Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-08-02
THE STORY


Quiet. almost 60 a death-like still
ness, had settled down upon the camp
Il was a startling contrast 70 the tur-
MOL and strife % m afternoon. and
Moses as he stole out Of the camp and
sought the solitude alone marveied at
the change So rapidly had the vents
OF the afternoon before developed. and
50 intense had been the feeling mani
Tested both By the people as they clam
oret for vafer. and The elders as they
sought % restore crter and quiet. that
b. bad not hal time ur opportunity 70
realize The meauin- ~ h. aIL Bu, as
b. passed. along through b camp
sleeping so pelceiglIy. the Wlule scene
passed before his vision AGAIN Could
b. be- that IL was onlv that afternoon
that they had cnue % that place.
Could Il he that but a few hours be
fore RE people Eere eryins loudly for
water Sn4 threatening HIN because
there VS. run@ 20 - had
n ;hefr f-ezzy. they utterly forgot
thzf God was in their midst. Moses
msse1 - himself IS he SaIked along.
and nov that their thirst has been
SATISFIED hey care not for the won
esrf1i maaltzfi1a of God's power.
arr be sighed heavily as he thought
- ~os RE p-,r.s were ~ believe
and p 1u4a3 Cots dealings with
then
That morning they had gathered the
-aHna as usual ani been satisfied to
the f1l Aut whsa they had drunk the
zsr ul tksir Nater tsey bean % fret.
Hn4 ~ declare tha- hey would surely
de ~ t5rs- there IN the wilderness.
flsesrriaS utterly hzt the God who
ha3 Supplied foof could aizo supply
reI wifh wafsr. Then as the day
had wura aEsy and no water VS.
found TIE mgruarius became mere and
urrs ousn un-i u last when the
Caali settled aavn sad the tents were
pitched ani no Nafer was in sight. the
u TIE people broke forth as ~
have already stated
Sep had .cnz since come 20 the rest
n the camp = Israel even Aaron
welding 70 the bodily fatirle. but his
own heart Es 81 s.n-4iariy stirred
thar be fef 20 inclination 70 seek his
cnueh For a IolE time he al alone
before his tent watching the stars rs
they came fora one By one. and ever
anon isff.1E his eyes rest upon the
glowing pillar which hung above the
camp, but Al last moved By some
strange Impulse he hal arisen raa
passed oar n the czun
30 wrapped fl The liner r-ufe-pla-
ton was hr liar he was utterly mr.
conscious whittier bis steps were
tEendinE Until Ct d sut3eu his foot
sulashed into a cool pool o. Eafe- AM
he looked Up with a start 70 dnd him
self before The great -oek where Cod
that afternoon had opened I'd a va
OF refreshing fer his thirsty reapIa.
The dara outlines u the rasse4
stone stood cut sharply against he
deep Blue Of the star..t SKY. Upward
for a hundred feet or more Il reared
rs head from the surrounding level Of
the sands which stretched away in
every direction Il Sas the one st-ik-
ing and impressive object OF the land
seape.
As they had passed il that afternoon
on the way 10 the place a little farther
on where the camp had been pitched.
they had paused and for a brief mo-
ment while the people gazed e~uriously
upon il the murmuring and complaint
had ceased But as they had again
taken up the march and were forced
because o. the spreading masses OF
rock az the base to make a wide detour
fresh complaint burst forth.
Was u not enough that they had no
water 10 drink Why should such OBJ
struetions come across their pathway?
OF what use was that great pile Of
jagged stone. anyway
Such were some Of the ~iII-natured
questions which broke forth. and as
Is always the ease where one Is in the
f~ault-nnding mood. they had no eyes
TO see anything but the d~isagreeable
and discouraging features. So IL was
that they had found in the rock only
another opportunity for complaining.
And when Moses had striven to pacify