Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-11-02

the wrongs that have stung you al
your lives Away! The nan who was
Graded in the basket of papyrus on the
Nile will lead you. Up! Upi This i
the night Of your rescue. They gather
together At signal. Alexander's
armies and all the armies of olden time
were led by torches on high poles,
great crests of fire; and the Lord Al
mighty kindles u torch not held by hu-
man hands, but by omnipotent hand.
Not made out of straw or oil, but
kindled out Of the atmosphere, such a
torch as the world never saw before
and never will see again. 1t reached
from the earth unto the heaven, a pill
lar of fire, that pillar practically say
ing: This wayI March this wayP'
On that supernatural fiambeau more
than a million refugees set their eyes
Moses and Aaron lead on. Then come
the families OF Israel. Then come the
herds and ilocks moving on across the
sands to what is the beach of waters
now called 'ahr-el- Kulzum, but called
in the Bib the Red sea. And when I
dipped my hands in its blue waters the
heroics of the Mosaic passage rolled
over me.
After three days march the Israel
itish refugees encamped for the night
on the bank of the Red sea. AS the
shadows begin to fall, in the distanc
is seen the host of Pharaoh in pursuit.
There were six hundred finest war char
lots followed by common chariots roll
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of the wheels and the curse of infuri-
ated Egyptians came down with the
darkness. But the Lord opened the
crystal gates of Bahr-el-Kulzum and
the enslaved Israelites passed into lib
erty, and then the crystal gates of the
sea rolled shut against the Egyptian
pursuers.
1t was about two o'clock in the morn
ing when the interlOclzed axletrees of the
Egyptian chariots could not move an
inch either way. But the Red sea I'M
hiuched the horses and unhellneted 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 the
women in the other, and the women
beat time with their feet. The record
Rays: "All the women went out after
her with timbrels and with dances.
And Miriam answered them, Sing We
to the Lord, for he hath triumphed
gloriousIy; the horse and his rider hath
he thrown into the sea-" What thrill
ing story of endurance and victory!
The greatest triumph of Handel's
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
marshaIing 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"
THE 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, condemning vast
regions of Africa TO barrenness, 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-
tivated land, and the world must abol-
ish its deserts. Eight hundred millions
of the human race are now living on
lands not blest 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
ccy will be fulfilled, and 1.-The desert
will blossom as the rose" So from
Egypt the burden of sand will be lifted.
Another burden of Egypt to be
Fired 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 day. A |
grace is cleanliness.
Strong drink is positively forbidden by
and though some |
may have seen a drunken Mohamme-
dan, | never saw one. 1t is a religion |
Of sObriety. Then they are not ashamed |
Of their devotions. When the call for
prayers is sounded from the minarets |
the Mohammedan Immediately unrOlls |
the rug on the ground and falls on his |
him no misunderstanding to |
many Christian who omits his pray
ers if people are looking.
But MOhanmedanisIn, with its po-
Iygamy, blights 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 q sinful Arab higher than
the immaculate Christ, is an over
blasphemy. May God help
the brave and consecrated missionaries
who are spending their lives in combat
ing it.
But 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
to make bricks without
straw. That was the last straw that
broke the camel's back God would
allow the despotisln against his people
20 go no further Making bricks with
out straw
That oppression still goes on. De.
nand of your wife appropriate ward
ODE and bountiful table without pro-
Eiding the means cessary-bricks
straw Cities demanding in
he public school faithful and success
ul instruction without giving the teach
ers competent livelihood with.
out straw United States government
of senators and congress
men at Washington full attendance to
he interests of the people, but on com
1ensation which may have done well
enough when twenty-five cents went
Is far as a dollar now, but in these
lines not sufficient to preserve thei1
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