Warren sheaf., 1905-10-12

young seuEpror,s neart and erew Z
such power that it unctured his speech,
"1s thy heart then 90. Armly ct On
this thing7" he asked gently.
i "It Is the hope that bears Israeps
burdens and the balm that heals the
I welt Of the LASH . s s'6
And In the young mans heart he said
it was q vain hope, happy delusion
that might serve to make the harsh
bondage endurable till time dispelled
it. The simple words Of the girl we're
eloquent portrayal Of Israel's plight,
and Kenkenes subsided into 4 sorry
state Of helpless sympathy She was
not long in Interpreting his silence.
Vain hope, is it," she said. ..And
how shall it come to pass in the face
Of the Pharaoh's denial and the might
Of Egypt's arms? Thou art young.
and so am l, but both of us remember
| Rameses There has been none like
him. He overthrow the world, did he
not, and it was a hard task and a
precarious and a long one when he
but measured arms with mortals. Is
it not problem worthy the study to
ponder how he might have Jared in
battle with god %
Kenkenes lifted his head suddenly
and regarded her.
"Aye," she continued. II have
given thee food for thought. Futile in
deed were 1srael's hopes if it set itself
unaided against the Pharaoh. But the
God Of Israel hath appointed his hour
and hath already descended into fel-
lowship with his chosen people. He
hath promised to lead us forth, and the
Divine respects promise. So God
against Pharaoh. Doth it not appear
to thee, Egyptian, that there ap-
proaches a marvellous time?"
"Give me but faith In the hypothesis
and I shall say of a surety" he re-
piled.
Thou hast said. Shall we not go on
my mastery"
II am Kenkenes, the son Of Mentu," :"
he told her.
She bent her head in acknowledg.
ment of the introduction and moved
forward as If to climb up by the pro-
jecting edges Of the strata, but he put
powerful arm about her and lifted
her into the valley. With light
bound he was beside her. Ahead of
them was profound darkness, hedged
by black and close drawn walls and
canopied by distant and unillumining
stars. She resumed her place behind
him. though he was moved to protest,
but her deliberate manner seemed to
demand its way, so they continued
slowly.
''Thou givest me interest in the God
Of Israeli" he said, to reopen the sub
ject. ''The Egyptian dwells in his
gods, but thou sayest that the God OF
Israel dwells in Israel"
even So But thou speakest of Isra-
els God even, after the fashion of my
people. They are jealous, saying that
the true God hath but one love and
that is Israel. If they would think it,
let them, but he is the all-God, Of all
the earth, the one God-thy God as
we'll as mine."
"Minew Kenkenes exclaimed.
"Thou hast said
"Now, by all things worshipful, this
is news. had ever thought that our.
gods are those to whom we bow. Eli
ther thou sayest wrong or have been
remiss in my devotions.'
NAY, listen," she said earnestly,
stepping to his side. Already have I
told thee Of the captain Of Israel He
was reared among princes in the house
Of the Pharaoh, and he is learned in all
the wisdom Of Egypt He instructeth the
elders concerning Jehovah, and from
mouth to mouth his wisdom traverseth
till It reacheth the ears Of the young.
This, then, I have from the lips of
Moses, who speaketh naught bat the
truth. In early times all on earth had
perished for wickedness by the sending
of the one God, save holy man and
his three sons. These men worstiped
the God of Abraham, who was the ia
ther of Israel. One Of the sons found
ed thy race, saith Moses, and one es-
tdDlISuSU m1uc. 1uc lFtDeS Iudt went
into Egypt worshiped the same God.
Lo, is it not written in the early
tombs7 SO Moses testifeth, but If thou
doubtest, go question thy historians.
And some Of the tribes called that God
Ra, others Ptah, and yet others Amen.
But in time they quarreled, and each;
tribe refused to admit the identity of,
the three named one Gcd, saying, Thy
God sendeth plague and aff1iction, and.
ours sendeth rich harvesE and the Nile.
foods Did not the same God do each
of these things In his wisdom? Dven
so. But when they We're at last united
into one great people they had forgot
ten the quarrel, forgotten that In the
beginning they had worshiped one God,
and they bowed down to three instead.
Nay, If there were but one among you
who dared, there are loose threads aut-
tering, which, IL drawn, might unravel
the whole fabric Of Mofatry and dis
close that which it hides the. one God
the God Of Abraham"
Kenkenes had walked ~ silence
looking down into the luminous eyes