THE
CHILD'S BOOK
ABOUT
MOSES.
CONCORD, N.H.
RUFUS MERRILL AND CO.
1843.
The Alphabet.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G |
| H | I | J | K | L | M | N |
| O | P | Q | R | S | T | U |
| V | W | X | Y | Z | ||
| a | b | c | d | e | f | g |
| h | i | j | k | l | m | n |
| o | p | q | r | s | t | u |
| v | w | x | y | z |
MOSES.
Moses was born in the year ofthe world 2433. His parents livedin Egypt. Before his birth, Pharaoh,king of Egypt, being fearfulof their increase, had given ordersto have every male infant of theHebrews murdered. The fatherand mother of Moses were Hebrews,and, like other parents, theyloved their child too much to havehim injured. Besides, they thoughtthey saw something very promisingin his appearance, as if he wouldmake a great and good man, if hewere rightly trained: they thereforekept him hid three months.
When they could hide him nolonger, his mother, Jochebed, madean ark or chest of bulrushes, and[Pg 4]having pitched it that it might bewater proof, she put Moses into it,and laid it near the banks of theriver Nile, and prayed to God forthe safety of her child.
He had not lain long in this condition,when Pharaoh's daughter,coming to wash, observed the ark,and directed one of her maids tofetch it; and opening it, she foundthe child. She was struck withthe beauty of the babe, and was affectedat its weeping; for the poorchild cried, being separated fromits mother: supposing it to be oneof the Hebrews' children, the princessresolved to bring it up as achild of her own.
...