Salt Lake Tribune | 1893-06-04 | Page 9 | The Israelites in Egypt and the Finding of the Pharaohs

THE israelites IN EGYPT ANO AND THE FINDING OF THE PHARAOHS mature delivered boford bofors tb be club of suit best luke lake city on an the evening or of april 20 29 1893 bowe ot at the tb most tutee stAng op liodes od lo 10 1 egyptian history Is that shut connected with the tb israelites their comma coming loto into the country coun irr their stay and nd their going forth from it of course couro there Is much about dato land other matters pertaining to 0 the bo ume but they ibey did KO go dowa dews into egypt did stay there thoran at son lona allm mud d did eventually leave the bo land and nd grow to 10 bo be a great croat people pomplo la in another land abbat those israelites thor there to probably more lo formation than abbul any other of tho the of whom we bore any wo we boilers wo we kuon know whose they ibey CA oabie and who wore the founders of tb tha a race wails about thi the egyptians there ebore i in very tory kist Is shadowy rod and that reads like cl cal story 1 it has been that mean or OP gas the fant king of whom we have ray any record but buethe tho koew that abair braa king turned the th course of the ille foamed abo city of nod benn bean them the freest temple of and nd woo killed by 67 a ey or ODD manetho which la Is hardly possible BS as the abat millions would 1 ant ft a man DO quicker than an a ox would and tills this king or did this aboy called king mens or the question however as to whether abla tile manest WM was a rel real bolok being RO an actual living ruler or wad 1 a myth like ilka eirls und and thoth i find set and horas who were tall nil mythical q 1 divinities and rulers nod and tall all 1 la iia not very tary definitely decided the egyptians taci undoubtedly believed in thin bozosi that IR I 1 believed bolt eved that their orl first king wm was named mones nod bellowed believed la Is abo lima lads he ha li Is supposed to hero lived and tand to roo ordel to 1 lu in their lo in ions as alto albo thoa recorded the names i of dary thirty of 0 bin who wont to make up ap the bret second slid and third dynasties Dast les but these names were only record ad at c the of tho the fourth dynasty or the ibo last of tho the third by yen Son efern udd and how bow correct they aro are la Is a mattor of grave crave doubt there la Is a confusion of names dames in the inscriptions script ions thoy they do not dot aro in thole otiler older or in the names themselves but thure there can be oo no doubt doolit about too embankment which turned the courso course of at the nile kilo it was RO its fact memphis was WA to dauod on ded dad aba be templo temple or of Plit ball was bulle built ond and a kingdom established that extended dod irom fro alls long distance almog the river abobo aloni abla to tile tho sea oa waal miles bolow below items considerable liuo before the blat of abraham who found there it a settled and 4 terlsa of monuments which carried back the duio dalo of the ibo first alt at many years yean to have conceived conc olred the idea of the kilo to order that a proper site alto for the city could bo be land had showed bowed A groat advance A from 0 m barbarism to orry out the idea sod on L the h e alto ito ibus fouad and build a anear bow city the capital of ft a now new empire established beyond question the fact that thai these theao people were well in civilization long bo be fern uro Bc Se notera but what wore the tb name of t their rulon rulers whines they boy came or how bow is long dolif they had bud bum boon la Is the country ure ore all mat tr of and doubt fing that maul wrote arold very tory decidedly koa and about it all tho the first kins kies of whom wo we have any note actual ai I 1 knowledge from tho the so BO called histories of egypt la Is Some teru the last of tho the third C or ali the firt first of the fourth dynast 1 laith him commenced the tha hieroglyphics f or picture writings sod aad a tablet of lit bar I 1 exists today to day cut in tile rocks of at biag barsh la in the it stalling this deals bill title sod scones to big bra rand while ninny vory very many easily of the sovereigns are unimportant und bad almost without records corda ru it Is clef olal a nad niad that at no DO time elect this totem or of be 0 fern Is lathe abe record entirely roly lost loci comusto CO fUsto 0 of f both daniea boil dates exist during alb abe e or of the tha oot at only wera abo be fow few nod and but records of previous nero rl oo destroyed still oi noho 11 the statistics put lonco sod of ilia scholars out of tho the mass of rates evolved a record or irl cordo from the th time of if the fourth dynasty that does stand criticism bruic elsm I 1 before that time however Is tradition and beyond the ilia fact that a river twos ivo turned to provide a site for a city which was receded and built and as ao om am orderly gOvera moot there Is but tradition theao facts however doulou strato beyond any doubt lahat that the people must have already mado at a I 1 vry ury long stride away trot barb arlain to bo be able bo to accomplish what wag wa 6 averts dont dunt turn tho the course of rivers like lue agnile nile A knowledge of ilire la rc for that and to build tile alio T temple vf or required a kilow ledge 0 of f 4 at a la JO ito if various branches bra ache th that at would easily eally shame oma of the blid bull bullhorn dorn ore fornuy 01 buy the interior Depar smout of 0 our ow wn i 1 sf time of the records have boon tied a chronology eq that whits while not opted as exact by fail of at is 1 uffa elect cleot tor for the decd of flo leaco moally it ft duos doe matter wb otheir events deot itans red or years 13 0 I 1 1 labout about tho be children of israel there go klo bo be a very terr exact chronicle ohTo alola train the tb to af pf the founder ot of the nation K 14 it the tb son aon of torah wm was born boi rt fr f near the th ot of the ibo tirres and up brates in cabalde Us was wa like alk mosta m or be people of that place lod two time a cattle uklid tid beep raiser who to soon bour to p pasti ratia or his battle flocks amai compelled to lundering wana orlaf difo W wai an sheik a OF such as axt in places dla in abbl table today loday to lo day such as bre bare mislay aled eted 4 since thin noted acted ono abraham code the range from the euphrates to the th tion bunting grass nod and water and ad la in time of drouth and famine lo he went down to egypt I 1 egypt had always been to thi hebrews and to abe gore bores desert doport the and to the prudent and careful traders n grocery from blob la Is their times of famine they ther could paro baso food to save themselves and their tour footed property properly from starvation the patriarch traveled tra with bin ati servants and puck exactly as aa they are arar cling today todal to day dal in many party of fd otoo just be bow maul people ho he took with him is J not known ho be wont there la in the tb frola it al dynasty Y about B C nia his deceit IQ in palming palmI niT ot off his bis beautiful wife burns am ai his als as or which she obo actually actual lr lag rod bar in tho the harem of pharaoh hai bus always been beca a fruitful theme for eDt to the critten of bo be bible who do net take the trouble to remember the iclal mental and moral condition of a people jut just beginning to amergo front from bar barli sat aud and idolatry lutry they forgot that ws was tile tha birst monotheist of whom we have bute knowledge that his father torah was rua a manufacturer of idols and that be lived in babylon for a time lo in the iba of diaby ionian which evon else for those days is IK reported d to have been ot at A rather decided bort bert 1 sorel earful however did dot bring brine peace to bor bar royal bojil lover and the libe was wa rot arned to so abra be haru who LOU the country going buck back to casson canaan DO doubt greatly to the relief ot at the r Egypt lana to 10 whom ham a shepherd shop bord was waa an aa abomination two hundred yearn after the visit of the patriarch bla big areat grandion joseph canto cadie to tobe be prime minister of egypt lad at this hl time amo tho the family of 3 jacob abo ho lorati mato of abraham who wor or but jo nu number tabor abon it la Is domeni men bored that a famine existed lo in counsel R and nd that the were A nomadic people to Is not difficult to believe that others of theme auder orm followed jboob into a iliad of plenty where doe of their own race wax was prime minister and was clothed with mu u broms proms authority thero there lj Is yet bome doubt as to who was the rha pharaoh Aota 0 at joseph Tolo ph by some writers it Is 1 bold that it 16 could have bato home no DO other chaa tho the last of the there in much to 10 reduce induce the belief and aej quite as much t to dla alls proto prote it and to lace the time a ot jos joseph C call to la tho the attar aba tbd ex of those royal the history would certainly indicate that tho the pairoh 0 joseph wan wad ono 0 no ot the abo native sovereigns of eydt the air bud peaceful tuto state ot of the kingdom tho regularity of the government Bove romont tho the power of the abo priesthood tho the barrod of tho the P pastoral etoral race and occupation oil indicate th the orderly derl y ou and uncontested authority of the m t ive princes and the driving forth of the the abo sh opherd kings kines I 1 no ono la Is able to say who the f hymens ny kaos aare it la Is not corta certainly toly known what tho the namo name means fur for ire fire hundred years aliese people bad mover elgo possession pos esloa ot of egypt no history preceded them they loft left none coca behind there Is now and thou than u status statue rod this always shows a type of men man differ oot ant from tho type flat faced with high cheek benoe thick lips alpi and aad wide jaws they seemed of the mongolian room they came bamo from no ODO moo knows wit where ere rod and 00 oo their ex expulsion by the native forces attar after sate years of warfare lo in tile the adita they aboy disappeared from history the taa horo hero who succeeded at as last in ex polling ham was named ra lie he WM was anilo bite king by a grateful erato ful people and aad a now dynasty taking the title of otta taa ta A akon ken during burld tho the occupation of the land by t boom strangers they ruled the people with moral team luda severity they destroyed destroy od the iho monuments and as palaces of former kings broke open and violated the tombs of the ancleaf dallied tho the italy holy places dec destroyed troyed the th altars it and it d brought to shame the native wor war bp still and dispersing tile pr 06 t from their seat of government throughout tho the delta they coupled tho the laud nad and ruled supreme the upper nile by tho the payment of tri tribute butel esol noo and atTlia nt Tb abbo boal bo under atlanta A prince was started the to ro volt which after eighty years yearn of ai struggle ended adol to la their defeat by ta akom tory story of joseph to la measurably fit familiar m lithe to all but it is may amny bo be to give elyo brief review of it and of bla bin aaion during those eventful of rebates and plenty of ablo wo no have bavo board and r read a BO 00 much ula brothers being jealous of the favor with which bo be win was regarded roar dud by big bl father to kill him blodi fortunately Fortuna tuly however a caravan of arab traders cocoa along attar they bad throws thrown him alm to ju a holo hole to starts lie H was sold old to probably at a bar bargain gaic or they would not have buro burdened burde thorn them selves with an aa article rather out of abol line of busIn on poaching the egyptian frontier froot lor his purchasers found it by ao officer baided Pot potiphar Sphar to whom the boy wu was sold old Us iio wu was sent bout on to house at tho the capital and ot at corroo wont went to work with tho the other slaves lares of tho the household util his bis skill mud his bla honesty bounty procured him the favor of his owner and acid rapid ad lie was moo made lito olval and alron charge of tho beltjr treated with a consideration oot not accorded to lilu laid follow servants his hid comeliness ut treated traded tho the notice of big bd uilA treas brin bringing glog to la him tho be dangerous humor bloor of boloz being beloved by ber bar which love not but being reciprocated pro nor appreciated by him bo be learned what was waa tho the fury of a woman accrued coo iid aud on oa the return of was wai beat to jail anthe the lying testimony of the woman much might bo be written about his bid power or sit 11 I 1 to interpret dreams b but u t I 1 it 9 be vary tory would it prore blog would explain noth lur lag Itha it tos ha been not claimed that of astronomy origin originated fail among the obal dean whop herds who lo in their nightly vigils with their flocks floe its war worn the tb airl to observe abo tb 0 orderly precaution of tho the stars nod Ps ate rod and to I 1 0 at nod understand their influence upon S afa climate abraham it is maid first toughs to the front from this knowledge it Is II soP uppa Pulled iod that josoph wod visa enabled to foretell I 1 it period of great rainfall red quant plenty and a corresponding and following period of drouth and teatime fa uila an examination into those matters hardly cables within the province crouch a payer paper as cbill victory buys that period of plenty was foretold forc lold and that it occurred aej wore taken ly by joseph to utilize aho I 1 io enormous yield of grain to easiest alot the dou abt and famine which wore foretold and which also occurred to this 1 vo of is race paco nod lifted occupation was entreated the control of the alaor mat which ho he conducted ith vigor and prudence prudo oce it la Is to fully understand tho the total ravo rare lotion la in tho the recurs of property which bo be effected affected or the of it during tho the Crt years ruura of relates nil 1611 the bodoy of ste found ILA lt way into the royal treasury troa aury bud aud somehow BOrno bow somewhere tile tho idol bus buen been obtained which however Is toned fouad lit this time impossible to verify that this cola coin was of overy livery pout pages him blo size olze shape abapo nud value it was IT us therefore remained and nd alloy was added to both iba sold gold sod silver to protect loss from abra abrasion 10 as wall gas 61 to increase Inore uso that volume To lunie sod a but bit debased coinage win ITO attar after ilia money wits tb abe people rapidly parted with As A they wore not a pastoral people this resource was wai soon oon exhausted nod and they wore at length rind to purchase at the price of their lands abua the whole territory CA COPLIng that bold by the priests to ro to tile tho crown crobo bow the laud won well bold bald before this period we wa have no moung mean of ascertaining thu kosslo history to infer that ilia body of the people were tho the of tile soft again 11 ll la Is believed that tho the crown hold one third oad and tho the priests nod and soldiers each one third and that the common wore moro more tenants lit at wiil the financial operation of joseph in tho the absolute abao loto acquisition of that hold held by the mill mI IlLary Lary clues the resumption of the land by tho the crown and the ro letting of tho the whole upon ono plate plain and uniform system a the terms upon which the whole we wan with the reservation resorT atlon of aoe fifth to the royal exchequer seem cem liberal red ad d ous to tho the cultivator it 1 wo we compare them with tho the exactions to blob the miserable aloof along tho the back of the nile kro are now BOW another part of joseph Jo neph policy la is still dimou it to clearly corny at bend hit the people from the country loto into the dittos this has boon been supposed by oroa to SO huto beau ao an arbitrary measure la in order to break the ba tied of to la the former posses sots ors to their terms by others a wine scheme to civilize the rudo rude peasantry to rueber them will bhora to they could