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Plagiarism Exo_20:15 : ’93Thou shalt not steal.’94 Steal what? Overcoats? Furniture? Dry-goods? Horses? United States bonds? Merchandise? Silver? Gold? Do not so limit the command. This Sinaitic thunder rolls out not only against the purloining of the goods of others, but against the theft of intellectual possessions. It is high time that somewhere a sermon … Continue reading “040. Plagiarism”

Onward Exo_14:15 : ’93Go forward.’94 ’93Masterly retreat’94 is a term often used in military circles, but in religion there is no such thing. It is either glorious advance or disgraceful and ignominious falling back. I address the more than three hundred members added today, and indeed all Christians, in the order given to the Israelites … Continue reading “038. Onward”

The Finger of God Exo_8:19 : ’93The finger of God.’94 Pharaoh was sulking in his marble throne room at Memphis. Plague after plague had come, and sometimes the Egyptian monarch was disposed to do better, but at the lifting of each plague, he was as bad as before. The necromancers of the palace, however, were … Continue reading “036. The Finger of God”

The Plague of Narcotics Exo_9:14 : ’93I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people.’94 Upon the cleanest, the most fertile, the richest, and the wisest nation of the ancient world, the ten plagues dropped. Plague the first: The river Nile, which was the … Continue reading “037. The Plague of Narcotics”

The Plague of Corrupt Literature Exo_8:6-7 : ’93And the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt. And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.’94 There is almost a universal aversion to frogs, and yet with the Egyptians they were honored, they were sacred, and … Continue reading “035. The Plague of Corrupt Literature”

The Sheik’92s Daughter Exo_3:1 : ’93Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian.’94 In the southeastern part of Arabia a man is sitting by a well. It is an and country, and water is scarce, so that a well is of great value, and flocks and herds are driven vast … Continue reading “034. The Sheik’s Daughter”

Sisters and Brothers Exo_2:4 : ’93And his sister stood afar off to wit what would be done to him.’94 Princess Thermutis, daughter of Pharaoh, looking out through the lattice of her bathing-house, on the banks of the Nile, saw a curious boat on the river. It had neither oar nor helm, and they would have … Continue reading “033. Sisters and Brothers”

Exodus Autor: T. De Witt Talmage

Return From the Chase Gen_49:27 : ’93In the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.’94 There is in this chapter such an affluence of simile and allegory, such a mingling of metaphors, that there are a thousand thoughts in it not on the surface. Old Jacob, dying, is … Continue reading “031. Return From the Chase”

A Delicate Question Gen_47:8 : ’93How old art thou?’94 The Egyptian capital was the focus of the world’92s wealth. In ships and barges there had been brought to it from India frankincense and cinnamon and ivory and diamonds; from the North, marble and iron; from Syria, purple and silk; from Arabia, some of the finest … Continue reading “030. A Delicate Question”