West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-01-05
ON TAELIFE OF MOSES
WRITTEN by ItENHY A. REED.
And Republishe6 BY Request.
Any natlon.that doth Won


Any nationthst doth wrong
God will not suffer il very long.
When the israclitos were a captive band
And lived as servants in the Egyptian land
Pharaoh was the wicked king
Whose name the locusts continue to sing.
For fcarthc lsrael,tcs might get too strong
lie passed degree that was very wrong
All male children born in that land
Should be put to death by the Egyptian
hand
In those days Moses was born In that land.
But was saved by the work Of his mother S
hand
She made a little ark aud placed him in the
water.
Where he was fowd by Pharaoh S
daughter
The babe looked up in her face and smiled,
She was pleased to find such beautiful
child
She said she would take him for her own.
And prepare hun for seat upon the
throne;
Bot when Moses grew to be a man
lie chose TO carry out God 5 plan
And begged Pharaoh to set the ISraelites
free.
To this Pharaoh would not agree,
SO at the appointed hour
God showed His mighty power
Sent plaques OF seven different kinds
That we're too heavy for Pharaoh's body OF
mind
SO he promised Moses II he q remove those
plaques from his land
lie would release the Israelite band:
But when the plaques were all taken ava,
Pharaoh attempted to force them TO stay;
SO Moses and the Israelites did flee
Until they came to the great Red Sea,
Commanded them to wait and see the
power OF God
He looked toward Heaven and raised hi,
rod;
God commanded the waters to be still;
The waters piled up like great high hills.
From the bottom of the sea there arose
dry path
On which the Israelites could safely pass
Six hundred thousand or more
Passed safely across to the opposite shore
Pharaoh's hosts with speed and in wrath
Attempted TO cross on the same dry path
Before they got across the path went down
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Soon after the Israelites had crossed In,
Red Sea
They began TO murmur and disagree:
said they would starve from the want o
meat.
God sent them quails in abundance to eat
They said there was no water and tn,
country was dry.
That Moses had brought them out there /,
die.
Moses showed them again the power o
God
He smote the rock with his rod,
In their presence where they could plainl.
The water gushed forth IN abundance an,
free
Again they said they would die from tn,
want of bread.
But on mama from Heaven they we're fed
They murmured against Moses anc
continued TO complain,
And wished they were back in Egypt again
So God lett them in their sorrows an,
fears
And let them wander in the wilderness 10
forty years;
The power Of God they could not see.
SO they went back into idolatry.
Moses went up into the mountains alone;
God gave him the Ten Commandments Of
table OF stone
But they would not heed the warning of hi
voice.
But they worshipped the images of thei
own choice.
Those that crossed the Red Sea on tina
eventful day.
All but Joshua and Caleb had passed away
Moses after years OF toll was not permitted
to stand.
Across the River Of Jordan in IN,
Promised Land
50 Moses died. God carried him away,
No man ever knew where his body lay;
But from the scriptures last account,
Was seen with Jesus and Elias on IN,
mount;
The Apostles all seem to agree
That Moses was one OF the three.
Moses life showed God S power TO save.
From the cradle 20 the grave:
Then after death we may arise
And meet our Savior beyond the skies.
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