The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-11-15

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Childhood of Moses
THE LESSON TEXT.

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EXODUS 2:f-lo)
4 And there went a man OF the mouse OF
Levi and took 10 wife daughter OF Levi
2 And the woman conceived, and bare
son: and when she saw him mat ne a.
Eoodly child she hid him three months;
g. And when she could not longer moe
him. she took for him an ark OF bulrushes'
and daubed II with slime and with piten:
and put the child therein. and she iaio -
In the flags by the rivers brink.
T. And his sister stood afar on. 10 -"
what would be done TO him 49,.
8. And the daughter OF Pharaoh .am
Gown 10 wash herself at the river ana hel
maidens walked along by the river sue
and when she saw the ark among the hass'
she sent her maid 10 fetch H.
9. And when she had opened ~ sne
the child and. behold. the babe wept Aho
she had compassion on him. and said. inns
n one OF the Hebrews children.
Z Then said his sister 10 fharaohs
daughter. Shall ! go and call 10 thee a
nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may
curse the child for thee?
g. And Pharaoh's daughter saio 10 nv.
Go. And the maid went and called the
ehild's mother.
3. And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her.
Take this child away. and nurse ios me,
and | will give thee thy wages Aho 'he
| Goman took the child. and nursed H.
\ 10 Ard the child grew, and she brought
, him urto Pharaoh's daughter and ne be-
i came her son. And she called MS name
Moses: and she said. Because ore" III"
out OF the water
GOLDEN TExT.-Trnin mp child y"
the way he should gOi and when me
4. old. he Will not depart FROM H.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Moses Birth Tvs. ], Chooses par
ents belonged to the tribe OF Lew, ana
we are told their names in 6:2o; Mum.
26. 20. Moses father being named Am
ram and his mother Jochebed. The
scattered conditions under when the
Hebrews lived would make II possible
with care and with the loyalty OF
ceiohbors to conceal the existence oil
= child for some time. As the child
grew older. its cries stronger ana the
time close at hand when II would pe-
Gin to move about, the hiding peca me
less and less easy. Perhaps Signs
that Moses existence was suspected
were visible TO the watchsul eyes OF
his mother.
Moses Rescue Tvs. 3-s).-The bas'
ket in which Moses was exposed wal
probably not made especially 10
that purpose, the word took ,ndi
! eating that il was at hand, perhap
in the equipment of the house In
bitumen and pitch were earefuli.
!. spread over it TO make il water-tgh'
" The flags bv the Nile would keep tn
basket from floating away. The sc
lection of a spot near the princess
/, bathing place was probably designe
- nv Moses mother, who may nav
. heard enough about the princess TO cor
vince her that She would be inclined
= be tender toward the helpless chill
!, Miriam was some years older tina
j Moses. the word maid used OF M
- In verse 8 indicating girl not mue
less than i2 years old at the youn
est. The ark was so placed that II
:" princess could not help noticing
and its appearance was so strani
;, that her curiosity about IT was ma
- ural. The crying of the child thus q
~ parently abandoned would touch h
~ heart. and Miriam's approach with
es definite suggestion while she was
!" this mood fixed her resolve We
no quickly. The plan for keeping Mos
In his mothers care in infancy a
y! then having him educated by I
;" Egyptians worked perfectly.
- Moses Training Tvs. ., l0).-The
Rod during which Moses would be Il
az in the care of his mother-nurse wo'
y" last until he was old enough 10 Det
Ter his systematic training atcourt. ID
ne ing this time his mother most natur
" felt that she had him in trust II
SO double sense, inasmuch as she I'M
'et take care of him both for the prime
and for God. The wages Doubt
amounted to more than any income
Hebrew family had had before. |
81 training Of Moses in the traditi'
of the race was thorough. as his la
knowledge of them. when he had
~ lived among his people for GO yea
OH shows. The formal delivery 10
fn o., princess probably took place wi
Moses was about eight years
Va" After that time Moses would see
tnc mother only on such visits as il is !
~" ural for boy 10 pay o his nurse.
'er education Of youth situated az Nc
"a was. in the palace. involved thoro
5oo training in reading and hieroglyl
'ins writings, in athletics and warfare
Wy the sciences as they were known to
Egyptian priests. and in certain N
9 . or less spiritual doctrines and mys
led les which were kept secret among
you priesthood. This training was p
,ss? W. i. ~. sec,lar side tha best
! m cation to be had then anywhere in
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