Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-22
Today's Sermon
gUHJECT, UMoTHERHooDv

lodays sermon
SUBJECT, BROTHERHOOD"
Exodus 2,p: "Take this child and nurse
e for me. andI will give thee thy wages"
'"rha story OF Moses is ono OF the most
beautiful and fascinating in all the world
II takes a hold on us and never for an
Instant does II lose it's interest, for 1t is
90 graphically told that once heard It Is
haver forgotten. 'o.
II have often imagined the anxiety with
which that child was born, for he came
into the world. with the sentence Of death
hanging over him, for Pharaoh had de-
creed that the male children should die,
and the mother defied even the command
of the King and determined that the child
should live, and right from the begin
ning the battle Of right against might was
fought at the cradle
Moses mother was a slave. Sho had no
work In the brick yards or labor In the
nsid. but God was on her side and she
wons as the mother always wins with God
en- her side. Before going to work she
had to choose some hiding place for her
child, and she put his little sister, Mir
lam, on guard while she kept herself
from being seen by the soldiers OF Pha-
raoh who were seeking everywhere to
murder the Jewish male children. For
three months she kept him hidden, pos
aibly finding a new hiding place every
few days II is hard to imagine anything
growing baby, and he was hidden for
three months. Now he was grown larger
and more full of life and more secure
hiding place had to be found, and l can
imagine this mother giving up her rest
and sleep to prepare an ark for the saw
ing OF her child.
II believe the plan must have been for
mulated In Heaven. have often thought
God must have been as much Interested
IN that work as was the mother of Moses,
FOR you can't make me believe that an
event so important as that and SO far-
reaching in it's results ever happened by
luck or chance Possibly God whispered
the plan to the mother when she went
70 him in prayer and in her grief be-
cause she was afraid the sword OF Pha-
Paoh would murder her child. And how
carefully tho material out of which the
ark was made had to be selected!
ehink every twig was carefully scruti-
nized In order that nothing poor might
get into its composition, and the weaving
Of that ark, the mothers heart, her SOUL
her prayers her tears, were interviewer.
"Oh IL you mothers would exercise as
much care over the company your chill
dren keen, over the books they read and
the places they go there would not be
go many girls feeding the red light dis
srict, nor 80 many boys growing UP to
bad criminal lives. And with what
thanksgiving she must have poured out
done and the ark was ready to carry It's
precious cargo, more precious than II 1t
was to hold the crown Jewels OF Egypt
And can imagine the last night that
baby was IN the home. Probably some
ef you can remember when the last
ulght came when baby was alive you
san. remember the last night the coffin
stayed, and the next day the pallbearers
and the hearse came. The others may
have slept soundly, but there was no
sleep for you, and l can imagine there
was no sleep for Moses mother.
hsre whips and 9Rs and pieces Of string
rhere are bits OF ribbon and broken wings
And tresses Of golden hair
s4There are dainty Jackets that never are worn,
There are books and pictures all faded ana
And marked by finger tips
dmped hands ,tin Shat hSye @ fsifH orS % q ae
.srst feeling of bitterness flls our soul;
Ekst the Reaper has spared many flowers
ASd We saissn somstmss time doubt Il the Lord know
How our rlven hearts did love them So
..But we think of our dear dead.
hsh Rdhre9 hsy aTo @ans ana % Watching for us
IN the city with streets OF gold ~, ,,.,-.
P4 Pap% P1s sieEPsss @ and Want ana EaTi EaTin~ toor.
FOR the things in the cabinet drawer"
"others in the house might have slept.
but not moment could she spare of the
prscious time allotted her with her little
enc, and all through the night che must
have prayed that God would shield and
project her baby and bless the work
she had done and the step she was about
30 take.
"some people often say to, me; 7 won
der what the angels do; how they employ
their timer / think l know what some
OF them did that night. You can bet they
were not out to some bFidge-whist party.
They guarded that house SO carefully
that not a soldier Of old Pharaoh ever
crossed the threshold. They saw TO 1t
that not one OF them harmed that baby
"At dawn the mother must have kissed
him good-by, placed him in the ark and
hid him among the reeds and rushes, and
with an aching heart and tear-dimmed
syss she turned back again 10 the field
and back to the brokyards to labor, and
wait to see what God will do. She has
done her prayerful best, and when you
have done that you can bank on 1t that
God VIII not fail you. How easy II is for
God 20 give the needed help, no matter
how hopeless Il might seem, II We only
believe that with God all things are pos
aible. no matter how improbable. What
unexpected answers the Lord would give
Eu cur pfHEefbl 1he knew dOu WOulu
help her some way but don't think she
ever dreamed that God would help her By
sending Pharaoh's daughter 70 care for
the child: but II was no harder for God
% send the princess than It was TO get |
zha mother TO prepare the ark. What
NaA impossible from her standpoint was
aasv for God.
THINKS ANGELS HELPED.
ssnharaoh'a daughter came down TO the
water TO battle. and the ark was diseov-
cred. Just as God wanted it 70 be. and |
aas Of her maids was sent 70 fetch It
xau often wonder what the angels are /
doing. I think some OF the angels herded |
tie eroeodIlss On the other side or the i
lille to kssp them from finding Moses I
ana EalIna hin up. 8ou can bank on t. /
81 haa&en Vas interested 10 see that nos 4
s4s halz Of that baby's head MAS In /
zHsaH There weren't devils enough iu 1
hsl p pull Qne hair out Of its head You i
Uax = sure tbs angels we're not cut 70
aeaIe bfldga or whist party then Coo 1
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