St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-01-27
Moses the Babe
Of the Nile
OUR BIBLE STORY bv th.
Highway and Byway" Preacher
"a Vision Between the Lines Of Gods
Inspired Word.)
Copyright, 1876, by J. B. Bowles.,

Copyright, 1895, by J. B. Bowles)
Scripture Authority:-''By faith Nose
Rhen he was born, was hid three months {
his parents, because they saw he was
| proper child; and they were not afraid {
the kings commandments Heb. 11:2
head' the story in Exodus ALA
The sun had set, but still. In the lin
sering twilight, the Hebrew slave
toiled on.
VIII the day never end?" Amrar
asked himself, as he listlessly lay til
bricks in place and then threw on an
other trowel of mortar.
Faster there" shouted the task
master, sharply, this wall must b
finished Tonight And the whip lasl
snapped yiciously by way of emphasi
and left great welt on the bar,
shoulders.
A groan escaped the compressed lips
and the man quickened his efforts, a.
did his fellow slaves working with hin
on the wall.
Not until the rearing walls. the pile,
OF brick and mortar and the toilinf
slaves had become one indistinguisha
BILE mass in the thickening darkness.
would the taskmasters cease their Wig
lance. Every ray of light must yield
Its tribute to the Pharaoh, and no pail
OF hands might rest or lag until night
had brought the welcome release.
But the longest day has its ending
and at last Amram found himself
speeding towards home. His eager.
ness to learn whether the babe were
still safe gave fresh vigor to his weary
limbs. Others were going lis way, but
they could not match his pace, and
soon he was treading the pathway by
the Nile alone.
1t was three months now since his
boy had been born, and the secret of
the home was still successfully guard
ed and Pharaoh's edict defled. But he
knew matters could not continue thus
much longer, and as he hurried onward
that night every pulsation of his anx-
ious heart seemed to pound out the
question: How will it end? How
will it end?"
Suddenly wild, heart-rending
Shrek broke the stiffness of eventide.
Anram stopped abruptly and an in
tense fear seized him. AS he listened
breatlllessly he heard a plaintive,
frightened baby wall, and! then q
splash, followed by the harsh voice of
the Egyptian as he babe the weeping
mother begone.
In agony of spirit he lifted his face
towards heaven and cried: "On, God!
How long?"
He half feared it might be lis own
baby boy. The shrek of the mother
and the plaintive cry of the babe had
stirred the keenest apprehension in his
heart. He did not realize how loud
and intense his muttered prayer sound
ed on the quiet evening air, until sud
denly the dark form of the Egyptian
doomed up before him.
The appearance of the man was so
ly taken off his guard. In the con-
fusion and distress of the moment he
blurted out: Whose baby was it,"
And then, without pausing for breath,
he continued: WAS it"
"Your baby?" finished the Egyptian,
with a hideous leer, as he peered
sharply into Abrams face, and noted
MS look of anguish and alarm. "Well,
It might have been," he continued,
but I'll go home with you to make
Iure."
With wild cry Amram tore himself
Dose and fed down the pathway,
while the Egyptian holly pursued. But
he love and fear of the fathers heart
gave strength and speed to his flying
eet and he soon outdistanced his
vould-be captor and was lost to view
n the friendly darkness.
Amram did not stop running until
le reached his own door. A great wave
# relief. passed over him when he
ound that his wife and child were
afe at home. His story was soon told.
The Egyptian will surely find me to-
morrow" he concluded. And giving
way completely, he sank on rude
'ench and, burying his face in his
lands, groaned piteously.
1--WE must save him." returned joe
lebed, in voice which strove to be
rave. 80
But how?"
"God will help u.s. was the earnest |
eply. Hast thou forgotten the words |
+ thy father as he spoke blessing over |
be boy?"
forgotten? During the weeks of |
wful suspense had he not recalled the I
lords again and again. He could see
is father now as he had held the
eautiful babe, and had said:
I'm thee, my child, God hath surely
listed His people, as Joseph said He
,ould. And by thee shall God yet full
II His promise to Abraham to give de-
verance to His people"
But in spite of it all, Amram was
Ill of apprehension. The words
rought him little comfort in the pres
ut peril, and in his agitation he be-
an to pace the floor and to moan:
oh, God! What can we do? What
IN we dor
Jochebed was silent, but as she
ought for answer to her husbands
lestion a sudden inspiration, like
ash from heaven, came to her, and
le exclaimed:
'Did not God care for Noah on the
lightly waters? And will He not care
r our baby on the waters OF the
lie ?"
sWhat do you rean?" cried Amram.
II mean that we shall make an ark
+ our baby.
"And set him adrift on the Nile?"