Natchitoches populist., 1898-04-01
glorious thing when she watched the boat

ravenous? She it was that brought thai
!.won1erful babe aud its mother together. Sc
that he was reared to be the deliyerer of hi.
nation, when otherwise, if saved at all from
the rushes of the Nile, he would have been
only one moro OF tho God-lefvinc pha-
roahs; for Princess Thcrmuts, of the bath.
ing-house, would have inherited the crown
OF Egypt; and, rs she had no child of her
own, this adopted child would have come
to coronation. Had there been no Miriam
there would have been no Moses. What a
garland for faithful sisterhood!
Miriam was the Oldest of tha family:
Noses and Aaron, her brothers. were
younger. On the power Of the elder sister
to help decide the brothers character for
usefulness and for heaven! She can keep
on from her brother more evils than Miriam
could have driven back waterfowl or croco-
ollie from the ark Of bu!rushes. The older
sister decides the direction in which tho
cradle boat shall sail. by gentleness. by
good sense, by Christian principle she can
turn 1t toward the palace, not of wicked
Pharaoh. but OF holy God and a brighter
princess than Thermutis should lift him out
OF peril, even religion, whose ways are
ways OF pleasantness and all her paths are
peace. The older sister, how much the
"SAe Wv WoS hOl! DUH ulle yet Cne family
was IN limited circumstances, she had to
hold and take care of her younger brothers.
And IL there is anything that excites nv
sympathy, it is Il little girl Juggling around
u great fat child ana getting her ears
boxed because she can not keep him quiet!
by the time she gets to young womanhood
she Is pale and worn out, and her attrac-
tiveness has been sacrificed on the altar Of
sisterly fidelity and she is consigned to
ceilDacy, and society call her By an unfair
name; but In heaven they call her Miriam.
Let sisters not begrudgs the time and
care bestowed on brother. It is hard TO
believe that any boy that you know so well
as your brother can ever turn out anything
very useful. Well, he may not be Moses.
lhere is only one Of that kind needed for
SIX thousand years. But tell what your
prother Will be-either blessing or a
curse to society, and candidate for happi.
ness or wretchedness. He will, like Moses.
nave the choice between rubies and living
Goals, and your influence will have much
70 DO with his decision. He may not. like
moses, be the deliverer Of a nation, but he
may, after your father and mother are
gone, be the deliverer of household,
What thousands of homes to-day are piIoted
by brothers! There are properties now
we'll invested and yielding income for the
support OF sisters and younger brothers
because the older brother rose to the
leadership from the day the father Law down
TO die. Whatever you do for your brothers
Will come back to you again.
Don't snub him. Don't depreciate his
ability. Don't talk discouragingly about
MS future. Don't let Miriam get down of
the bank OF the Nile and wade out and upset
the ark OF bulrushes. Don't tease him.
Dont let Jealousy ever touch q sisters
soul, as 1t so often does, because her brother
gers more honor or more means. Even
Miriam, the heroine Of the text, was struck
py that evil passion of jealousy. She had
possessed unlimited influence over Moses,
ana now ne lnarries, and not only 80, but
marrles black woman from Ethiopia: and
Miriam is SO disgusted and outraged at
Moses, ,trst because he.had marriedat all and
next because he had practiced miscegena-
tion, that she is drawn into frenzy, and |
then begins to turn white, and gets white |
as O. corpse, and then whittier than corpse,
Her complexion Is like chalk, the fact is. |
she mas the Egyptian leprosy. And now
tne tne protner whom she had defended on tho |
Niie comes to her rescue in prayer that
brings her restoration. Let there be no |
room m IN all your house for jealousy either
70 SIT or stand. 1t is leprous abomna-
ton. Your brothers success, O sisters ia
your success. His victories will be YOUR
'0NA
Ii you only knew it, your interests ara
Identical. OF all the families of the earth
that ever stood together, perbaps the most
conspicuous is the family of the Roths-
'nilds. As Mayer Anselm Rothschild was
ABOUT to die, In 1912, he gathered his chill
u lren about him-Anselm, Solomon, Nathan.
Jharies and dJames-and made them promise
nat they would always be united ON
ohange. Obeying that Injunction, they
lave been the mightiest commercial mower
"a eartn, and ut the raising or lowering OF
!, meit Scepter nations have risen or fallen.
-uat illustrates how much, on a large scale
'nu ior seinsn purposes, united family
Jay aehleve. But suppose that instead Of
magnitude OF dollars rs tho object, 1t be
oihg good, and making salutary impres.
ION, ana raising this sunken world. how
luch moro ennobling! Sister, Won do
our part. and brother will do his part. II
ilrlam Will lovingly watch the boat on the
ne, Moses will help her when leprous dis
sters strike.
General Bauer, of the Russian cavalry
al IN early life wandered off in the armv
no the family supposed he was dead. AT.
II he gained fortune he encamped one
ay In Husam, his native place, and made
banquet; and among the great military
zen en- Who were to dine he invited a plain
liiler u ana his wife, who lived near by and
no, aHrighted, came fearing some harm
ouia oe done them. The miller apa his
lie were placed one On each side of the
eherai at the table. The General asked
10 10, miller all about his family, and the
liler said that he had two brothers and
ster. mo other brothers?" "My Younger
rother went off with the army many Years
90, and no doubt was long ago killed"
men the General said: "Soldiers. am
lis mans younger brother, whom he
lought was dead" And how loud was
le 1 cheer. and how warm was the embrace!
brother and sister, you need as much OF
introduction to each other as thew did.
Oh 40 not know each other. You think
'nr brother is grouty and cross and queer.
ia ne thlnEs you are selfish and proud
10 10 un'oveiy. Both wrong That brother
IA pe prince In some woman's eyes, and
at sister queen in the estimation of
~ me man. That brother Is magnificent
now ana that sister Is a morning in June. .
,me, let me Introduce you; Moses, this
Miriam" miriam, this is Moses" Add
Venty-hve per cent. to your present ap-
eciatlon OF each other, and when Won .
IS good morning do not stick up your
10 cheek, wet from the recent washing
tnougn You hated to touch each Others
- ia aHectionate caress. Let it have all
rs kiss. '''
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