Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-05-12
THE HISTORY OF MOSES.
Practical and Inspiring Lessons for All
Classes of People.
Great Man hose Many Deeds should
u" Constant Inspiration 10 Every
One An Interesting sermon ny
Rev. 4. Drwut TaIin,gr, DID

a Great Man Whose Many Deeds should
u" Constant Inspiration 10 Every
I'm" An Interesting sermon ny
Rev, L. Drwut TaI,n,gr, H. ~
Dr. Talmarr's text SUNDAY was Exc
du> ILL, !: Now Moses kept THE flock
pf lcthro. his fathcrin-law. the priest
uf INDIAN"
In the southeastern paIt ~ Arabia
a man i >ittiu" hy wei. II i an arid
country, and water il scarce, 81 that a
we'll il of great value, and ilockN and
herds are driven vast distance, to
have their thirst >lakrd. Jcthro, IA
Midianitc shic, aud priest, was s." for
tunatr ~ To- have seven daughters: aud
they are practical girl and yoHdcr
they come drivin" tn sheep and cattle
and camcls uf their father To- the water
in". They lower the buckets and then
pull them up, the water pla >hing on the
stones and chilling their feet, and the
troughs are filled. Who is that man out
there sitting uncpnctrncd and looking
on2 Why docs he not come nnd help
the women in this hard Worl, of draw
ing watcrp Hut no sooner have the
tuck> begun to cool a little in the
trimming trough Of the we'll than some
rough i"douin shepherds break in up
on the seen, and with clubs and
shouts drive back the animals that
were drinking. and alright these girls
until they fly in retreat, and the iloclis
of these ill.manncrcd shepherds are
driven Ia the trouwhS. taking the place
of the other hockN. Now that man sit
ting 10y the well begins To color up.
and his eye flashes with Indignation,
and all the gallantry al his nature is
aroused. 1t i Moses, who naturally
had quick temper anyhow, as he
demonstrated On one occasion
when he saw an Egyptian OPP
pressing an lSraclitc and gave
the Egyptian sudden clip and buried
him in the sand. and he showed after
ward when lac broke all the Ten Com
mandmcnts AT once by SCATTERING the
two granite slab, IN which the law
was written. But the in justice of this
treatment of the seven girls sets him
on fire with wrath, and he takes this
shepherd 10y the throat. and pushes
back another shepherd till he falls
over the trough. AMI aims stunning
blow between the eyes of another. a.
he cries: ''Brgone, you Williams" and
he boots and roarS ut the sheep and
cattle and camcls of these invaders
and drives them back: and having
cleared the place Of the dcspcradocs
he told the seven girls of thi, INDIAN
lite sheik to gather their floclis to-
gsther and bring them again To the
watering.
Oh. You ought to see fight between
the shepherds at well in the Orient,
rs saw it IN December. 1880. There
were here a group of rough men who
had driven the cattle many miles, and
here another group who had driven
their cattle as many mules. Who
should have precedence? Such clash
ing of buckets. Such hooking of horns.
Such kicking of hoofs. Such vehe-
mence in language | fortunately
could not understand! Now the sheep,
with peculiar mark across their wool
ly backs. were at the trough, and now
the sheep of another mark. 1t was
one of the most exciting scenes |
ever witnessed. An old book desert beS
one of these contentious at an eastern
well when it says: ''One day the poor
men, the widows and the orphans met
together and were driving their cam
els and their flocks tn drink, and were
all standing by the water side, Da il
came up and stopped them all, and
took possession of the water for his
masters cattle. Just then an old
woman belonging to the tribe of Abs
came up and accosted him in a suppl
cant manner saying: BE so good Mas
ter Dali, as to let my cattle drink.
They are all the property l possess
and live by their milk. Pity my flock;
have compassion on me. Grant my re-
quest and let them drink" Iheu
came another old w5fila
and addressed him: "Oh, Mas
ter Dali, | am a poor. weak. old
woman, as you see. Time has dealt
hardly with me. 1t has aimed its ar.
rows at me. and its daily and nightly
calamities have DESTROYED all my men.
| have lost my children and my hus.
band, and since then | have been in
great distress. These sheep are all
that possess. Let them drink, for
live on the milk that they produce.
Pity my forlorn state. | have no one
to tend them. Therefore. grant my
supplication and of thy kindness LEI
| them drink But in this case the
brutal slave, so far from granting this
| humble request, smote the woman &c
the ground"
A like scrimmage has taken place al
the well in the triangle of Arabia, be
tween the Bedouin shepherds and
Moses championing the cause of the
| seven daughters who had driven theiI
fathers focks to the watering. On,
of these girls, Zipporah, her name
meaning little bird" was fascinated
by this heroic behavior of Moses; fol
| however timid woman herself may be
she always admires courage in man.
Zipporah became the bride of Moses
one of the mightiest men of al
the centuries. Zipporah little thought
that that morning as she helped
drive her fathers flock to the
we'll she was splendidly deciding hel
own destiny. Had she stayed in the
tent or house while the Other
six daughters of the she'll
tended to their fioclls her lif,
would probably have been a tame ant
neventful one in the solitudes- But
her industry, her fidelity to her faith
er's interest, her spirit of helpfulness
brought her into league with one o
the grandest characters of all history
They met at that famous well, and
while admired the courage of Nose:
he admired the filial behavior of Zip
porah.
The fact that it took the sever
daughters to drive the fiocks to the
well implies they were immense flocks,
and that her father was man OF
wealth. What was the use of Zipporah
bemeaning herself with work when
she might have reclined on the hillside
near her fathers tent and pluclled but
tercups, and dreamed out romances
and sighed idly to the winds, and wep
over imaginary songs to the brooks
| No she know that work yaS bopnr