The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-25

oh. what fascinating and inspiring
character this Moses How tame all
other stories compared with the biogra-
ply Of Mosesl From the lattice Of her
bathing house on the Nile. Thermuils.
daughter OF Pharaoh. sees him In the
floating cradle Of papyrus leaves made
water tight Ny bitumen: his lnfantile
cry Is heard among the marble palaces
and prlncesses hush him with their lul-
lahies; workmen BY the roadside drop
their work TO look on him when as a
boy he passed. so beautiful was he. two
bowls put before his Infant eyes for
choice TO demonstrate his wisdom. the
one bowl containing rubies and the
other containing Goals Of fire. sun.
clently wise was he TO take the gems.
but. diylnely directed. be took the Goals
and put them TO his mouth. and his
tongue was burnt. and he was left
stammeTer all his days. so that he de-
elared. In Exod. 4:i0. Il am slow Of
speech and Of slow tongue" on and on
until he set firm foot among the erum-
bling basalt. and his ear was not deaf
ened by the thunderous Thou shalt
not" Of Mount Sinai: the man who
went 10 the relief Of the lsraelites who
we're scourged because without chopped
straw they we're required 10 make firm
bricks, the story OF their oppression
found ohiseled on the tomb OF Rochere
| az Taebes; and when his armies were
/ impcded by yenomous serpents, sent
| crates Of ibises, the snake destroying
birds. to clear the way so that his host
could march straight ahead. thus sur
prialng the enemy. who thought they
must take another route TO avoid the
reptiles, the whole sky an aquarium TO
drop quails for him and the hosts fol-
lowing; the only man In all ages whom
Christ likens to himself; the man OF
whom II Is written. Jehovah spoke un.
10 Moses face 20 face as n man speaketh
to his friend" the man who had the
most wondrous funeral Of all time. the
Lord coming down out OF heaven to
bury him. No human lips to read the
service. No choir 10 chant Psalm.
No organ TO roll requiem. No angel
alighting upon the scene: but God lay
ing him out for the last sleep: God ND.
turning IN, earth to receive the saint.
God smoothing or banking the dust
above the sacred form; God. with fare
well and benediction, closing the SUI
blime obsequies Of law-giver. poet and
warrior And no man knoweth Of his
sepulchre unto this day" Get your
eye on him. instead Of trying TO Initiate
some smaller example.
A great snow storm came on a prairie
In Minnesota. and a farmer In a sleigh
was lost, and after a while struck the
track OF another sleigh. and felt cheer.
ed TO so on. since he had found the
track OF another traveller lie heard
sleigh bells preceding him. and hasten
ed on and on and caught up with his
predecessor, who sa,d: Where are you
golng?" Il am following you" was
the answer that came back. The fact
Is that they were both lost. and had
gone round and round In a circle. Then
they talked the matter over. and. look.
ing up. saw the north star. and toward
the north was their home, and they
started straight for II. Oh. instead OF
Initiating men like ourselves. and cir.
cling round and round. let us look uT
and take some starry guide like Moses
and follow on untIl we Join him amid
the "delectabla mountains" You say
you can not reach his character. Oh
no. Neither can you reach the north
star. but you can be guided by It's heav,
emily pointing