The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-02-18
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sermon fakes the self-deny ing sister MS
his subiect and presents her in g man
uer to set men thinSng The TEXTS:
Ana hs sister stood aiar o. 70 va what
would done e Him
Princess Thermutis, daughter 81
Fharaoh looking out through the lat
tice of her bathing house on the banks
ofEhe Nfte saw d curious boat on The
river 1t had neither Q 2 helm
ana fher would have been useless any
tioT. There was OILY passenger
ANA shat a baby boy. But the May
flower. chat brought She Pilgrim Fa-
saets Is America. carried not 50 precious
q load THE boat was made q the
ro8l leates 81 papyrus, tightened to-
aetaar bv bitumen Boats were some
times made Of that material as we
leagn from Phny and Herodotns and
r-haaBhrastus. sKilI an the Hebrew
eai idren born had been Pharaoh's Or
Jcf To save her boy Joehebed, the
mat led Of little Moses had put him in
that queer boat and launched him.
HIS sister. Miriam, stood on the bank
Wate ng that precious craft. She was
snoaEh Off not to draw attention to
o8at. but near enough to offer pro-
There she stands on the bank
am Tie poetess, Miriam the
wed Miriam the taltatuL
dough very human for "a after time
demonstrated It.
iifia1a wasa splendid sister but had
Ger aplts like al the rest Of Us. How
are9ullY SHE watched the be- con-
tanning her brotherl a So wind
miplt upset il. The buifaloes often
found there might in a sudden plunge
f thirst sink in it. Some r%avenous
Waterfowl might swoOp and pick his
es out. with iron beak. Some croeo-
ollie or hippopotamus crawling through
the rushes might crush the babe Mi
Ram watched and watched until the
Princess Thermutis, a maiden on each
side 81 her holding palm leaves over
her head to shelter her from the sun,
eames down and entered her bathing
house. When from the lattice she saw
L chat BOAT she ordered It brought, and
when the leaves were pulled back
from tie face Of the child and the boy
looked up he cried aloud, for
be was hungry and frightened,
and would not even Let the
Princess take him. The infant would
rather stay hungry than acknowledge
anyane Of The court as mother. Now,
Miriam the sister, incognito, no one
suspeeting her relation to the child,
leaps from the bank and PUSHES down
and offers TO get o nurse to pacify the
child. Consent is given, and she brings
Jochebed, the baby's mother, incognito,
none 81 the court knowing that she was
the mothers and when Joehebed ar
rived, the child stopped crying, for its,
fright was ealmed and its hunger APP
peased You may admire Jochebed,
Gle mother and an the ages may adj
] ming Moses, but I clap nay hands in ape
plause at tile behavior Of Miriam the
faithful, brilliant and strategic sister
sGehome some might have said
% Miriam; why risk yourself ont there
alone Oh the banks % tha Mile. breath
ing the miasma, and in dangef Of being
attacked Of wild beast or ru6ian; go
homel No; Miriam, the sister, more
lovingly watched and hravely defended
Moses, the brother. Is hes worthy her
care and courage2 Oh, yes; the 60
centuries Of the worlds history have
never had 50 much involved ia the orr
rival Of any ship at any port as in the
landing pa that papyrus boat caulked
with bitumahl Its one passenger was
to be q nonsuch ia history aay yer,
statesman, politician, legislator, or
g@anizar, c~onquerer, deliverer He had
such remarkable beauty iu childhood
that Josephus says when Ne was carr
ried along the road, people stopped to
gaze at him and workuen would leave
their work % admire him. When the
king playfalE pgt h csQwu upon this
boy, he Hlfew it Of inh ~pantly and
put his-foot on It. ghe king. tearing
taat this might be a sign that fhe
eallq .mi m set take down his crown,
OPP ied another test According to the
sh legend, the king ordered two
bowls to be put before the child, one
Containing rubies and the other burn
ing Goals; and If Ne took tie Goals, he
was ID live and took the rubies he
was IS die. For some reason the
ohild took one of the Goals, and put it
Al his mouth 50 that bis life was
spared although IL burned the tongue
he was indistiuct Of utterance, ever
q er Hatag come to manhood. he
reaa g5en the palms of bis hands in
Eager, and the Red sea parted to let
~ sAn nan De6Dle esCape. And he mt