Charlevoix county herald., 1908-06-06
"The Choice of Moses"

''By faith Moses, when he had come
to years, refused to be called the son
of Pharaoh'S daughter; choosing rath-
er to suffer affliction with the people
OF God ihan to enjoy the pleasures Of
sin for a season: esteeming the re-
proach of CHRIST greater riches than
the treasures OF Egypt; for he had re.
spect unto the recompense of the re-
ward. Heb. IL: %, "a, 25.
There are many mountain peaks,
but Mt. Everest overtops them all.
So stands Moses among his fellows,
the greatest man Of human history.
1t was Moses fortune to be born
during the sOjourn of his people in
Egypt and under that royal decree
which doomed every male Hebrew
child to death at birth. His mother.
moved not less bY the Holy Spirit
than by maternal impulse. placed him
in little ark and hid him ia the bull
rusbes OF the Nile. And the little
life thus strangely cast adrift was
taken up by the infinite God and ded-
icatelD D>to the grsndest mission ever
given to mortal man.
Gods plan was to give the child
two-foid shelter. In the palace OF his
intended destroyer he was to find all
temporal good, aud in the arms of his
mother he was to find comfort and
love and be instructed in tie history
Of his people and in the fear aud wor-
ship Of Jehovah. In due time there
fore PhaIaoh's daughter comes down
TO the waters edge. hears the wailing
of the child. draws it ashore, is struck
by its beauty and adopts it. Then ap-
pears Miriam, the guardian sister,
who as messenger seeking a Hebrew
nurse comes back with the chid's
mother who, unknown to the princess,
becomes his keeper. And thus safe
guarded by maternal and royal hands
the little boy starts out on his wonder
full career.
AS prince of the royal line 1t Is
necessary that he be educated, and in
due time he is sent to Heliopolis, the
City OF the Sun, where he pursues a
course ia mathematics, astronomy,
physics. agriculture, medicine, juris-
prudence, architecture, painting and
sculptures; which along with great
deal OF dolatrous theological rubbish
constitutes the learning of Egypt.
And, as the heir TO the throne of the
Pharaoh's, he must also have been in
structed in the art of governing and
ia military tactics. So that he comes
to his majority with mind as we'll
stored and keenly polished as any
iD the land.
But along with this scholastic train
ing comes another, the training by
his mother. 1t is hers to teach him of
the true God; to tell the story Of the
fall, and of the food; to recount the
call and covenant of Abraham, to tell
OF Isaac and jacob, aud Of the youth
full Joseph sold into Egypt-to tell. as
only xapthers of old knew how to tell,
each 'dstail Of national history, each
promise aud providence of God. And
so faithfully does she do her work
that not all the schools and logic Of
the philosophers, nor the crafty teach.
iugs of the priests, nor the magnif-
cence OF their temples, nor the splen-
dor OF their worship, can ever eradi-
cate the knowledge of Jehovah, nor
overcome the love OF his people which
she instills toto him. Oh, that
mothers might realize more fully the
tremendous power they WELD over the
character and destiny OF their child
Tenl
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