The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-05-24
Childhood and Edu-
cation of Moses
Sunday School Lesson for May Is. 100;
Specially Prepared for This Paper.

was mighty In words and deeds.'-Acu
tn.
T1ME.-Moses was born probably DUR
Ing the reign Of Rameses H., which, last
cd 67 years, Rameses dying at the age
Of nearly 100. Sayce gives as the lImits
Of his reign d. c.. 1Sis-I2sI; Driver, 12i5-
1908; Breasted, 1292-1225. A :cording to the
common chronology, Moses was born b.
c. 1871, and our lesson, covering the first
10 years OF his life, would extend to 1881.
P~LACE-Moses was born at the capital
of Egypt. which at that time was either
Memphis. nearly where modern Cairo Is.
or Tanis (Zoan), In the eastern part OF
the Nile delta.
Comment and Suggestive Talk.
The Working o., Gods PIans.-See
what factors entered into this preser-
walton of the worlds greatest man.
There was % a humble slave family;
(2) a little basket of bulrushes; (3)
a little girl: (4) a baby's tears; (5)
Pharaoh's own daughter; 90 the
child's own mother; CD a royal court.
All of these were brought together
at just the right time. in just the right
way. This lesson is n Of the best
Illustrations of a perfect combination
VI TIE DeSL CU-WOThlHS OI uuLudu clOEt
and divine providences."
The Court Life of Moses.-"The IA
vor of the kings only daughter and
presumptive heir made his life in
these early years one long, unclouded
summer morning, for all that wealth
and power could command were at his
service."-Geikie. "He would live
| nhinAr T., t1a arfp,nvfo ~ hiu moth.
er, which would probably be a portion
Of the royal residence, and would be
furnished with every luxury.'-Raw-
linson. Yet life at Pharaoh's court,
amid all its attractions and advant-
ages, must have had some drawbacks.
Egyptian youths and Egyptian court
iers could not be altogether cordial
tt lie Hebrew boy, who, as the grand
son of Pharaoh, enjoyed so exalted a
position, and received such eminent
attention."-Blaikie.
The School Life of Moses.-Egypt
then had two great universities, at
Heliopolis and Eermopolis, and Moses
Is said to have studied in the former,
which was situated about 90 miles
hO VI NhClliDIiios IL wac NhS Va
ford of Ancient Egypt" as Alexandria
was in later times. Herodotus went
thither to gather inforpation for his
travels, and Plato studied there for
13 years. SHADY cloisters opened in.
to lecture rooms for the students, and
quiet houses for the professors and
priests, in their many grades n of
fees; there being room for all in the
corridors of the huge pile."-Geikie
posal. The library of the Rameseum
at Thebes-a structure built by Rame'
ses H.-contained 10000 books.
The studies of the young man would
include the two forms of difficult
Egyptian writing, arithmetic, geomet'
ry, ~trigonometry to some extent, as
tronomy, music, both vocal and instru
mental, painting and architecture
medicine and chemistry, history and
law, poetry and other branches of lit
erature, and especially theology, ex
tending to its highest form, '"the phil
osophy of symbolism" in which the
Egyptian religion, gross as it was
came nearest to the Hebrew. AS q
member of the royal family, Moses
was no doubt received into the priest
ly caste, and knew all their secret
lore.
The Military Life of Moses.-Steph
en- tells us (Acts 1920 that Moses
was mighty in words and in deeds
The words may have meant such
power of composition as appears In
the hymn by the Red sea, and in the
magnificent valediction to his people,
-~Expositor's Bible. AS to the deeds
after completing his university course
Moses might nave become a hanger-or
at the court, or obtained some civil ap
pointment and sought to climb the of
fetal ladder, or entered the literary
life, or devoted himself to the priest
hood, or become a soldier. The ira
dition that he chose the last-namet
calling Is in accordance with the prob
abilities, and explains his great mill
tary ability displayed in the exodus
and afterwards.
The Patriots First Attempt.-It wa,
natural that Moses first attempt a
aiding his people should be a blunder
Even the greatest men make mistakes
and prove their greatness by theil
ability to learn from their mistakes.
The Patriots Second Attempt.-"T,
smite the oppressor was not enough
: Moses must unite and discipline tn,
t oppressed. And this was his next eli
fort."-Hanna. 1.-THE treatment he re
ceived from the Hebrews he sought t,
aid showed that they were by n,
means ripe for freedom or national
I ity."-Townsend.
: Lessons In Patienee.-Ex. 2:16-25
t Noses remained in indian for the sec
ond of the three 40-year periods int
which his life is divided.
: Practical Points.
Every mans life is a plan OF God.
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