The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-02-12
SISTERLY INFLUENCE.
Rev. DR.. Talmage Discourses on
Brother and Sister.
The Influence of the Former ON the Life of
the Latter Men Who owe Their
Success To the Care of nm
Elder Sister.

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And his sister stood afar on. TO wit wha
would be done to him
Princess Thermutis, daughter o
Pharaoh, looking out through the lat
ticc Of her bathing house, on the banks
of the Nile, saw IA curious boat on tn,
river. II had neither oar nor helm
and they would have been useless any
how. There was only one passenger
and that baby boy. But the May
flower, that brought the Pilgrim Fa
theirs to America, carried not so precious
load. The boat was made OF the
broad leaves of papyrus, frightened to-
gether by bitumcn. Boats were some
times made of that material, as we
Theophrastus. Kill all the Hebrew
children born" had been Pharaoh's or
der. To save her boy, Jochebed the
mother of little Moses, had put him in
that queer boat and launched him.
His sister, Miriam, stood on the bank
watching that precious craft. She was
far enough off not to draw attention to
the boat, but near enough to offer pro-
lection. There she stands on the bank
Miriam the poctcss, Miriam the
quick-wittcd, Miriam the faithful,
though very human, for in after time
she demonstrated it.
Miriam was splendid sister, but had
her faults, like all the rest of us. How
carefully she watched the boat con-
tanning her brother! A strong wind
might upset il. The buffaloes often
found there might in sudden plunge
of thirst sink in it. Some ravenous
waterfowl might swoop and pick his
eyes out with iron beak. Some croco-
die or hippopotamus crawling through
the ruShcS might crush the babe. Mi
riam watched and watched until the
Princess Thermutis, n maiden on each
side of her holding palm leaves over
her head to shelter her from the sun,
came down and entered her bathing
house. When from the lattice she saw
that boat she ordered it brought, and
when the leaves were pulled back
from the face of the child and the boy
looked up he cried aloud, for
he was hungry and frightened,
and would not even let the
Princess take him. The infant would
rather stay hungry than acknowledge
anyone of the court as mother. Now,
Alriam, the sister, incognito, no one
snspccting her relation to the child,
leaps from the bank and PUSHES down
and offers to get n nurse TO pacify the
child. Consent is given, and She brings
Jochcbcd, the baby's mother, incognito,
none of the court knowing that she was
the mother; and when Jochebed ar
rived, the child stopped crying, for its
fright was Gained and its hunger APP
pcascd. You may admire Jochcbcd,
the mother, and all the ages may adj
mirc Moses. but clap my hands in APP
PlanSc at the behavior of Miriam, the
faithful, brilliant and strategic sister.
'iio home" some one might have said
10 Miriam; why risk yourself out there
alone on the banks of the Nile. breath
ing the miaSma. and in danger of being
attacked of wild beast or ruflian; Ego
home" No: Miriam. the sister, more
lovingly watched and bravely defended
Moses, the brother. Is he worthy her
care and courage? Oh yes; the 60
centuries of the worlds history have
never had so much involved in the ar
rival of any ship at any port as in the
landing of that papyruS boat caulkcd
with bitumcn Its one passenger was
To be II nonsuch in history-lawyer
statesman, politician, legislator, or
ganizer, conqucrcr, delivcrer. He had
such remarkable beauty in childhood
that .Ioscphus says, when he was car
ricd along the road. people stopped to
gaze at him and workmcn would leave
their work to admire him. When the
king playfully put his crown upon this
boy, he threw it off Indignantly and
put his foot on it. 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 before the child, one
containing rubics and the other burn
ing Goals; and if he took the Goals he
was to live and il took the rubies he
was to die. For some reason the
child took one of the Goals. and put il
in his mouth so that his life was
spared. although it burned the tongue
till ne was indiStinct of uttcrancc. ever
after. Having come to manhood, he
spread open the palms of his hands in
prayer, and the Red sea parted to let
2,jOO.OOO people escape. And he put
The palms of his han DIS together in
prayer, and the Red sea closed on
strangulatcd host.
Ills life so unutterly grand, his burial
must be on the same scale. God would
let neither man nor saint nor arch
angel have anything. to do with wcav-
ing for him shrould or digging for
him a grave. The omnipotcnt God
left His throne in Heaven one day. and
il the question was asked, ''Whither
is the King of the Universe going?"
the answer was, II am going down to
bury Moses" And the Lord took the
mighticst of men to the top of IA hill,
and the day was clear, and Moses ran
his eye over the magnificent range of
country. Here the valley of Esdraelon,
where the final battle of all nations is
TO be fought; and yonder, the noun
tains Hermon, and Lebanon, and
'Gerizim. and the hills of Judea; and
the village of Bethlehem there, and
and the city of Jericho yonder, and
the vast stretch of landscape that
almost took the old lawgivers
breath away as he looked at
IL. And then without pang-as /
learn from the statement that the eye