St. Tammany farmer., 1906-03-24

54sEs& %.t IN SAC GVuAU suOI 8C-
/. Nm custom herself to
- : \ the thought OF
separation from
MOSES. II Is now nearly two weeks
since ne left" she mused to herself
wonder how he, has Jared and what
ne y doing. do believe his God viii
tske care OF him. Oh, Ii 1 could only
see MIN and tell him what these days
nave been TO me, and how / believe.
after all. that he has done right It is
NOT Tor time but for eternity We
should live, and II Moses sees the lieht
q promise Tar ahead, he should seek
that light, though he give up all. And
"a wish ] could tell him all this, 80 that
~ this new experience he might feel
tnat shared It with him"
Why don't you?" came the question
70 her heart. And then, as though
some one had spoken, and she was an
sWeF1ng them, she said, aloud:
Oh, u Icould! But how can II.
! And again something within her
seemed % reply: Your maid Tasis
Will help"
S@s .8G :
And soon they were planning eager
" together. They both realized that
she coGld not 90 openly In search OF
Moses 4 His going had created. pro-
found sensatiOn throughout the kings
palace. The king had first been
amazed, and then angry, and then sls-
picious. Hints and occasional word
came to him OF the hope and
expectation OF the Hebrew people
at the hands Of their God, and
he somehow could not but feel
uneasy. He determined to crush
out any such dreams, and gave or
ders to the overseers to make their
burdens Heavier and to be more rigid
in their discipline.
Thermutis had bsen cognizant Of all
this and followed with anxious inter-
est the actions of the king, lest he
should order Noses seized and con-
demned and imprisoned, if not killed.
But the king made no such move,
seeming content with making the OPP
preston Of the Hebrews more severe,
thinking perhaps that n no other way
could he cause Moses greater suffering
and anguish Of spirit. And 80 1t was
that she knew that she must plan se-.
cretly and carefully II she were to sue.
ceed II finding Moses.
At last, after much consultation and
planning, It was decided that she
should disguise herself as traveller
returning with his servant to his home
In the east.
'.Archemus will furnish US with q
camel, and say nothing about It, Il l
swear him I'd secrecYs " exclaimed Ia
sis, clapping her ha4ds quite enthusi-
astically. You remember Archemus? z"
she continued. It was for him that /
won you to- plead with the king to save
him from ruin brought on by his con-
troyersy With tho temple attendants
when they sought to levy special trfb-
Ute tpon him. He incurred their dis
like, you remember, by undue friendi-
ness with the foreigner traders. whom
the priests detest. And he viii be able
to advise us as to the manner and
course DC our Journey r
Two. days later those who were
early astir III the neighborhood Of
Archemus homs SAWS camel leave the
gateway guided by the servant that
strobe q his side. I
And Id Goshen, what of Moses? His
return to the land Of his people had
BEEN auis1 and transformations. He had
81 himself earnestly to the task Of
furthers s4srcllng out and studying the
sracords 81 Fis people. No word shout
himself ana what he. had sacrificed to
take his place with the Hebrew people
ever escaped his lips. In his contact
With the elders Of the people ne was
ever cheerful and courageous, inspiring
them with his hope Of deliverance and
blessing at Gods hands.
To be sure, Ills coming n the garb Of
!. Hebrew. Ind caused no small stir,
.nd vas an unceasing topic OF CONVEX
.at,on. Il II was little. they really knew
g to,Ewhat had stranspired in the prin-
cess, palace, but this much was plain
& thern. that q break had come and
that Noses was no longer an Egyptian
nrihce with wealth and power and In
fiuence at his command.
- MT whea the dfspleasure Of the
r,rx was felt and the oppression be-
~arse more bitter murmurings OF dis
content were heard upon every hand.
4 ii YEoses, felt 1t all. It brought a new
srd .s deeper anguish TO his heart.
/ f,ne lay be was deep In the prophecy
u I.eob spoken In blessing upon his
IN. i, Tss he lay dying, and had reached
shaf portion devoted to Judah. He
read: b. ,s.8. i. -
ehall praise; thy hand shall be IN
~ y, neck of thine ensmies: thy fathers
IN, s,,s,dren shall bow down before thee.
s.Indah must b destined OF God 70
.,,ls !. he nurmured, and then went
4 Z. !. Iudah ts lions whelp: from the
-, nv son, thou art gone up;
s.,..ssihnering power such as belongs to
: 6, lss.1 he thought ''he stopped down.
u. I. .' :, ,ouched % . Hon, and as an old
-. who shall rouse him?" No one
=, ,s.II dare dispute his power. All, hero
!. Il. s. ssven more plainly, he exclaimed,
. .,tn ~ rowing excitement, ~ he read:
~ N IN. s~1;ha sceptsr shall not depart from
y, r.ll.h. nor i lava. yer from bstvean !