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THE STORY OF MOSES

Pharaoh, the King of Eghpt, had made a law that every boy baby of the Hebrewrace should be killed, and there was great sorrow because of it. But whe Moses was born, his mother managed to hidehim for three months; then shemade a cradle, or little ark, and putting hie into it, carried him down toariver andhid the cradle among the reeds there.

Soon afte this, Pharaoh's daughter came with her maidents to the river-side, and when she saw the beautiful child, she sent on of her maidens to bring it to her.

She took the little boy to the palace and named him Moses, and hebecame a great man among the Egyptians; he knew, however, that he belonged to the Hebrew race, ad when he saw how badly his own people were treated, hetried to help them; but at last he wa obliged to leave Egypt, and became a shepherd, taking care of the flocks of a priest called Jethro. He also married Jethro's daughter.

After a time, God spoke t Moses out of a burning bush, andtld him that he must go and rescue his people form the cruel Egyptians. Moses thought he could not do this; but God promised to hep him, and to show him wat hewold be abl to do with that help, God turned the rod wich Moses carried into a serpent. Then God told Moses tpick the serpent up by te tal, and as he did so, it became a rod agan. He showed him aother sigh, also; but Moses was still fraid, becau he cold not talk well and thought that Pharaoh would not listen to him. So God told him to take his broter Aaron for a spokesman.

Moses andAaron therefore, went into Egypt, where they called together the chief men among their own people, the Hebrews, or Israelites, and told them what God hadcommaded. Moses also did the miracles which God had given him power to do, and the people believed that God had sent him.

After this Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh, andtold him thatit was th Lord's command tat he should let the Israelites go. Pharaoh knew nothing about God, and became very angry, sayingthat Moses and Aaron kept the people from their work by telling them such things; and he treated the poor Israelites worse than befoe.

But Moses had faith in od; sohe wasable to perform before the king the wonderful things that he had done before his own people; still, Pharaoh would not letthe children of Israel go.

Then Moes turned the watersofte riverint blood; and afterthat hecoused large numbers of frog to run over t land and through the houses, doing great harm. He also brought locusts and other insects tobe ap pest to the people, and caused many of the useful animals which belonged to the Egyptians to grow sick and die, doing all these wonders with the rod which God had given him. But Paraoh would not listen to him.

Ten God commanded Moses again, and he brought other plagues upon the Egyptians; but Paraoh would not give up.

At last, however, God sent a still more terrible trouble; for the first-born of every Egyptian family, and even te first-born among their flocks, died; although the Israelites, who were constantly praying o the Lord and maing sacrifices, were spared, a they had been all the time.

Then Paraoh was frightened into obeying God, and he let the Israelites go; so they started at once for the land of Canaan, and the Lord guided them by a cloud, which at nigt looke like a pillar of fire.

When the Israelits had reached the Red Sea, they found that Pharaoh was pursuing then wig a large army. But God commanded Moses to stretch forth his rod over the sea; he did so, and the waters parted, making a high wall upon either side, so that he children of Israel passed through and reched theother side in safety. Pharaoh and his hoss followed and were all drowned.