 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 it can
be done. and he who planned the Suez
canal. which marries the Red sea and
the Mediterranean. knows what he is
talking about The human race is so
multiplied that it must have more cul
ti~ated land, and the world must abol-
ish its deserts. Eight hundred millions
of the human race are now living on
lands not b!est with rains, but depend
ent on irrigation, and we want by irri-
CATION to make room for eight hundred
millions more BY irrigation the proph
ecy will be fulfilled, and the desert
will blossom as the rose" So from
Egypt the burden of sand will be lifted.
Another burden of Egypt to be
fitted is the burden of Mohammedan
ism, although there are some good
things about that religion. Its dis
ciples must always wash before they
pray. and that is five times a day. A
conmendable grace is cleanliness
Strong drink is positively forbidden by
Mohammedanisn, and though some
may have seen a drunken Mohamme-
dan, | never saw one. 1t is a religion
of sobriety. Then they are not ashamed
prayers is sounded from the minarets
the Mohammedan Immediately unrolls
the rug on the ground and falls on his
knees, and crowds of spectators are TO
him no eiIbarrassment-re to
many a Christian who olnits his pray
ers II people are looking.
But Mohainnedanisn, with its po
lygamy, bliehts everything it touches
its founder, had four
wives, and his followers are the enemies
of good womanhood. Mohammedan-
ism puts its curse on all Egypt, and by
setting up a sinful Arab higher than
the immaculate Christ, is an over
whelming blaSphemy. May God help
the brave and consecrated missionaries
who are spending their lives in combat
ing it.
Bat before | forget it | must put
more emphasis upon the fact that the
last outrage that resulted in the liberia.
ton of the Hebrews 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 people |
to go no further. Making bricks with
out straw
That oppression still goes on. De-
mand OF your wife appropriate ward
robe and bountiful table without pro-
viding the means necessary
without straw. Cities demanding in
the public school faithful and success
full instruction without giving the teach
ers competent livelihood-bricl1s with
out straw. United States government
demanding of senators and congress
men at Washington full attendance to
the interests of the people. but on com,
pensation which may have done we'll
enough when twenty-five cents went
as far as a dollar now. but in these
times not sufficient TO preserve their
influence and respectability-bricks
without straw.
In many parts of The land churches
demanding of pastors vigorous sermons
and sympathetic service on starvation
salary, sanctiied Ciceros On four hun
dred dollars year. Bricks without
straw, That is one reason why. there
are so many poor bricks. In all de
partments, bricks not even, or bricks
that crumble, 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.
PHARAoHs OF TODAY.
But in all departments there are
Pharaohs Sometimes Capital Pha-
raoh and sometimes Labor Pharaoh.
When Capital prospers and makes large
percentage ON its investment and de-