The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-25
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fail to see the love-wrought craft and
Its tiny burden. And when the babe
wept, making the most eloquent of
arguments straight to her heart, she
had compassion" upon him. OF
course: she was a woman, and every
woman looks twice at every babe she
meets. Let that babe be lost or in
difficulty on the city street and see how
quickly a crowd Of solicitous women
gather.
Fortunately. this tender-hearted
Egyptian maiden had the power to
make effective her compassion. She
ordered the little one taken up and
cared for upon her responsibility
such is the blessed privilege of ability.
The greatness of the service rendered
to God and humanity the princess new
er dreamed; but 1t is always great to
minister in any wise to little children.
A Scheme That Succeeded.
Apparently, every contingency had
been provided for by the love-sharpen-
ed brain of the babes mother. On
guard over the unique cradle gently
rocking on the softly tapping waters,
was placed Miriam, the older sister of
MoSes-the first appearance in ltera
ture of the faithful older sister caring
for the younger brother, as has been
the custom of older sisters since his
tory began. Must we not count Mi
Ram a sharer in the greatness that
later came to Moses? Is not every one
who contributes to the life Of another
a partner in that others success?
The plan of the anxious and daring
mother worked perfectly. With the
greatest good will in the world toward
her newly assumed charge the princess
did not know how to care for the infant.
Then stepped forth Miriam-the pres
ence of a child at the scene of anything
of interest never requires explana ton
volunteering to secure nurse for the
babe, and calling, of course, the mother,
who, in a sort of grim joke on Pharaoh,
drew wages from his household for
nurturing her own babe, whom he had
sought to STAY. Thus the cruel ruler
was circumvented, and the shaping of
the child's early ideals lay with her
who would rear him as child of Je-
hovah, and as patriot Hebrew. AL
though she knew nothing of the psyche
logical principles of modern pedagogy,
the mother of Moses understood full
well that whoever guides the early years
of childhood directs the course of life.
Moses would later grow up and be called
the son of the Egyptian princess; but in
heart he would remain a Hebrew and
loyal to the teachings of his Levite
mother.
A Patriots Blow.
A tragic episode in Moses life. as he
drew on to maturity, demonstrated that
he was true to the patriotic teachings
Of his mother. A life spent amid the |
splendors of an Egyptian palace could |
not inure him to injustice; as he looked |
upon the burdens of his brethren his |
soul rose in rebellion within him: that |
man is no patriot, whatever his nation. |
who can look unmoved upon the suffer- |
Ings of his fellow citizens. Every citizen |
must be willing to make common cause |
with all citizens in securing the welfare |
of the whole body of citizenship.
In the hot blood of youth, when Moses
saw an Egyptian shifting a Hebrew, all |
his Jewish race consciousness flooded /
his spirit and he killed the oppressor.
Be the deed justifiabIe or unjustif1able, |
1t proved that Moses was no mere |
achrymose, -and-water, drawing
room sentimentalist, but a red-blooded,
vigorous man, such as are the hope of |
mankind in remedying the wrongs of
the world. The man who is afraid to /
strike a blow for right and justice, lest
he injure his own self-interest, is of
small use either to God or man.
Quickly Moses was made to drink the
reformer must taste. On the day after
the staying of the Egyptian he tried to
1rbitrate quarrel between two
Hebrews, for he then was feeling keen
" the need for the solidarity of his
people. But these disputants, in most |
modern fashion, cared more for the
petty affairs of their own little world
han for the common welfare, so they
-urned upon Moses with ingratitude and |
approaches charging him with the muir
Ter of the Egyptian. Panic-stricken by
he knowledge that his crime was
Known even to Pharaoh. Moses carried
his bitter heart IN flight into the land of
INDIAN, where we leave him, sitting by
| well, resting and brooding over the
and inequalities of the
Whole vast schema of things