The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-04-14

eIone to him."
Princess Thermufis daughter of Pha'
rDah. looking out through the lattice oi
her bathing house. on the banks of the
Nile, saw a curious boat on the river
tf had neither oar nor helm, and they
a'olEld have been useless anyhow There
was only passenger and that baby
boy. But the Mayiiower that brought
',-he pilgrim fathers to America, carried
not so precious a load. The boat was
made Of the broad leaves of papyrus.
sightened together by bitumen. Boats
-svere sometimes made of that material,
rs we learn from Pliny and Herodotus
and Theophrastus. XIII al the He
brew children born" had been Pha-
r-pah's order. To save her boy, Joche-
bed, the mother of little Moses had put
him in that queer boat and launched
bank watching that precious craft. She
was far enough off not to draw atten.
tion to the boat, but near enough to
offer protection. There she stands on
the bank-Miram the poetess. Miriam
IN. quick witted Miriam the faithful.
though very human, for in after time
she demonstrated 1t.
Miriam was a splendid sister, but had
her faults. like all the rest OF us. How
carefully she watched the boat contain
ing her brother. A strong wind might
upset st. The buffaloes often found
shere might in a sudden plunge OF
thirst sink it. Some ravenous water
fowl might swoop out and pick its eyes
. utIt with iron beak. Some crocodile OF
-ushes might crunch the babe. Miriam
watched and watched until Prcess
' srhermutis, a maiden on each side OF
ii,,r holding palm leaves over her head
tO shelter her from the sun, came down
s.nd entered her bathing house. When
from the lattice she saw that boat, she
ordered IL brought, and when the leaves
ware pulled back from the face Of the
,1,ild and the boy looked he cried aloud,
f,r ne was hungry and frightened and
would not even let che princess take
him. The infant would rather stay
hungry than acknowledge any one OF
the court as mother Now Miriam. the
sister. incognito, no one suspecting her
relation to the child, leaps from the
bank and rushes down and offers to get
u nurse to pacify the child. Consent
81 given. and she brings Jochebed. the
baby's mother, incognito. none OF the
rpurt knowing that she was the mother,
and when Jochebed arrived the child
stopped crying for its fright was
calmed and it's hunger appeased. You
may admire Jochebed, the mother,
and all the ages may admire Moses. but
! clap my hands in applause at the be-
haviur of Miriam, the faithful, bill
liant and strategic sister.
Go home" some one might have
said 10 Miriam, why risk yourself out
There alone on the banks of the Nile,
breathing the miasma and in danger
.Tf being attacked of wild beast or ruf.
nan? Go home," No. Miriam, the
sister, more lovingly watched and
bravely defended Moses, the brother.
Is he worthy her care and courage?
worlds history have never had so much
involved in the arrival of any ship at
any port as in the landing of the papy-
rus boat calked with bitumen It's one
passenger was to be nOnesuch in his
tory-lawyer, statesman, politician.
legislator, organizer, conqueror. deliv-
rrer He had such remarkable beauty
in childhood that Josephus says, when
he was carried along the road people
stopped to gaze at him and workmen
would leave their work to admire him.
When the king playfully put his crown
upon this boy, he threw it off indig-
nautly and put his foot on it.
The king, fearing that this might be
tt 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 be.
fore the child one containing rubies
and the other burning Goals. and II he
took the Goals he was to live and IL ne
took the rubies he was to die. For some
reason the child took one OF the Goals
and put it I'm his mouth. so that his life
was spared, although it burned the
tongue till he was indistinct OF utter.
.ance ever after Having come to man.
hood. ne spread open the palms Of his
hands in prayer and the Red Sea part.
I'd to let 2,50o.0O0 people escape. And
lie put the palms Of his hands together
in prayer, and the Red Sea closed on
q strangulated host.
His life so unutterabiy grand. his
burial must be on the same scale. God
would let neither man nor saint mol
archangel have anything to do with
weaving for him a shrond or digging
for him a grave. The omnipOtentnt
God left his throne in heaven one
day. and II the question was asked.
WHITTIER is the King Of the Universe
golng?" the answer was II am goine
down to bury Moses" And the Lord
took this mightiest OF men to the tor
If hill, and the day was clear. and
Moses ran his eye over the magnificen,
,,-nnpe of country, Here the valley OF