the stable, so the children of Israel were guided by this moving pillar, which God kindly placed before them, on purpose to direct them what road to take.

LESSON III.

CROSSING THE RED SEA.

W. Mamma, I wish very much to know what that cruel wicked king Pharaoh said when he found that the children of Israel were

Do you think he

really gone.
was sorry or glad?

Mamma. No sooner had they set off, my love, than Pharaoh began to be sorry, and to wish that he had not let them go. And what do you think he did? W. I do not know, Mamma. Will you tell me?

Mamma. He got together all his horses, his chariots and his horsemen, and went after them to bring them back, if he could, into Egypt. Now reach out your

map, and I will show you where they were. Here is Egypt, and there is Canaan, or the Holy Land, whither they were going. What divides the two countries?

W. The Red Sea, Mamma. Was it called the Red Sea because the water was red?

Mamma. No, my
No, my dear.

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though it had the name of the Red Sea, the water was like other water. Well, just as the children of Israel had reached the sea-side, and had put up their

tents, that they might rest a little after their long journey, they heard a great noise, a noise of wheels and a noise of horses. They looked at each other full of alarm and fear, and soon they saw the haughty king, and his soldiers and people, coming after them. Then they were very much afraid, for they did not know how to get away. was before them, and they had no ships in which they might sail across it. On their right

The Red Sea

hand and on their left hand were high rocks, which they could not get over, and had they tried to go back the way they came they would only have met the cruel king and his cruel soldiers and people. But just at this very moment, the great God was their friend. He is the friend of all who put their trust in Him. He told Moses to stretch out his hand over the sea, and that He would then make a path for the people to go through. Moses