Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-22

throne, ueclurlng, Nay, I will wor-
ship the true God and will be faithful
TO my enslaved people" A man who
could come to such decision. who
actually renounced a throne that he
might obey the dictates Of his con-
science, was man whose words are
entitled to weight II n man would
not listen to him. would not he con-
WINGED by him. he would not be con-
WINGED by any one, not even by n
spirit
A Prince In Intellect.
But Moses was not only man Of
high station; he was prince in in
tellect as well as a royal prince. He
had one of the greatest intellects the
world has ever produced. But more
than that, he had one of the greatest
opportunities for developing that in
tcllect The best Egyptian teachers
were his. The greatest knowledge of
the then known world was concentrate
cd in Egypt And Moses was educated
IN tho 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 n
newspaper. It's title was "The Body
OF an Ancient Pharaoh Under the
Electrc Light There in his sarcoph.
agus lnv the mummy Of Amenophis
H., who reigned in Egypt in 1866 r.
c.. about fifty years before Moses was
born The face of the ancient ruler
was iuet ms perfect as on the day
when I've cmhamcr laid him away
for his last sleep. Right over his fore
head in the picture was n modern cleo
trio ligLt. shining full upon the face
of the ancient king. There In the back
ground of the picture was n band OF
tourists looking down upon the quiet
sleeper As looked ut that picture
that electric light seemed to be saying
to the CID king: awake. Amenophis
Wake M Look about ard see how
much the twentieth century has &C
complishel." Then In imagination
saw the old mummy open his eyes and
look around lie seemed ont of place
as did old Rip Van Winklc when Ii,
came down from the mountains after
his long sleep Then in Imagination
saw ono Of the tourists as a guide take
the hand Of the old king and lead hin
about Cairo lie pointed to this wol
der and that wonder Of the twontie
century. Then ! fanciel | heard the
aged ruler say: Yes. you have mar
vclouS wonders he"e but want to tel
You that mv people We're a race o.
giants Whore Is old Egypt? Whore
is old Egypt, of which these pyramids
and monuments are mere remnants o
her former grandeur? Why, old Egyp
has forgotten almost as much a. The
twentieth century has ever developed
Egypt was storehouse of arts which
today are lost forever" Was it onl,
n dream? Was not the Egypt of an
Gent Amenophis the home Of erudi
ton and knowledge?
If the ancient Egyptians were no
erudite how can you account for tn
great pysanid of Cheops. which va
without any doubt built as an astro
nomical observatory? SO great are tn
.i'" '"'9 ~ i"''' 'n
!" 'n'' gay ''''' ''' """ W.
u.' '''''', Nv" '''! WIZ 80 ',u ~. -,
| place. How can you account for th
vast canal and irrigation system o
Egypt, thousands of years old, yet
.! '''"' ON "'',' i''ou'' II - So
p's'e"' '''i'V'
Egyptians Not Ignorant.
The Egyptians were not an ignoran
people II is very grave questio
whether they dill not know as muc
IN their line as we know in ours
| They had heir written forms for tn
conveyin- Of knowledge just as W
have now A. II. Sayce. one Of th
most famous modern Egyptian n
chaeoloCSts, tells US in his wonderf,
! book, entitled "Monument Facts an
Higher Critical Fancics," that eth
! Babylonia Of the age of Abraham wa
n more highly educated country tina
the England OF George III" Then h
goes on to show thai Egyptian liter;
ture dates back to the time of Kin
Menes. in 57o2 r. C.. or over 800
years before Moses was born. II
goes further and shows that n
Egyptian In the third and fourt
period was looked upon as a gentlcma
unless he knew how to read. TIL
business men. the farmers. the owe
seers, rs we'll as the priests an
scribes were convcrsant with Fgy,
tan literature. $50 universal WA
ErowIedpe among thc oncjont Ecv,