Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-08-23


WINGED by him, he would not be con
WINGED by any one, not even by {
spirit.
Prince IN Intellect.
But Moses was not only a man OF
high station; he was a prince In in.
tellect as we'll as royal prince. He
had one of the greatest lntellects the
world has ever produced But more
than that. he had one Of the greatest
opportunities for developing that in
tellect The best Egyptian teachers
were his. The greatest knowledge Of
the then known world was cOncentrat-
ed in Egypt. And Moses was educated
in the most famous schools of that
land. Who can fully estimate the
knowledge Of those ancient Egyptians?
Some time ago I saw one of the most
dramatic pictures ever published in
newspaper. Its title was "The Body
Of an Ancient PharaAh Under the
Electric Light" There I'm his sarcoph-
agus lay the mummy Of Ameuophis
H., who reigned IN Egypt in 1866 B
c.. about fifty years before Moses was
born. The face of the ancient ruler
was just as perfect as on the day
when the embalmer laid him away
for his last sleep. Right over his fore
head in the picture was a modern e!ec-
trio light shining full upon the face
of the ancient king. There in the back /
ground Of the picture was a band Of 1
tourists looking down upon the quiet |
sleeper. As | looked at that picture .
that electric light seemed to be saving
to the Old king: Awake. Amenophis.
Wake up. Look about and see how
much the twentieth century has ac-
Then in Imagination I
saw the old mummy open his eyes and
ook around. He seemed out of place
IS did old Rip Van Winkle when he
anne down from the mountains after
lis long sleep. Then in imagination
aw one Of the tourists as a guide take
he hand Of the old king and lead him
bout Cairo. He pointed to this Won
er and that wonder of the twentieth
Then fancial I heard the
ged ruler say: "Yes44you have mar
elous wonders here, but I want to tell
on that my people were a race Of
iants. Where is old Egypt? Where
old Egypt, of which these pyramids
nd monuments are mere remnants of /
er former grandeur? Why. old Egypt
as forgotten almost as much as the
yentieth century has ever developed Y
gypt was stOrehOuse of arts which s
day are lost forever" Was it only I
dream? Was not the Egypt of an f
ent Amenophis the home Of erudi- u
On and knowledge? {
If the ancient Egyptians were not Il
udite, how can you account for the Il
eat pyramid Of Cheops. which was p
ithout any doubt built as an astro- h
,mical observatory? So great are the Il
asSiye stones of this pyramid that
this day scientists are unable to I'M d
rstand how they were lifted into ii
ace. How can you account for the pt
st canal and irrigation system Of IL
Egypt. thousands Of years old. vet q
stem from which modern irrigators al
n well learn their lessons at the ii
esent time? f
Egyptians Not Ignorant. -
The Egyptians were not an ignorant - -
1ple. 1t is a very grave question ~ ~
ether they did not know as much -, ne
their line as we know in ours. n
ey had their written forms for the ",
Iveying of knowledge just as we ~
re now. A. II. Sayce. one of the -. ~
st famous modern Egyptian ar ~ -
biologists, tells us in his wonderful le'
k, entitled Monument Facts and ", W.
,her Critical Fancies." that "the -
- iNHI" VI 'ii1 "Se VI A"' dli''Hi was TIL