The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-08-23

IINNfriU Light AIftf Al h.0 '"'NNi
acus lay The mummy OF Amenophis
II who reiened In Egypt IN 1866 r.
q about fifty years before Moses was
horn The face OF the ancient ruler
WAS Just as perfect MS on the day
when the emhalmer hid him away
Cor hts last sleep Right over his fore
head In the picture was modern elec-
fr,c light shining full upon the face
of the ancient king There In the back
around II the picture was band OF
tenrisfs looking down upon the quiet
si.oner As I looked al that picture
chat electric Hight seemed 70 h. saying
10 the old king Awake, Amenophis
Wake upi Look about and wee no"
much che twentieth century has ac-
cornlished Then 10 imagination !
saw M ola mummy open his eyes and
io,r around. YIo seemed out Of place
os dld o'd Rlp Van Wrinkle when be
came down from the mountains after
his long sleep Then IN Imagination J
saw ono Of the tourists as guide taKe
enc hand az the old king and lead him
abont cairo. He pointed 60 this won
der and that wonder OF the twentieth
century. Then I fsncied I heard the
aged ruler say. Yes you have mar
ralous wonders here. but | want 20 tell
YOU that my people were race Of
Giants Where Is old Egypt Where
Is Oh Egypt. Of which these PYRAMIDS
and monuments are mere remnants OF
ber former arandeurf Why, old Egypt
has forgotten almost as much rs VIC
t,..,+,efh century has ever developed
pgynt was storehouse ~ arts which
/ tofar are lost forever" Was n only
o. 6-eamg Was not the Egypt OF an
cient Amenophis the home Of erudi-
non and knowiedgef
If the ancient Egyptians were not
orn6iio. how can you account for me
Great nvYNmid of Cheops. which was
without any doubt built as an astro-
pom,cal observatnryi So great are the
massive stones ~ This pyramid that
4, this day scientists are unable 10 un'
herstand how they we're lifted into
Mace How can you account for the
vas. canal and irrigation system OF
rrvpt thousands Of years ola, yet a
system from which modern irisarors
can well learn their lessons at the
present timer
Egyptians Not Ignorant
The Egyptians were not an ignorant
people. II Is a very grave question
whether they did not know as much
In thelr line RS we know in ours.
They had their written forms for the
conveying OF knowledge just as we
have now. A. II Sayce, one OF the
most famous modern Egyptian ar
cbaeoloqlsts tells us IN hts wonderful
book entitled Monument Facts and
Higher Critical Fancies," that THE
Babvlonla Of the age Of Abraham was
more highly educated country than
the England Of George Ill" Then he
goes on 10 show that Egyptian htoTa-
ture dates back 10 the time Of King
Nenes. I'm 1902 Is. c.. or over 1000
years before Moses was born. He
goes further and shows that no
Egyptian IN the third and fourth
period was looked upon as a gentleman
unless he knew how 70 read. The
business men. the farmers. the over
eeers. as we'll as the priests and
scrlbes. We're cOnversant with EgyD-
tan literature $50 universal was
knowledge among the ancient Egyp-
tians Of Moses time that they did not
believe there WAS Immortality for any
| Egyptian unless be. as resurrected
spirit. could read the sentences which
were carved upon bis own tomb.
Thus It Is not only Moses as prince
who is testifying to rs today about
the ways Of God 1t Is Moses the sage
as well; It Is Moses who had studied
all the philosophers Of his day; It is
Moses the erudite scholar. with the
vast libraries Of his time by HIS side,
who comes 20 testify 10 US Of Christ.
His Creative Brain.
But Moses brain was not simply re-
coptive He had q creative M well as
IN absorbing intellect He could give
out as well as take In You know that
there are certain intellectual men who
seem 10 lack the creative faculty
They learn AS parrots learn. When
they take Q book they can read II
through and repeat the pages almost
verbatim. They can index their minds
SO that you can hardly ask them q
question which they cannot answer
They are like some Of the honor stu
dents Of our college days who always
stood at the head 81 their classes. YET
when they entered life's struggle they
we're abiect failures because they new
or could create any new ideas.
Now. Moses had a creative as vel
as an absorbing intellect As We STUDY
this gigantic genius we know no
which to admire the most-the powell
BIZ which he absOrbs knowledge or th'
power by which he creates new knoWl
edge Study him any way you wi
and you cannot but be amazed. Stud,
him with reference to his hygieni
laws We have gone on in our inves
LEGATIONS In dietary developments. w
have our vegetarian theories and on
two meals a day" theories ard on
hot water theories and all that Ye
today Il is admitted by hygienlo au
thorities that no dietary system ha
yet been devised which can give NOR
assurance Of longer or healthier If
than that system which Moses promul
gated In his hyaienic laws for the he
brew people nearly 1000 years age
Study Ms land laws. under which IN
people every seven years received
back the titles 10 thelr old homesteads
DO you not believe that Moses wa,
was better than our way. where few
men can gobble up all our coal land
and copper lands and timber land
and farm lands and then say 10 ID
rest Of the people Now starve. TO