The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-11-12

makes Is paid Tor taxes TO the govern.
d :"rIt. Now, that is not 80 much taxa.
t"n as assassination. " hat thluk YOU
! "l ttlat. y0u who groan under heavy
! taxes IN America? | have heard that in
: Egypt the working people have song
Ike TINS, "IhcJ starve us, they starve
us, thcY beat us, they beat US; but there's
some one above, there's some one above,
who will punish them well, who will pun.
lsh them WELL" But seventy per cent
OF government tax IN Egypt is mercy
as compared to what the Hebrew slaves
suffered there in Bible times. They GOT
nothing but food hardly fit for dog, and
tier clothing was Of one rag, aud Their
rooi burning sky by day ahd the stars
ol heaven by night.
You say, "Why did they stand il?'
because they had to stand it. You see
along back in the worlds twliyhJ there
was a famine in Canaan, and old Jacob
and his sons came to Egyp: for bread.
Inc old mans boy, Joseph. was prime
minister, and Joseph-I suppose the
tathcr and the brothers called hlm Joe.
for II does not make any difference how
much boy Is advanced in worldly Sue
cess, his father and brothers and sisters
always cali him by the same name that
nc was called by when two years old
Joseph, by Pharaoh's permission gave
TO his ia nily, who had just arrived. the
richest part of Egypt, The Westchester
Farms or the Lancaster farms OF the an
clients. jacobs descendants RAPIDLY
multiplied.
Alter awhile Egypt took a turn at
famine, and those descendants of Jacob,
the lsraclltcs. came to great store
house which Joseph had provided, and
pad in money for corn. But after awhile
| tho money gave out and then thew paid
III cattle. Alter awhile the cattle were
all in possession of the government and
then the Hebrews bought corn from the
government Ey surrcndcring themselves
rs slaves.
BEGINNING OF SLAVERY IN EGYPT.
Then began slavery in Egypt. The
government owned all the Hebrews.
And let modem lunatics who, in Amer.
lea, propose handing over telegraph
companies and railroads and other things
to nc run by government see the folly OF
letting government get its hand on every
thing. / would rather trust the people
than any government the United States
ever mad or Will have. Woe worth the
day when legislators and con- n4resses and
administrations gec possession OF any
| thing more tl!an it is necessary for them
! to have.
That would be the revival In this land
OF that old Egyptian tyranny for which
God has never had anything but rcd hot
thunderb0lts. But through such unwise
processes Israel was cnslavcd IN Egypt.
and the long line of agonies began all
up and down the Nile. Heavier and
sharper fell the lash, hungrier and ehast.
ler grew the work en-, louder and lon.
ger went up the prayer, until three mil
ions Of the cnslaved were crying: "Ya,
Allah! Ya, Allahn' O God! O God!
Where was help TO come from? Not
the throne, Pharaoh sat upon that. Not
| the army, Pharaoh's officers commanded
that. Not surrounding nations, Phar-
aoh's threat made them all tremble.
Not the gods Ammon and OSIRIS or the
goddess Isis, for Pharaoh built their
temples out Of the groans of this dlaboli-
| cal servitude. But one hot day The
princess Thonoris. the daughter of Phar-
aoh. while in her bathing house on the
banks of the Nile, has word brought her
that there is a baby atloat on the river
in cradle made out Of big leaves.
Ol course there Is excitement all up
and down the banks, for All ordinary
fabY in an ordinary cradle attracts smil-
ing attention, but an infant in Il cradle
OF papyrus rocking ON river arouscs
not only admiration, but curiosity.
Who made that boat? Who made it
water tight with bitumen? Who launched
il: Reckless Of the crocodiles, who lay
basking themselves in the sun, the maid.
ems wade in and snatch up the child, and
first one carries him and then another
carries HIM, and all the way up the bank
he runs gantlct of caresses, till Thon.
oris rushcs out Of the bathing house and
says: "Beautlul toundliny, | will adopt
YOU as my own. You shall vet wear
the Egyptian crown and sit on the Egyp-
tian thrOnc."
no! no! No! lie is to be the
emancipation Of the Hebrews. Tell it in
oil the brick kilns. Tell it among all
| those whQ are wrilhing under the lash,
:rll 1t anunG ali the castles of Memphis
aud lichopOIiS and Xoan and ThcDes.
Before him a sea will part. On a noun
}A'n top. alone, this one will receive
from tie Almighty law that is to be
The foundation of all good law while the
| world lasts. When he is dead, God will
come down on Ncbo and alone bury
hln, nD man or woman or angel worthy
10 attend TIC obscqucs.
The chlid Gro~s up and goes out and
studies the horrors of Egyptian oppres.
sion and snpprcsscs his indignation, for
lhc right TIVE has not come, although
once tor Il minute he let fly, and when
he sa" 4 taskmastcr put the whip on the
| back OF q workman who was doing his
b, ST. and heard the poor fellow cry and
saw The blood srurt, Moses doubled up
his fist and struck him on the temple
iii tEc cruel villain rolled over in the
sand cN0nlmate and never swung the
lash a@nl;'. Served hlm right:
GOD WAS OF HIS SIDE.
Bat, Noses, are you going to under
take tl:c possibilities? You feel
thai y, II re gOiny 10 free the Hebrews
from LondHge. But where is your
army? Whtrc iS your navy2 Not a
swCrd have you, not spear, not Il
chariot, net a horse. An God was on