Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-03

/ the children of Israel when Moses led them out
of Egypt We are told in the Bible that when
the children of Israel were come to the Red Sea,
the waters parted and allowed them to cross in
safety to the other side But when Pharaoh s
army pursued, and come into the midst of
the sea, a miracle caused the waters to roll down
upon them, SO that Pharaoh's troops were
drowned
Now the inference might be drawn that Phar-
aoh perished at this time himself, but Egyptian
history, as we find it pictured on the walls of the
old temples, tells us that Pharaoh did not pur-
sue the Children of Israel in person further than
the western shore of the Red Sea. There he
waited while 600 of his troops moved across the
oozy bottom. But the chariots sank in the mire,
the tide rose rapidly, and the pursuing troops
became so extrcated that, before they could get
ashore, the water rushed upon them, and they
were all drowned this all by reason of rap
idly rising tide.
Pharaoh lived for some years after the fight
of the Children of Israel from Egypt His tomb
has been found, and his mummy discovered there
in. 1t lies today in the Museum at Cairo.
The Syrian Christians claim that the Children
of Israel were servile, unlettered and unearned,
having at all times been the servants and not
the social equals Of the Egyptians. well known
Psychologist and authority on matters pertain
ing to the Holy Land Mr.. Salem Ghaziri, who is
Syrian Roman Catholic and resides in Beyrout
told the writer that investigation proves the Chill
dren of Israel to have been composed of the ig
norant laboring classes exclusively. Moses, their
leader, was, on the other hand, man of great
learning. member of the Royal household, he
was educated at Heliopolis, the city of the Sun,
and, being ambitious, but yet finding no great
field for activity at home, he assumed the leader
ship of the Children of Israel and led them forth
from Egypt Mr.. Ghaziri further informed the
writer that when the Children of Israel were led
across the Red Sea, they traversed where it was
narrowest, and where, at an unusually low tide,
the water entirely receded Being of an ignorant
and superstitious nature, however, the Children
of Israel were perhaps led into a belief, encour-
aged by Moses, that the rolling back of the wa.
ters had been a miracle.
| A brief historical resume shows that the first
ruler Of Egypt, Of whom have record, was
Menes; he lived about 4700 B. @. Cheops built
the great pyramid in 3733 B. G. During the
thousands of years of Egyptian greatness, there
were but two women who occupied the throne
and ruled alone. These were Nctocris and Hat
asu. Hatasu was the daughter of the great war
rior king Thothmes I, who founded the temple
Of Karnak On the death of her father she came
to rule jointly with her young brother Thothmes
/ H. He was an amiable weakling and she a wo
man of great cleverness and strong mindedness
Thothmes II shortly disappeared, and Hatasu
ruled supreme and alone for sixteen years She
is often portrayed as man wearing beard or
account of her sternness, strength of character
and iron will Under her reign Egypt prosperec
greatly She disappeared mysteriously In the
sixteenth year of her reign and was succeeded
by her brother Thothmes III, whom II is thought
by many caused her murder, in revenge for tn,
Disappearance of his brother, Thothmes III
Among the many great kings who followed, tn,
records of none stand out so propinentl,
throughout Egypt as do those OF Rameses III, o.
Ramsses the Great, known in the Bible as tn.
great oppressor of the Children Of Israel preced
ing the Exodus. When Egypt had begun to wan,
In power, Alexander the Great Of Macedonia
came thithey, was proclaimed ruler and estab
Ilishsd the city Of Alexandra. This was ia SO,
b. O. Roman rule succeeded Greek few year
before Christ. Then came the time Of Caesa
and Cleopatra. Many battles and changes In ad
ministration followed the Roman rule, until a
longth Egypt came under the Mohammedans, AM
Aas ehcs - osaomainsd.