Shout! Pharaoh is fallen To rise again never. Sing! The Lord he shall reign Forever and ever." E. DUDLEY JACKSON. Exodus x: 21-23 WHEN Israel dwelt in Egypt's land, And groan'd beneath the tyrant's pow'r, O Lord, 'twas Thine Almighty hand Sustain'd him thro' that dreary hour. When all the air at noon of day Was filled with gloom "which might be felt," Thy smile was still a cheerful ray In every tent where Israel dwelt. And thus, O Lord, the faithful heart Thy love, we know, will ne'er depart While all seems dark and cheerless round! J. W. BURGON. Mount Sinai 'ROM Sinai's top the lightnings flashed; FROM The thunders rolled around-around As if the heavenly orbs had clashed Together with destructive bound, And down their shattered fragments hurled And on the mount there hung a cloud, In radiant fire the mighty God And as the wondering people turned To see the glory of the Lord, The smoke-as if a furnace burned Within the mountain, swelled and roared, And all its lofty summits shook Like sedge leaves by the summer brook. And Moses from the trembling crowd For they had marked the trump that blew The fires that gleamed, the peals that roared— In shadowed glory shine to view The presence of the eternal Lord, Bright as His mercy chose to give, For none can see His face and live. HORATIUS BONAR. At Sinai DOWN from the mist-clad mountain Moses came, Before the mount he saw his people stand, Deep was his voice and tender. E'en the birds And thus it said: "These words to Israel bring: "Yea,, Israel shall a priestly people be, With hands uplifted stood the leader there, So went he once again within the mist That hid the somber mountain, grey, cloud-kissed; Thus came the Word-and thus the right to hear Tho' there at Sinai's foot, in age long dead, Divine Love "And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul, and with all thy might."-Deut. vi, 5. I KNOW not what this world would be If love were banished for a time To other realm, or other clime; Glides through all worlds, and lives in all, This foretaste of celestial love What are the blessings thou dost bring? Nay, rather, what is happiness But love in some new guise or dress? Even from birth 'tis love that fills Its spiritual influence And makes us all love excellence, Of great and good; 'tis this pure lamp ANONYMOUS. "Moses as Lamp-Bearer" A CURIOUS fancy seized on Moses' soul, To know if God, the Lord, slept like a man: So Allah sent an angel from on high, Who to the Holy Prophet this wise spake- so; And watch then the whole night through and through." Then Moses took the lamps and placed himself WILLIAM STIGAND. Aaron's Breastplate Aaron "Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord upon his two shoulders for a memorial. shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breast-plate of judgment upon his heart, for a me |