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Show HOW PHAR0AH WAS DROWNED ' Colored Minister Insisted Egyptians Broke Through Ice After Children of Israel Had Crossed. Thero Is a story of an old colored minister, which I am fond of telling, that Illustrates what I mean. Tho old fellow was trying to explain to a Sunday Sun-day school class how It was and why It was that Pharoah and his party wero drownod when they woro trying to cross the ned soa, and how It was and why It was that tho Children of Israel crossed ovor dry shod. Tho old minister explained It In this wlso: "When the first party camo along It was early In tho morning and tho tee was hard and thick, nnd tho first party had no troublo crossing ovor on tho Ico, but when Pharoah and his pnrty ramo along It was 12 o'clock In tho day and tho sun was Bhlnlng hot on the Ice, nnd when they got on tho lco It broko, and they went In nnd wero drownod." Now, thero happened to bo In this class a young colored mnn who had had considerable- schooling, and this young follow turned to tho old minis-totr minis-totr and said: "Now, Mr Minister, I do not understand under-stand that kind of explanation. I hnvo been going to school nnd havo been studying all theso conditions, and my geography teaches mo that Ico does not fieczo within a certain distance of tho equator." Tho old minister replied: "Now, l'so been expecting somothlng Just llko this. There's always somo follow ready to spile all the theology. Tho tlmo l'so talkln' about was boforo they had Jogerphlos or 'quators either." Now, this old man, In his plain and simple way was trying to brush nsldu all artificiality and to get down to bedrock. bed-rock. So It was with mo. Booker T. Washington, In World's Work Magazine Maga-zine . i,iii-ii |