The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-05-24
Childhood and Edu-
cation of Moses
Sunday School Lesson for May 26. 100;
Specially Prepared for This Paper.

was mighty in words and deeds. Acts
7:22.
TIME.-Moses was born probably dur
ing the reign of Rameses H. which last
ed g. years. Rameses dying at the age
of nearly 100. Sayce gives as the limits
of his reign b. c. 134s-l2Sl; Driver. l275-
| 1908; Breasted. 1292-l225 According TO the
common chronology. Moses was born b.
c. 1871, and our lesson. covering the first
40 years of his life, would extend to 1881
PLACE-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 of Gods Plans.-See
what factors entered into this preser-
walton of the worlds greatest man.
There was % humble slave family;
(2) a little basket of bulrushes: go
little girl; (4D a baby's tears; go
Pharaoh's own daughter; CD the
childs own mother; CD royal court.
All of these were brought together
at just the right time, in just the right
way. This lesson is one of the best
AhNSNi obiSho vi a DGlltNl
of the best co-working of human effort
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
chiefly in the apartments of his 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
to the 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 Hermopolis, and Moses
is said TO have studied in the former.
which was situated about 90 miles
north of Memphis 1t was "the Ok
ford of Ancient Egypt" as Alexandria
was in later times. Herodotus went
thither to gather Information for his
travels, and Plato studied there for
Is years. SHADY cloisters opened in
to lecture rooms for the students. and
quiet houses for the professors and
priests, in their many grades and Of
fees; there being room for all in the
corridors Of the huge pile. /
a splendid library would be at his dis
posal. The library of the Rameseum
at Thebes-a structure built by Rame-
SEES Il.-contained 10000 books.
The studies of the young man would
include the two forms of difficult |
Egyptian writing. arithmetic. geomet- |
ry trigonometry to some eAtent 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 a |
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 1927 that Moses
was mighty in words and in deeds"
The words may have meant such
power of composition az appears in
the hymn by the Red sea, and in the
valediction to his people"
Bible. AS to the deeds,
after completing his university course,
Moses might have become hanger-on
at the court, or obtained some civil APP
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
lition that he chose the last-named
calling is in accordance with the prob
and explains his great mill
AIRY ability displayed in the exodus
and afterwards.
The Patriots First Attempt-It was
natural that Moses first attempt at
hiding his people should be blunder.
even the greatest men make mistakes,
md prove their greatness by their
ability to learn from their mistakes.
The Patriots Second Attempt.-"To
'mite the oppressor was not enough.
Moses must unite and discipline the
And this was his next eff
ort. Hanna The treatment he re-
,efved from the Hebrews he sought to
lid showed that they were by no
means ripe for freedom or national
ty. "-Townsend.
Lessons in Patience.--Ex. 2:16-25.
Noses remained in indian for the sec
md of the three 40-year periods into
which his life is divided.
Practical Points.
Every mans life is a plan of God"
rhe life of each scholar in your class
las been planned by God as carefully
md lovingly as that of Moses.
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