West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1902-07-17
ON THE LIFE OF MOSES.
WRITES ny HENRY II. xsrp

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God will not suffer II very long.
When the IsraeIitcs were a captive band.
And lived as servants in the Egyptian land
Pharaoh was that wicked king.
Whose name the Iocusts continue to sing.
For fear the Israelites might get too strong.
He passed a decree that was very wrong
All male children born in that fand
Should be pun TO death by the Egyptian
hand.
But was saved by the work OF his mothers
hand.
She made a little ark and placed him in
the water.
Where he was found by Pharoah's
daughter.
The babe looked up in her face aud smiled.
She was pleased to find such beautiful
child.
She said she would take him for her own
Aud prepare him for seat upon the
throne;
But when Moses grew to- be a man.
He chose to carry out Gods plan.
And begged Pharoah to set the Israciitcs
free.
To this Pharoah would not agree.
So at the appointed hour
God showed His mighty power:
Ssnt plaques OF seven different kinds
That were too heavy for Pharoah's body or
mind.
So he promise Moses If he'd remove those
plaques from his land
He would release the IsracIite's band
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Phsroah attempted TO force them to stay:
So Moses with the Israeii,cs did flee
Ontil they came to- the great Red Sea.
Commanded them to wait and see the
power Of God.
lie looked toward Heaven and raised his
rod
God commanded the waters to be still;
The water piled up like great high hills.
From the bottom of the sea there arose a
dry path
On which, the Israelites could safely pass.
Six hundred thousand or more
Passed safely across TO the opposite shore.
Pharoah's hosts with speed and In wrath
Attempted to cross on the same dry path.
Before they got across tho path went down.
So Pharoah's host had to drown
Soon after the lsraeltes had crossed the
Red Sea
They began to'murmur and disagree;
said they would staryc from the want of
meat.
God sent them quats in abundance to eat;
They said there was no water and the
country was dry.
That Moses had brought them out there TO
die.
Moses showed them again the power Of
God
He smote the rock with his rod.
In their presence where they could plainly
The Waters gushed forth in abundance and
Again they said they would die from the
want of bread.
But on mamma from Heaven they were fed.
They murmured against Moses and
continued to complain,
And wished they were back to Egypt again
So God left them in their sorrows and fears
And let them wander i'm the wilderness for
forty years;
The power OF God they could not see.
So they went back into dolntry.
Moses went up into the mountain alone;
God gave him the Ten Commandments on
table of stone
But they would not heed the warning Of
his voice
But worshiped the images of their own
choice.
Those tina, crossed the Red Sea on that
cveniful day
All but Joshua aud Caleb had passed away.
Moses after years OF toll was not permitted
to stand
Across the River of Jordan in the
Promised Land
So Moses died. God carried him away.
No man ever knew where his body lay;
But from the Scriptures last account,
lie was seen with Jesus and Elias on the
Mount;
The APOSTLES all seem to agree
That Moses was one of the three
Moses life showed Gods power to save.
From tho cradle to the grave;
Then after death We may arise
And meet our Saviour beyond the skies.
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