Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-02-15
The Egyptian Temples.

linen what beautiful temples wer
] erected for the worship of these Egvn
tlan animals. Never in all the wild,
world nave there been more beautiful
buildings than those ancient temple,
OF hardusseh and Philae and Abor
Simbel and KOm Umboo and Adfoc
ana Esnek and Karnak. where the
| pnaraohs wOrshiped, and AIedeenet
Taboo and Luxor and Kurneh Trulv
ike Paul standing on Mars hill. when
we see these huge structures we can
exeiaim' "Ie men of old Egypt. 1 per-
celYe that in all things We are too su-
perstitious.' Why, the great hall Of
pillars" at Karnak looks as though the
pillars had been hewed out of the very
center OF the earth and set I'D in long
rows for the dome of the heavens 10
rest upon, so massive are they. Each
one OF those columns is covered with
the most exquisite carvings. So in
mite are these carvings that. like a
prairie full of wild flowers. their indi-
Vidual beauties are lost in ble muIti-
tude OF the wonders. Do SJu wonder
amid the pemiciOus Influences of such |
heathen worship. that God said 70 |
Moses, the adopted son of Pbaroob's
daughter; Come, my child-come TO
INDIAN lands. Come into the quietude
OF a desert exile. Come and learn Of
me ana hear the duty REQUIRED Of
-hee.' Now, my friends, just as Moses
lad his indian exile to learn of Gods
thoughts and Gods ways, we. as Gods
,hildren, should have our INDIAN ex-
les.
God had another purpose in arrang-
lS the events which eliminated in
irving forth Moses from Pharaoh's
alace. The adopted son of Pharaoh's
aughter had to be taught by bitter
iperience what it was to suffer inius- T
ce before he was fitted to be the I
hancipator of a Hebrew race groan- I
g and suffering amid the fortunes of Il
syptlan slavery. He had to lift TO n
lips the chalice of woe filed with II
own scalding tears and drink the is
p OF sorrow to the dregs before he d
Is ntted to wipe away the tears from II
eyes of his fellow men. No man II
truly sympathize with a sick man III
less he has first been sick himself n,
man can truly sympathize with the W
)r unless, like John Howard PAYNE. III
mas not a place to call his home. nj
unless in the winter night he has M
lie to the rooms of tenement where M
re was no fire in the cold stove be- sn
Sc the coal bin was empty, or into ma
lTr whore no hams Ia
ing for something to eat and he ,.
not five cent piece to buy a loaf 7
bread to ease the Cravings of their WI
ger All, yes. Moses in that INDIAN
e, by bitter experience, learned
too we'll the injustice which the In
rev people in Egyptian slavery "
to suffer! Let us study for a little Son
e the bringing up of this marvel -
boy of the east The
5oyhood of Moses. ~
was developed in his early DAYS. Al
'me Of us were by our parents. as
'thouse plant. No rough, sharp
was allowed to touch him. He
he'd no bad, yitiated air. His pal b
bedroom overlooked the wonderful Chr
Nile. There during the long hot Jam
his he saw the princes and prin- God
s lounging in their boats. being pull shln
ing by the slaves Life seemed to be we
up. for the most mart of nrsio wrol
iancing and merrymaking. The or
grounds in which the lad Moses "Oro
to play were dream of beauty. ana
se he was well clothed all people days
well clothed. Because he was mat
treated all people, if they be- some
themselves, are kindly treated ming
he day he was disillusioned. Whlcl
was walking again by the river nave
Now, instead of being a child, upon
S man in middle life. or about the al
years old. While he was walk Ell an
ong the river bank he saw an INTO I
an overseer begin to abuse one Died
slaves. Moses was noted for uuSt'
'ekness. but he raised his staff " TO
ote the Egyptian and Killed him nave
tracks. Then what happened? MAJ
ceased to be a prince. As a an rig
slave, he was tracked from Llsul'
o place. As a Hebrew fugi- tuihS
had to flee death as rab- ~,
rs from the baying of the linus
By bitter personal experience scure
ned only too well what the poor ern ou
s had to suffer under the agon- Out
rrokes of the Egyptian slave MOSES
My friends, did you ever nm I'll
think that God has sent YOU py lis
roubles in. order to make you vas d
Iize with those who are trou- ii'u ne
life? Did you ever stop to .iS. ure
lat God has taken away your eIinlle
lid in order that you might Tue tne
gospel emancipation for the - anu
IS Of your fellow men? The SISTERS
indian to which you go are e seIo y.
I'd places where man comes in So Eou,
with God. but also where the "a leao
etc heart of man learns to ,i.s Ian'
unison with the suffering nis oIdI
f his enslaved brothers and , ,nlO the
'wn in faroff Egypt. , n,u 70 ,, :
earning to Sympathize. mon oh,