The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-08-20


that penalty, you would say that man
must be sincere. No man lightly re-
nounces throne. And vet this is just
what Moses did. He was the son Of
Pharaoh's daughter. He had, in the
sight Of the law, the right Of success
sion, as if he had really royal blood
in his veins. The Egyptian. throne
was his if he simply kept still and
said nothing:s And yet here was a
prince, here was young man born
great-one to whom every selfish pur-
pose of the heart said, BE still; do
not ruin your chances Of an earthly
throne" declaring. Nay, l will wcr-
ship the true God and will be faithful
to my enslayed people" A man who
could come to such d" !: a. who
actually renowned th:,.lr ;at he
might obey the dictate; g.. 80; con-
science, was Il man whose wo.,!s are
entitled to weight. II man would
not listen to him, would not be con-
vinced by him, he would not be con-
vinced by any one, not even by a
spirit.
A Prince In intellect.
But Moses was not only a 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
tellect. The best Egyptian teachers
were his. The greatest knowledge OF
the then known world was concentrate
ed In Egypt. And Moses was educated
In the most famous schools of that
land. Who can fully estimate the
knowledge of those ancient Egyptians
Some time ago l saw one Of the most
dramatic pictures ever published in a
newspaper It's title was THE BO1y
of an Ancient Pharaoh Under the
Electric Light" There In his sarcoph-
agus lay the mummy Of AmenopAis
H., who refgned In Egypt In 1866 B.
c., about fifty years before Moses was
born. The face of the ancient ruler
was just rs perfect rs on the day
when the embalmer laid him away
for his last sleep. Right over his fore
head in the picture was modern e.ec-
trio light, shining full upon the face
of the ancient king. There in the back
ground OF the picture was a band Of
tourists looking down upon the quiet
sleeper. AS l looked ut that picture
that electric light seemed to lie saying
to the old king: Awake. Amelonhis'
Wake up. Look about and Sc how
much the twentieth century has ac
cOmplished" Then in imagination !
saw the old mummy open his eyes and
look around. He seemed cut of place.
as did old Rip Van Wrinkle when he
came down from the mountains after
his long sleep. Then in imagination !
saw one Of the tourists as guide tale
the hand Of the old king and lead him
about Cairo. He pointed to this won
der and that wonder Of the twentieth
century. Then l fancied l heard the
aged ruler say: Yes, you have mar
velous wonders here, but want to tell
you that my people were race Of
giants. Where is old Egypt? Where
Is old Egypt. Of which these pyramids
and monuments are mere remnants Of
her former grandeur? Why. old Egypt
has forgotten almost as much as the
twentieth century has ever developed.
Egypt was storehouse Of arts which
today are lost forever" Was 1t only
a dream? Was not the Egypt Of an
cient Amenophis the home Of erudi-
ton and knowledge?
If the ancient Egyptians were not
erudite. how can you account for the
great pyramid Of Cheops, which was
without any doubt built as an astrO-
nomical observatory? So great are the
massive stones Of this pyramid that
to this day scientists are unable to un
derstand how they were lifted into
place. How can you account for the
vast canal and irrigation system Of
Egypt, thousands OF years old, yet a
system from which modern irrigators
can well learn their lessons at the
present time?
Egyptians Not ignorant.
Inc Egyptians were not an ignorant
people. 1t is a very grave question
whether they did not know as much
In their line as we know in ours
They had their written forms for the
conveying Of knowledge just as we
have now. A. H. Sayce. one of the
most famous modern Egyptian ar
chaeologists. tells us in his wonderful
book, entitled Monument Facts and
Higher Critical Fancies." that 1.-The
Babylonia Of the age Of Abraham was
more highly educated country than
the England Of George I'LL" Then he
goes on to show that Egyptian litera
ture dates back to the time Of King
Menes, in 5702 r. 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 gentleman
unless he knew how to read. The
business men. the farmers, the over
seers, as well as the priests and
scribeg. were cOnversant with Egyp
tan literature. $50 universal was
knowledge among the ancient Egyp-