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half of the toiling masses aroused the
quick tempered ruler. who denied the
right OF Jehovah any authority over
lsreal. that was implied in the request
OF Moses. and he absolutely refused to
allow them to worship Jehovah Pharaoh
filled with arrogance and overconscious-
ness OF his power and Understanding
the strength of that mighty name. the
god OF subjugated and enslaved peo-
pie. treated Jehovah with contempt and
roughly banshed His representative
from the court. To the mind of that mis-
taken ruler the two were trouble-making
walking delegates who were stirring up
the people to be disconnected with their
lot; therefore. he determined to crush
their hopes by stringent labor legisla-
tion that would give them no desire to
worship or allow them time to plot
against the government.
Labor Legislation.
The policy Of Pharaoh paved the way
FOR the fulfillment of the divine program
to deliver Israel out OF Egypt. He fol-
lowed the sinful inclination of his heart,
but God overruled his evil plans so that
the oppressive measures ruptured the
ties that had been forming to unite the
Isl aelites to their adop ed land, and unit
ed them into a unity as a people. The
excavators spade has unearthed mounds
In Egypt that tell the story of The heav .er
task imposed, namely, of making bricks
without straw. and still demanding the
same number of bricks. Gould those
Old ruins but speak, what tales of hard
taskmasters. of bloody lashings, OF ex-
naustion and distress would they reveal
to u.s."
Earl has pointed out that 1.-The ancient
civiiiZation OF Egypt has passed away,
but the principles by which Pha aoh as
governed is still In foEce. Wherever you
IN ipn nd Inn, ..yla
factory. ne, or sweatshop, the ugly
spirit of Pharaoh is back of IL, and how
ever men who represent the Pharaohs
profess to believe in God. their actions
declare most loudly that they have re-
pudiated Him Back of all injusdce lies
the reputation Of the God of Justice
The person who compels any one TO
make bricks without straw will ulti-
mateiy be summoned. as was Pharaoh.
before the God Of justice.
The mpoyer may discover in the
method OF the Egyptian to force the
Hebrews by putting over them taskmas-
tiers or their own nation a modern policy
because the men who drive workmen
under them the hardest are. as a rule,
men OF their own race and nationality.
New light is always breaking forth from
the Bible to the student of the word.
Just as the inventor recently was ed to
investigate the result Of straw upon clay
from reading this chapter and made an
important discovery that has affected
many commercial enterprise. the
employer and employe viii discover, by
study of the Bible. principles that will
solve and settle every Industrial prob
lem of the hour. Every labor quest on
involves an ethical principle that is based
upon the eternal principles of rel gion
as proclaimed by the worlds creates st
master. Jesus Christ The Old Tesla
ment teaches the duty of Iightenine the
burdens of the laborlng man by short
ening the hours OF the toiler AMI giving
IN far fHs,s y. a
Shorter hours have made svtrr ma ion
that has ado,tei II wea thitr hea thier
and wiser. The toi'er who takes time to
pray increases his eff ienCy The eco
nomic superiority of America and Eng
land has been attributed by both So
Geological and political economic experts
to their reeopnition of the Sabbath rest
1t helps all in their burden bearing.