The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-02-23

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furrowed in his face deepened as the
0ma was speaking, and be recoiled.
as though she had struck him a cruel
blow. when she Went on to say:
Thou carest nothing for my advice.
Thou has forgotten all that l have
done for thee; all that l haze sacri-
feed in aiding thee; all that / am yet
willing to do for thee and for thy peo-
pie"
Mother, don't" he pleaded, II God
has spoken, must not l follow? Must
not l obey?'
But why need you believe that ODE
dience leads to the casting aside Of thy
great prospects in Egypt? Have not /
shown thee again ana again how all
thy hopes for thy people may be rea-
liked in and through thee?'
Yea, mother, but what Of Gods
spoken word: That nation whom they
shall serve, will l iudge!' Judgment
and blessing cannot so hand in hand!
The nation under condemnation cannot
become the medium of b~lessing."
But what of the records of Egypt
and the words of the priest? Are they
not as worthy of consideration as the
words dug from the tomb of some dead
Hebrew? Was not Egypt long before
this man Abraham, and has she not
been throughout the centuries the GUS
todian of the wisdom and the learning
of the nations? Has it not been that
in Egypt the oracles have spoken? And
was it not Egypt which honored JOS
eph and served thy people in days long
gone by, and shall not a Hebrew again
rule in Egypt and serve the Hebrew
people?"
Yea, but hast thou forgotten that IL
was Joseph's God who revealed what
the Egyptian gods could not, and that
il is this same God, the God of Abra-
ham and Isaac and Jacob, that has
spoken these words Of judgment upon
Egypt"
And what are thy plans?" the prin-
cess demanded, with abrupt severity.
q must take my place with my peo-
ple,' he responded in sad, low voice,
and yet with a quiet determination
which showed that the decision had
only been reached after terrible con-
tlict.
What! And leave the palace? And
leave me? Oh, Moses, what cruelty to
the one who has loved you! What
monstrouB ingratitudc," And the wo-
man, quite overcome at the thought,
threw herself upon her couch and
burst out into the most bitter, cOnvuls-
i've weeping.
Mother, MOTHER he cried. in the
agony of his sorrow, will you not I'M
derstand me? 1t is not that | forget
thee and care not for all that Egypt
has done for me, but I remember God
and believe that only with Him can
blessing be found"
She checked her weeping and, look
ing up, demanded with spirit:
But what is to be gained by thy
going now? What will it profit thee or
thy people if thou impoyerish thyself
and forsake the position and power
which can be used to their good? viii
it not be time enough for thee to go
with thy people when GOD snail lead
them out? If he ever does" she added,
douDttully'
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Moses dld o appear TO notice the
ilnai thrust replying quietly;
But II reaInln IN the palace as thy
0 am an Egyptian and, with the
hgyptlah nation, uhaer judgment. II
you'd ENJOY the pressing promised the
HeDre" people must become a He
Drew, cost what 1t Will
ana then' Whlle ms mother listened
ne toId her OF the Visions OF the two
ways when a come 10 MN WhlIe IN
Joseph 5 lohlD' Oh MS p!tler Struggle
ana maj victory
i see 1t all plainly now, mother. It
Is not what as prince, or even as
KING, might 40 tof my people, nut what
Hod IS gong 10 no. Prlae mas MED my
heart at lnoushl OF my superiority 10
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