Rescued From Egypt Author:A. L. O. E. General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1871 Original Publisher: Nelson Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / Religion / Biblical Studies Juvenile Nonfiction / Religion / Biblical Biography Juvenile Nonfiction / Religion / Biblical Stories Religion / Education Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the ori... more »ginal. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER VI. LECTURE II. -- DECISION OF MOSES. are not told in the Holy Scriptures how long Jochebed was permitted to watch over her child, the adopted son of the daughter of Pharaoh. We cannot doubt that a pious woman, such as we know Jochebed to have been, would try to avail herself of the earliest dawn of intelligence in the mind of her boy to sow the precious seed which might spring up afterwards into vigorous life even in the midst of the temptations of a luxurious heathen court. It is most natural to suppose that Moses was taught by his mother that love for his own despised and oppressed nation, which was one of the most striking features in the character of this holy man. Deep must have been the anxiety of the pious mother regarding the future career of her boy when separated from his parents. He was given, indeed, every intellectual advantage in the court of Pharaoh. The mindof Moses was carefully cultivated ; he was instructed in the learning for which Egypt was then celebrated above all other nations of the earth, and Jewish tradition records that he became also a distinguished military leader. He was mighty in words and in deeds. That love to his people and faith towards God should have survived in the breast of Moses while surrounded by idolatry and all the pomps and vanities of the world, and dwelling amongst those who looked down upon Israel as a nation of bondsmen, this indeed...« less