St. Tammany farmer., 1906-03-03

he went on to explain.
Noses was swiftly but carefully pass
ing about the sides of the cavern.
straining his eyes in effort to see and
passing his hands over the walls that
he might detect by that means what
perhaps his imperfect vision in the
dim light would fail to uncover. He
had traversed quite half Of the cir.
cumference of the place when he ran
upon sharp angle which took him
into recess. So completely hidden was
the nook that he would have missed
1t entirely had his hands not been
following the contour Of the walls.
Scarcely had he turned the corner and
begun the scrutiny of the wall with
eye and hand when his fingers slipped
into the chiseled groove Of some deep
cut letter. He scarcely breathed in
his excitement as he fever;shly traced
the characters.
Levi" he read. His heart gave
a great leap Of joy. .My fathers
tribe" he thought. With cr' of ex.
ultation, he bounded back towards
Ammihud, shouting:
II have found the place! have
found the place! Sit thou here Am
mihud," he continued, leading the
old man to bench of stone conven-
iently near. Il will soon have the
stones removed and then shalt thou
search for the hidden recess in the
coffin where 1t was told thee the REQ
ords were placed"
Yea, by my fathers own hand;;" he
responded, positively.
Moses was by this time at work, and
although it was no easy task, he final
ly succeeded and took the last stone
out just as the descending sun burst
around giant rock at the entrance,
and sent it's shaft Of light streaming
into the cave, suddenly Transforming
the darkness and gloom into light
and glory Both men stood mute and
reverent before the manifestation.
To them it seemed suggestive, nay al.
most prophetic. They had been crop.
ing in the darkness, now all was light.
They were in the darkness of ignor.
ance as to Gods plans for His peo-
ple-was the light Of Gods truth to
stream forth from that tomb and IL.
Illuminate their understanding?
Come, Ammihud," Moses said, lift
ing the old man to his feet and walk
ing with him down the pathway Of
light towards the recess. God is smil.
ing in upon us, and we shall soon be
possessed of the sacred records. He
will guide thy hands in the search"
And while Moses strong arms up
held him, the old man reached within
the vault and soon had drawn from a
hidden pocket in the coffin the sought
for records.
Thank God!" they both fervidly ex.
claimed. And Moses added: Surely,
He hath not left His people without
the needed revelation
The next day, in a room of one Of
the homes in Goshen which had given
them shelter, Moses was seated, pour
ing over the papyrus sheets spread be-
fore him. Reclining upon couch at
his elbow was Ammihud. The excite
ment of the search having passed and
the mission which had nerved him and
kept him alive for years having been
fulfilled, the reaction had come, and
he lay there helpless and weak, but
listening as from time to time
Moses read him the important pas.
sages from the precious records they
had recovered.
Read me that again" he whispered.
"How sweet in the darkness of our
bondage it is to hear that God will visit
u.s.
And Moses turned back the roll Of
and read the words Of Jo-
seph.
God will surely visit you. and
bring you out Of this land unto the
land which He sware to Abraham, to
Isaac and Jacob. And Joseph took an
oath Of the children Of Israel, saying.
God will surely visit you and We shall
carry up my bones from hence
Moses voice died away, and he went
on studying other manuscripts In ST.
lence, while the old man mumbled
softly over and over again to himself
the words:
God will surely visit you and bring
you out Of this land unto the land
which He sware to Abraham, to Isaac
and to jacob
J So completely did the thought alb
sorb him that he did not notice, as
Moses went ON to read another portion
Of the record giving Gods message to
Abraham at the time Of his vision:
Know of a surety Moses read,
that thy seed shall be a stranger In
! land that is not theirs, and shall
serve them; and they shall aflict them
100 years; and also that nation, whom
hey serve. will Judge; and after
ward shall they come out with great
With a cry Moses let the roll fall
rom his hand. A mist came before
his eyes and he felt his heart sink
within him, for as he read the words
The thought of the Princess Mother and
her plans for him came crowding in
lpon him. Not for an instant did his
loble purpose to walk with God waver;
lot a shadow of doubt crossed his mind |
IS to the certainty of the fuldllment
Il Gods words which he had just read:
but oh! the agony Of the realization
If the separation which was so surely
coming.
Suddenly he became conscious OF q |
ug at his robe, and looking down he |
.aw Ammihud feebly trying to gain
IFS attention. A smile was on his face
ind his lips were still moving. He |