The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-10-08
Che Greatness Of f4loses.

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le was hailed as the most eloquent Or
ator in that magnificent capital, aud ut
.hirty-five had gained fame as gen.
eral, being the hero of several brilliant
and successful exploits against the
At the age of forty the second great
crisis in his life took place. He came
upon a government Overseer one day
who was beating one of his oppressed
and downtrodden brethren, and in a
rage of anger killed the official. BY |
this rash act he revealed to Pharaoh,
and to all the world, that he was a Jew,
ana that he clung in his heart to his
race of slaves. So of course to save
his life he must flee. He fled to the
deserts of INDIAN. and there took ref
uge in the home of priest named
JethrO, whose goats he herded, and
whose daughter he afterwards married.
This was quite fall, from the pet
ted and pampered hero of the court of
Memphis to goat herder of indian.
But it only goes to prove that circum-
stances and environment doesn't make
the man, for it was while in this iso-
lated retreat fugitive from justice
(man's justice) that he wrote the Book
of Genesis, which the most eminent
critics have pronounced marvel of
historical art, and masterpiece OF
composition. This volume of wisdom
contains more important truths than
were deduced by all of the Greek phi
losophers combined, and is the most
ancient, complete written, history of
which we have record.
Moses spent the next forty years OF
his life in the seclusion of Midian, in
meditation and speculation, preparing
himself for the great task before him.
and Tor which he was raised up. So
after this long study and retirement,
and ripe in the experience OF eighty
years, the voice of Jehovah c'.mes out
of the bush and commissions him to
return to Egypt and bring forth the
children of Israel out of the wilderness.
So he returns to Egypt, and accompan-
led by his brother Aaron who carries
his mystery working rod, he appears
before Pharaoh and makes his mission
lkRown. Now let us imagine just for q
moment some leader of the Russian
peasants approaching the Car of Rus
sia today with the proposition that he
renounce the Greek Orthodox Churcf
and affiliate himself with new Greco
. promulgated by this emissary. Ther
we may have some idea of the skepti
cism, disdain, and hauteur with which
r this proud old pagan king met Moses
. and exclaimed: "Who is this JehOval
: that should obey his vOice?" Brigh
: chap, eh, to be ruler over nation
! Had no acquaintance whatever witt
a Higher Power, recognized N
D authority but his own. 1t is hard t
: conceive of greater stupidity and AFRO
D gance than this. Nevertheless Nose
4 prevailed; he not only got the king
t per omission to lead tho lsraelites out o
n the wilderness, but eventually cor
j. verted Pharaoh himself.
9 Now whether or not Moses was ir
|. spired, or what part Aaron's magi
9 wand played in the successful issue 9
II his mission, it is not the purpose 9
II this paper to discuss, for am writin
h of Moses as man, not as a saint, {
= prophet. But to deny his inspiration
% and carry that denial out to q logic,
) conclusion, would be simply this, tha
d Moses good in everything else, We
y false as to the source of his power an
wisdom, or that Moses wise in ever.
rs thing else, was self-deiuded in this or
is particular, either of which proposition
4 to my mind, are absurd.
d. So finally with pharaoh's unwillir
If consent to permit the children of Isra
b. to worship the God of Moses, his re
es labors begin. And no leader Of me
before or since, ever undertook and a
Is complished greater task. Since b
n time, there has been leaders who ha'
1e gone down in the pages of history wi
al "glory" written opposite their name
he When Caesar crossed the Rubicon al
IS, advanced upon Rome he linked i
be name to history for all time to con
ve Napoleon's march across the Alps h