The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-02-12

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zDM@ A N e RIGA, carried
REV. TALNAeE. not so precious q
load. The boat was made of the broad
leaves of payrus. frightened together
by bitumen. Boats were sometimes
from Pliny and Herodotus and Theo-
phrastua- 'sKill all the Hebrew chill
dren born,r had been Pharaoh's order.
To save her boy. Jochebed, the mother
Of little Moses, had put him In that
queer boat aud launched him. His
slater, Miriam. stood on the bank
watching that precious craft. She was
far enough of not to draw attention
TO the boat. but near enough to offer
protection. There she stands on the
bauk-Miriam the poetess, Miriam the
quick-witted. Miriam the faithful,
though very human, for in after time
abe demonstrated 1t.
sGo home" some one might have
said TO Miriam; "why risk yourself out
there alone on the banks OF the Nile,
breathing the miasma, and in danger
Of being attacked of wild beast or ruff
Aau; 90 home!" No; Miriam, the sis
ter, more lovingly watched and brave
" defended Moses, the brother. Is he
worthy Of her care and courage? oh,
yes; the so centuries of the worlds his
tory have never had so much involved
In the arrival of any ship at any port
Is in the landing of thai papyrus boat
eaulked with bitumeni Its one pas
senger was to be o nonsuch in history
-lawyer. statesman, politician, legis-
letor, organizer, conquerer, dsl!verer.
he had such remarkable beauty in
childhood that Josephus says, when
be was carried along the road. people
stopped to gaze at him and workmen
would leave their work to admire him.
when the king plsyfully put his
crown upon this boy. he threw 1t of
indignantly and put his foot on 1t.
The king, fearing that this might be
. sign that the child might yet take
down his crown, applied another test
According to the Jewish legend, the
king ordered two bowls to be put be-
fore the child, one containing rubies
and the other burning Goals: and II he
took the Goals. he was to hves and 1t he
took the rubies, he was to die. For
some reason the child took one of the
Goals. and put it in his mouth, so that
his life was spared. although It burned
the tongue till he wa indistinct of
u~tterance ever after. Having come to
manhood, he spread over the palms OF
his hands in prayer, and the Red sea
parted to let 2.5oo. coo people escape.
And he put the palms Of his hands to-
eether In prayer, and the Red sea
closed on Q strangulated host.
Oh, was not Miriam, the sister Of
MoseA doing o good thing, an impor-
tsnt thing, . glorious thing, when she
watched the boat. woven of river
plants aud made water.tight with
asphaltum. carrying its one passenger
Did abe not put all the ages of time
md OF 3 coming eternity under obliga-
ton when she defended her helpless
brother from the perils, aquatic, rep.
lillian, and ravenousp She Il was that
Brought that wonderful babe and his
mother together, so that he was reared
70 be the deliverer Of his nation. when
IL saved at all from the
Puahes Of the Nile. he would have been
only one more of the God-defying Phs-
roahs; for Princess Thermutis of. the
bathing house would have Inherited
the crown of Egypt; and as she had NO
child of her own, this adopted child
would have come to coronation. Had
there been no Miriam there would
been NO Moses. What q garland
for faithful sisterhoodi Fol how many
lawgiver, aud how many, Q hero. and
how many o deliverer, and how many
q saint are the world and the church
to q wstchfulr loving, faith.
full, cody sister. II I should ask all
and attorneys, aud mer-
chants, and ministers Of religion, and
men Of all professions and
who are indebted to an elder
sister for good influences and perhaps
for an education OF q prosperous start,
to let IL be known, hundreds would
God knows how many of our
Greek lexicons and how much of our
vas paid for by money that
otherwise have gone Tor the re-
plenishing of q sisters wardrobe,
Miriam was the eldest Of the family
Moses and Aaron, her brothers. yer
younger. Oh the power OF the elder
sisteF to help decide the brothers char
acteP tor usefulness and for Heaveni
She can keep OF from her brother
more evils than Miriam could have
back water fowl or crocodile
from the ark Of bulrushes The older
sister decides the direction In which
the cradle boat shall sail. BY gentle.
ness. by good sense, by Christian prin.
she can turn 1t toward the palace,
not of o wicked Pharaoh, but of the
holy God; and . brighter princess than
should lift him out of peril.
even religion, whose weys are ways OF
and all her paths are
peace. The older sister. how much the
@-... h.-g h.. -At1A rat kho
was in limited circumstances,
brothers And if there 10
anything that excites my sympathy. It
Is q little girl Juggling around q great
fat child and getting her ears boxed
she. cannot keep him quietl
By the time she gets to young woman
hood she 10 pale and worn out, and her
attraetiveness has been sacrificed on
the altar Of sisterly fidelity, and she Is
to celibacy. and society calls
her by an unfair name; but in Heaven
they call her Miriam. In most families
the two most undesirable places In thu
record Of births are the first and the
asst; the first because she Is worn out
with the cares Of q home that cannot
Afford to hire help, and the last be-
eause b Is spoiled as o pet. Among
he grsndest e~quipages that sweep
the streets of Heaven win be
hose occupied by sisters who sscrdced
for brothers They will
aaye the finest of the Apocalyptic
white horses, and many who on earth
yooked down upon them will have to
urn out to let them pass, the chart
,teer crying: "Clear the wayI 4 queen
8 comingp'
Let sisters not ~begrudge the time and
are bestowed on q brother. 1t is hard
believe that any boy that you know
well as your brother can ever turn
'ut anything very useful Well. he
nay not be q Moses, There is only one
4 that kind needed for 5000 years.
But ! tell you what your brother will
either Q blessing or g curse to So
iety, and 9 candidate for happiness or
Vretchednesa He will. like Moses,
ave the choice between rubies and
Goals, and your influence will
ave much to do with his decision. He
nay not, like Moses. be the deliveFeF Of