The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-04-26

me and hear the duty required OF
thee" Now. my friends. just as Moses
had his Midlan exile 10 learn Of Gods
thoughts and Gods ways. we. as Gods
/ children. should have our INDIAN ex
ilcs.
God had another purpose In arrang
i'm the events which eliminated III
driving forth Moses from Pharaoh
palace. The adopted son of Pharaoh's
daughter had 10 bc taught by bitter
lcxperieuce what it was to suffer injus
dce before he was fitted 10 be the
cmanclpator of "a Hebrew race groan-
ins and suffering amid the fortunes Of
I Ewpiian slavery He had 20 lift TO
/ his Inns the chalice of woe filled with
his own scalding tears and drink the
cum of sorrow TO the dregs before he
was fitted 90 wipe away the tears from
the eyes Of his fellow men. No man
can truly sympathize with a sick man
unless Doc has first been sick himself.
so man can truly sympathize with the
poor unless. like John Howard Payne,
ho has not a place 10 call his home
or unless I'm the winter night he has
zone t0 the rooms Of a tenement where
there was mo- fire i'm the cold stove be
cause the coal bin was empty, or into
a hut where De hears his little ones
CRYING for something 20 eat aud he
has not five cent piece TO buy a loaf
of bread 10 ease The cravings Of their
hunger An yes. Moses in that INDIAN
exile. hy bitter experience, learned
only too we'll the injustice which the
Hebrew people I'm Egyptian slavery
had 90 suffer. let us study for little
while the bringing mp of this marvel
GUS boy of the east.
/. lie was developed In his early days.
as some Of us were 10y our parents. as
n dollhouse plant No rough, sharp
wind was allowed 20 touch him. He
breathad no bad, Initiated air. His pal
ace bedroom overlooked the wonderful
river Nile. There during the long hot
months De saw the princes and prin-
ccsses louncing intheirb0ats being pull
ed along by the slaves. Lifeseemed tobe
made up. for the most part Of music
and dancing and merrymaking. The
palace grounds I'm which the lad Moses
used 70 play were dream Of beauty.
Because ne was we'll clothed all people
were well clothed. Because he was
kindly treated an people. If they be
have themselves, are kindly treated
But one day he was disillusioned.
He was walking again by the river
Nile. Now. instead of being child
ne was a man I'm middle life, or about
forty years old. While he was walk
ing along the river bank he saw an
Egyptian overseer begin 10 abuse one
of the slaves. Moses was noted for
his meeiness. but he raised his STAFF
and smote the Egyptian and killed him
I'm his tracks Then what happened!
Moses ceased 10 Doe a prince. As a
fugitive slave he was tracked from
place TO place. As a Hebrew fugi-
tive. he had TO fee death as rab-
bit runs from the baying Of the
hounds. by bitter personal experience
he learned only too we'll what the poor
Hebrews had TO suffer under the agOn-
ling strokes of the Egyptian slave
masters My friends. did you ever
stop TO think that God has sent you
bitter troubles in order 70 make you
sympathize with those who are trou-
bled in life? Did you ever stop to
think that God has taken away your
little child I'm order that you might
become a gospel emancipation for the
su0erings Of your fellow men? The
lands of INDIAN 90 which you 90 are
the sacred places where man comes in
contact with God. but also where the
sympathetic heart of man learns to
throb i'm unison with the suffering
hearts Of his enslaved brothers and
sisters down i'm farof Egypt
1t is only when man like Paul has
been the chief Of sinners that he knows
how 10 lead others into the gospel
peace. II is only when a woman has
stood 10y the casket of a dear husband
that she is fully equipped to carry a
comforting message TO the newly wild
owed heart The story is told that
many years ago King Henry Of Eng
land. in disguise, was arrested 10y the
royal guards as a thief for proTling
around the palace grounds and carried !
Of 10 Jail at Poultry-Compter. There
ne stayed an the night long I'm his |
damp cell shiyering and hungry. No |
sooner was the king liberated than he
commanded that an the pris I'm |
COmrter should I'm future have n fire |
and food TO eat Thus is It with most |
OF us. God locks MS I'm Jail in order
hat we may sympathize with the
worlds prisoners lie lays us upon /
beds Of sickness in order to teach MS
to help the sick. He exiles us I'm far
off INDIAN lands i'm order that our
hearts of love might beat in sympathy
with the suffering hearts of our fellow
men
But there was still another reason
why God shut Moses MP i'm his INDIAN
exile. It was to teach the future eman.
cipator Of the Hebrew race the great
lessons Of patience. No man is fit TO
be true leader of men unless he can
keep his temper under control and be
willing to wait Patience is but lying
to- once said Beecher. "and riding ont
the gale But one Of the hardest tasks
on earth Is 10 be willing TO lie TO and
do nothing Thus God fitted Moses for
his great leadership over the Hebrews
by teaching him the lessons Of pa
thence down In faron INDIAN lands
lie made Moses Just learn to wait
One year passes. then two years. then
five years. then ten years. then TWEEN.
ty years. then thirty years and then
forty years An this time Moses was
over The injustlces which
were being pepetrated upon his poo
PIE. But not until tw0scOre years had
passed did God say 20 Moses. "My
SON, go to Egypt. and ! will be with
thee Go up, and ] viii make thee an