The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-05-08

Kenkenes lifted his head suddenly
and regarded her.
aye" she continued. 81 have
given thee food for thought. Futile in
deed were Israel's hopes if it set itself
unaided against the Pharaoh But the
God Of Israel hath appointed mis- hour
and hath already descended into feI-
lowship with his chosen people He
hath promised to lead US forth, and the
Divine respects a promise. So a God
against Pharaoh. Doth it not appear
to thee, Egyptian, that there ap-
proaches marvellous time?"
"Give me but faith in the hypothesis
and I shall say Of surety" he re-
Piled
''Tnou hast said. Shall we not go on,
my master?"
81 am Kenkenes, the son Of Mentu, -
he told her.
She bent her head in acmowledg.
ment Of the introduction anG moved
forward as If to climb up by the pro
ject1ng edges Of the strata, but he put
powerful arm about her and lifted
her into the valley. With a light
bound he was beside her. Ahead Of
them was profound darkness, hedged
, by black and close drawn walls and
canopied by distant and unillumining
stars. She resumed her place behind
him, though he was moved to protest
but her deliberate manner seemed to
demand its way, so they continued
slowly.
I Thou givest me interest in thu God
j Of Israeli" he said, to reopen the SUBJ
ject. ''The Egyptian dwells in his
gods, but thou sayest that the God Of
Israel dwells in Israel
! even so. But thou speakest Of Isra-
els God even after the fashion Of ny
people. They are jealous, saying that
the true God hath but one love and
) that is Israel If they would think ii,
let them, but he is the all-God, Of all
the earth, the one God-thy God as
] we'll as nine
Mile. h6UASuSS u.
'eThou hast said"
"Now, by all things worshipful, this
is news. had ever thought that our
gods are those to whom we bow. Ell
ther thou sayest wrong or I have been
remiss in my devotions.
! NAY, listen," she said earnestly,
stepping to his side. Already have 1
told thee Of the captain Of Israel. BE
was reared among princes in the house
Of the Pharaoh, and he is learned in all
thewisoom ofEgypt. He instructeth the
elders concerning Jehovah, and from
mouth to mouth his wisdom raverseth
till It reacheth the ears Of the young.
This, then, have from the lips Of
Moses, who speaketh naught but the
truth In early times all on earth had
perished for wickedress by the sending
Of the one God, save q holy man and
his three sons. These men worshiped
the God Of Abraham, who was the fa-
! ther Of Israel. One OF the sons found
) ed thy race, saith Moses, and one es-
tablished mine. The tribes that went
into Egypt worshiped the same God.
Lo, Is it not written in the early
tombs? So Moses testifeth. but if thou
doubtest, go question thy historians.
And some Of the tribes called that God
Ra, others Ptah, and yet others Amen.
But in time they quarreled, and each
tribe refused to admit the identity OF
the three named one God, saying, Thy
God sendeth plague and affection, and
ours sendeth rich haryests and the Nile
foods Did not the same God do each
Of these things In his wisdom? Even
so. But when they were at last united
into one great people they had forgot
ten the quarrel, forgotten that in the
beginning they had worshiped one God,
and they bowed down to three instead
Nay, If there were but one among you
who dared, there are loose threads f1ut-
tering, which, If drawn, might unravel
the whole fabric Of idolatry and dis
close that which it hides-the one God
the God Of Abraham"
Kenkenes had walked In silence,
looking down into the luminous eyes,
lost in wonder Rachel suddenly real
lied at what length she had talked
and stopped abruptly, dropping back
to her place again as If chidden.
Come" said Kenkenes, noting her
action, walk beside me, priestess.
would hear more Of this. It is like all
forbidden things-wondrously allur-
ing"
81 did forget" she answered stub
bornly. There is nothing more
Kenkenes stopped
Come" he insisted "The teacher
rather precedes the pupil At least
thou shalt walk beside me-
81 pray thee, let us go on. We are
not yet at the camp, we have walked
so slowly" she answered. At that mo-
ment several fragments Of rock, loos-
ening, slid down in the dark just be-
hind her. She caught her breath and
was beside the young artist in an in-
slant. He laughed in sheer delight.
Thou hast assembled the spirits by
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