Evening journal., 1911-03-03
Christian Endeavor
Society
MOSES.

people whom God had ordained TO be
the chosen race, the family which |
should be a living altar for Him. As
He was able, strong, and mighty to
protect Moses and Israel, so will He
ever watch over and protect us. Moses
began life under very peculiar circum-
stances. As the story OF his birth
and early years is known by most
people. Il will not be necessary to re-
peat II here.
There is a woman at the beginning
of all great things" says Lamartine.
Surely God honored and utilized the
wit. wisdom and sympathy OF the NO
man in the preservation OF Moses.
What combination for the preserve
tion and education of Moses; the de-
votion of that mother, the wit and
solicitude OF that sister, and the wo-
manly instructive sympathy of the
daughter Of Pharoah. But how much
the world owes to that wise mother
hood. which has not only given to his
tory its great men. but which has had
the wisdom and devotion TO fit those
men for their mission. The world
can never forget Mary, the mother of
Washington; Susannah, the mother OF
Wesley; Hannah. the mother Of Sam
ue1; and Jochebed. the mother of
Moses. since those mothers had 50
much to do with the training OF their
sons for greatness.
The early experiences Of life are
often prophetic of the character Of
ones future. Moses from time to time
exhibited the noble traits which ripen-
ed into the genius OF the deliverer. He
was taking sides with the weak and
the wronged When the Egyptian was
shifting his fellow Hebrew he came
10 the rescue OF the Hebrew.
When his two countries we're fight
ing he took the part OF the man who
was in the right. Later on, when
the cowardly Egyptian herdsmen wero
/ driving the daughters Of Jethro away
! from the we'll, he came TO the defense
of the girls and drove Off their tor
mentors Such was the spirit OF the
man who was 10 save his people from
the bondage Of the Egyptians. Abra-
ham Lincoln's early life was prophetic
of his great mission; he restored the
fallen bird to its nest, he saved the
hog from the mire at his own great
discontinue. he picked the drunkard
from the gutter and carried him TO tis
home, he took the case OF the poor
widows son and won the case without
hope of reward. That was the spirit
of the man whom God raised up 20
sign the Emancipation Proclamation
God waits long time for the right
man 20 come. but when he does, God
LAYS His hands on him and then great
abuses are corrected quickly. So God
always has a man In training for az
emergency. The world is surprise
when the right man appears, but Coo
is not surprised History Is provi
Dental, but God Is Providence.
Moses was in training in the hom
of Pharoah's daughter; there he &C
quired all the wisdom Of the Egyr
tians. Forty years after Moses smot
the Egyptian We find him over 1
indian herding sheep. What has h
made OF himself? Only a shepherd
2 Yes. more, he has made himself
= hero. for he has sacrificed all li
chances, all his personal ambitions
the pleasures OF the world. the treas
ures OF Egypt, perhaps a throne. al
for his oppressed people. His world
4. ly aspects were even greater thar
Josephs. and he might have risen &
greater influence than he. In a mo
ment he sacrificed all TO help one o
his own race. who was being oppress
ed and maltreated. What a chang,
from the courts OF Pharoah to th'
d fields of INDIAN. God has not proyi
dentially saved and educated thli
superlative man TO herd sheep. Coo
knows his power and worth and Coz
also knows where 10 lay his hand OF
Moses When He is ready to make us'
OF him. How often has Providence
kept a great man in obscurity until
He has been ready to surprise Hi
enemies by calling him to the frent
A Grant, a Lincoln. a Washington,
Cromwell, a Luther. Paul, a David
Moses-each is there In reserve
hiding Ia the palm of Providence, un
. conscious Of his power God is to sur
, prise the world and work out IL
destiny.
God calls individuals. and God
called individuals call nations. Tn
j vast responsibilities OF this worll
rest upon persons. not upon multi
tudes. The wrongs are righted, no
by a spontaneous uprising OF the peo
pie. but by the gradual awakening o
{ individual consciences. A natioi
never takes fire with the love and pur
r pose OF righteousness and freedom
until some simple conscience /
aflame. There's the value of a mar
man great enough for the use O
. Providence. II is true, as Emerso
} says. "All history resolves itself easil
! into the biography Of few stout an
, earnest persons" Take Moses out {
, this new epoch, this crisis in tn
e worlds history, and what Is left? II
deed, we may be bold enough [
think, had Moses not been at han
and within calling distance, even d
vine Providence, would have waite
g for him 10 come into sight befor
= making that next strategic move /
2 His plan for saving the world. THAT
] placing great value and responsible
5 upon the individual" some may .sa,
Yes, but no more than God Almight
placed upon him
Gods calls are distinct and imperi
I tive Perhaps no two men are calle
g I'm the same manner; no two preacl
Y ers. missionaries. reformers or Leaf
e ers God used the burning bush bl
r once. He called Abraham differentl
Whenever the call Of God comes to
soul there is no misunderstanding
and there is no resisting Il, with sol
safety. Il was an awful and sublin