The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-02

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&X/NW Mkw stand all that had
" UIJIXM transp ired. But
G.MN try as she might,
%W she could not &C
I'M Y custom herself to
= ~ the thought of
separation from
Moses. ct is now nearly two weeks
since he left" she unused to herself
81 wonder how he has Jared and what
he is doing. 1 do believe his God will
take care of him. Oh, if l could only
see him and tell him what these days
have been to me, and how l belieYe,
after all, that he has done right. 1t is
not for time but for eternity We
should live, and if Moses sees the light
of promise far ahead, he should seek
that light, though he give up all. And
l wish 1 could tell him all this, S that
in this new experience he might feel
that l shared it with him"
why don't you?" came the question
to her heart. And then, as though
some one had spoken, and she was an
swering them, she said, aloud:
ooh, if I could! But how a II"
And again something within her
seemed to reply: Your maid Tasis
will help"
And soon they were planning eager
ly together. They both realized that
she could not go openly in search of
Moses. His going had created a pro-
found sensation throughout the kings
palace. The king had first been
amazed, and then angry, and then sus-
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
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 been cognizant of all
this and followed with anxious inter-
est the actions of the king, lest he
should order Moses seized and con
demned and imprisoned, if not killed.
But the king made no such move,
seeming content with making the op-
preston of the Hebrews more severe,
thinking perhaps that in no other way
could he cause Moses greater suffering
and anguish of spirit. And so it was
that she knew that she must plan Sc
cretly and carefully if she were to sue
coed in finding Moses.
At last, after much consultation and
planning, it was decided that she
should disguise herself as a traveller
returning with his servant to his home
in the east.
"Archemus will furnish us with a
camel, and say nothing about it, If /
swear him to secrecy" exclaimed Ia
sis, clapping her hands quite enthusi-
astically. you remember A~rchemus?"
she continued. cit was for him that I
won you t plead with the king to save
him from ruin brought on by his con
troversy with the temple attendants
when they sought to levy special trib-
ute upon him. He incurred their dis
like, you remember, by undue friendli-
ness with the foreigner traders, whom
the priests detest. And he will be able
to advise us as to the manner and
course of our journey"
Two days later those who were
early astir in the neighborhood of
Archemus' home saw a camel leave the
gateway guided by the servant that
strobe at his side.
And in Goshen, what Of Moses? His
return to the land of his people had
been quier and transformations. He had
set himself earnestly to the task of
further searching out and studying the
records of his people. No word about
himself and what he had sacrificed to
take his place with the Hebrew people
ever escaped his lips. In his contact
ever cheerful and courageous, inspiring
them with his hope of ~deliverance and
blessing at Gods hands.
To be sure his coming in the garb of
a Hebrew had caused no small stir,
and was an %unceasing topic of CONVEX
sation. 1t was little they really knew
as to what had transpired in the prin-
cess palace, but this much was plain
to them, that a break had come and
that Moses was no longer an Egyptian
prince with wealth and power and in
huence at his command.
But when the ~displeasure of the
king was felt and the oppression be-
came more. bitter murmurings of dis
content were heard upon every hand.
And Moses felt it all. 1t brought a new
and deeper anguish to his heart.
One day he was deep in the prophecy
of Jacob spoken in blessing upon his
sons as he lay dying, and had reached
that portion devoted to Judah. He
read:
Judah, thou art he whom thy breth-
rem shall praise; thy hand shall be in
the neck of thine enemies; thy fathers
children shall bow down before thee"
Judah must be destined of God to
rule" he murmured, and then went
on reading:
Judah is a lions whelp; from the
prey, my SON., thou art gone up
conquering power such as belongs to
a king, he thought-"he stopped down,
he crouched as a lion, and az an old
lion; who shall ouse him?" No one
shall dare dispute his power. All, here
1t is even more plainly, he exclaimed,