Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-02-24
thing when she watched the boat

t~avenous? she Is was that brought that |
wonderful babe and its mother together, SO !
that he was reared to be the deliverer Of his |
nation, when otherwise, If saved at all from
the r2,hes Of the Nile. he would have been
only one more Of the God-defying Pha-
roahs: for Princess Thermutis. OF the bath
ing-house, would have inherited the crown
OF Ecyit: and, as she had no child of her
own, this adopted child would nave come
to coronation. Had there been no Miriam
there would have been no Moses. What .
garland for d faithful sisterhood.
Miriam was the oldest of the family;
Moses and Aaron, her brothers, were
Younger. Oh the power Of the, elder sister
to help decide the brothers character for
usefulness and for heaven. She can keep
of from her brother more evils than Miriam
could have driven bacl; waterfowl or croco-
die from the ark Of bulrushes. The older
sister decides the direction in which the
cradle boat shall sail. By g~entleness, by
good sense, by Christian principle she can
turn it toward the palace, not Of a wicked
Pharaoh. but Of Il holy God; and a brighter
princess than Thermutis shOul 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
world owes her. Born while yet the family
was in limited circumstances, she had to
hold and take care of her younger brothers.
Aud il there is anything that excites my
sympathy, 1t is a little girl lugging around
Il great fat child and getting her ears
boxed because she can not keep him quiet!
By the time she gets to young w~omanhood
She is pale and worn out, and her attrac-
tiveness has been sacrificed on the altar OF
Sisterly fidelity and she is consigned to
celihacv. and society call her by an unfair
name: but in heaven they call her Miriam.
Let sisters not b~egrudge the time and
care bestowed on a brother. 1t is hard to
believe that any boy that you know SO we'll
AZ yolr brother can aVnr turp ont ANYTHING
very useful. Well, he may not be @ Moses.
There is only one OF that kind needed for
six thousand years. But [ tell what your
brother will be-either q blessing or a
curse to society. and a candidate for happ1-
ness or Wretchedness. He will. like Moses,
have the choice between rubies and living
Goals, and your influence will have much
to do with his decision. He may not, like
| Moses, be the deliverer Of q nation, but he
may. after your father and mother are
gone, be the deliverer Of Il household.
What thousands of homesto-day are pilOted
by brothersi There are properties now
! we'll invested and yielding income for the
I support of sisters and younger brothers
because the older brother rose to the
leadership from the day the father lay 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 d%iscoura gingly about
his future. Don't let Miriam get down off
the bank of the Nile and wade out and upset
tie ark Of bulrushes. Don't tease him.
Don't let jealousy ever touch a sisters
soul, as it so often does, because her brother
gets more honor or more means. Even
Miriam. the heroine Of the text, was struck
by that evil passion OF jealousy. She had
possessed unlimited influence over Moses,
and now he marries, and not only SO, but
marrieS q black woman from Ethiopia: and
Miriam is SO disguised and outraged at
NncpC tirct baoo1ro 1,pfhu n n, q rria1at all and
next because he had practiced miscegena-
ton, THAT she is drawn into a frenzy, and
then begins to turn white. and gets white
as a corpse, and then whi.er than a corpse.
Her complexion is like rialk, the fact is,
she has the Egvptian ieprOsy. Aud now
the brother Whutl She had defended on the
Nile comes to her rescue in a prayer that
brings her restoration. Let there be no
room In all your house for jealousy either
to sit or stand. 1t is u leproHs abomina-
ton. YOU brothers success, 0 sisters, is
your success. His victories will be your
Victories.
If you only knew it, your interests are
IDENTICAL. OF all the families Of the earth
that ever stood together, perhaps the most
conspicuous is the family of the Roths-
childs. As Mayer Auselm Rothschild was
about to die. in 1912, he gathered his chill
dren about h~im-Anselm. Solomon, Nathan,
Charles and James-and made them promise
that they would always be united on
Change. Obeying that injunction, they
have been the miShtieSt commercial 1--WE
on earth. and at the raising or lowering OF
their Scepter nations have risen or fallen.
That illustrates how much, OF a large scale
and for selfish purposes, d united family
may achieve. But suppose that instead OF
a magnitude of dollars as the object, it be
doing good. and making salutary impress
sion, and raising this sunken world. how
much more ennobiing! Sister. you dc
l Your part, and brother will do his part. L
/ Miriam will lovingly watch the boat on the
Nile. Noses will help her when leprOus dis.
asterS strike.
i General Bauer. Of the Russian cavalry
had in carly life wandered off in the army
J and the family supposed he was dead. AT
ter he gained q fortune he encamped on
day in Husam. his native place, and mad
t q banquet: and among the great militar.
; men who We're to dine he invited Il plaiI
u miller and his wife. who lived near by an(
VINO, ~aflrlghted. came, fearing some harm
: Eouid be done them. The, miller and hi
Wife We're placed one on each side Of TIL
General At the table. The General aske'
: the miller all about his family. and TIL
. miller said that he had two brothers and
sister. NO other brothers?' My younge
: brother went off with the army many year
t ago, and no doubt was long ago killed.
Then the General said: soldiers, l a.
this mans younger brother, whom Il
! thought was dead Anu how loud wa
the cheer, and how warm was the embrace
brother and sister. YOU need as much c
an Introduction 70 each other as they did
! You do not know each other. You thin
- your brother Is grouty and cross and queer
, and he thinks You are selfish and prou
- and unloveIy. Both wrong. That brothe
= will be a prince in some wonan's eyes, an
- that sister a queen in the estimation {
y some man. That brother is a magnifice1
Fellow. and that sister is a morning in Jun
: Come. let me introduce You: Moses, thi
Is Miriam Miriam. this is Noses Ad
a. seventv-tfve per cent. to your present al
~ probation Of Teach other. and when vo
- kiss good morning do not stick up vo;
! cold cheek, wet from ehe recent washin;
- as though YOU hated TO touch each otnel
:, llps IN afectionate caress. Let it have a
= the fondness and cordiality Of a loving 81
tiers kiss.
Y read Of a child IN the country who W:
detained at q neighbor's house on a storm
night hv some fascinating stories that weu