Show miriam at pharoah s court BY ADA BRUNSON BRUN A second prise pr ze oral orai story lt t iff I 1 IA A rheet the following rn story was aivao I 1 acl the prize in ill tb tle e oral story contest at thom 1 A meet and is miss brunson s own dom corn position continued no thank you I 1 was vial thinking but continued contin aed the prince you i aust know by now how long and how tio w greatly I 1 have admired you how I 1 have looked forward to that day wien I 1 shall bo be able to 16 call you minei mine when T T can bo tow upon i ll 11 you my a y wealth honor r and an d position I 1 have bave ben ordered ered today to day to join goiti pharaohs Phara legion in a diseati D provence Prove say abatt shall lot C go 0 o 11 anc without hhope and I 1 ani am settled I 1 allend sn a for f or yu t 1 l r t r A i A 1 4 but but my mother said abiri miriam your mother will wil 1 abe be our biddar dear est car care e he be ansia answered re id lefas go to her 11 now now bub miriam d drew rew back and ana told hiim nm she would rather 0 10 o alone and would lot let him know the next day when she reached home she told her bor mother mohor all they t talked lono long and earnestly of the two paths that lay before her one in in w which bich appear appeared ed ali all pleasure ablo excitement power love wealth and honor but a complete alienation ati 0 11 from froin her people the other of obscurity uncertainty poverty and sl slavery arery but wherein sho she could join with them in the worship of the true and living livit inc god H her e mother hi had it d s said aid 1 tl I cannot go with you my child if you join with one of a strange nation you must go 90 alone for i d must be faithful ul to my god may he bless you this night that you nai might ta ht choose righteously to poor miriam retired but n not ot to rest greatly perplexed she at last put her trials to tl the great cow comforter forter and spent the darly hours of the night t 1 wr wrestling e st with the greatest problem of her life ion long and earnestly did she pray and at last fell asleep the eclie god of of abraham bra liam heard her humble su duplications as lie he bears the prayers of al all 1 those who faitha faithfully ally seek him and sent ins his spirit to soo sooth t h the pain in the mind of his child her s was a struggle between between pitr right ht and wrong faith in god and loyalty to his holy cause against temptation iu luxuries auries of worldly things at it a sacrifice of all that miriam had hoped for longed for and pi prayed ayed for As she he lay overpowered by the spirit a vision camo came to her a beautiful fu I 1 picture fire of what had occupied her mind there was mizi mirriam am t the he egyptian prince a typo type ly pica prefect ion tull tall strong all mid d handsome ail red in nil the splendor that riches could supply costly jowls adorned his fingers ers an and I 1 wrists he was a princ prince 10 with all things of it a worldly nature atu refit at his will with with a noble unselfish cha character r that won for him the g greatest reates t honor and respect b I 1 ie he was v as p pacing a chig the richly furnished room with his head bead held high his h s arms folded a dro cross ss his breast dreaming tb thinking inking of his cuore with this his fiur kuftic b bub if t ah is C ria rr in d ro 0 o p i ing lorn hiriams Mir iams anim and guoth stift tb it wa ith equal tok bi 1111 place there waa vaa butich ri mack it hum ble and 1 poses siv av 1 et 1 character d avlue he be wits was a pus pea S iut with noet no earthly poses S i oil st 1 but it a with hearons he avons hes ri 1 his mission was kor for god and in mankind yot shunned shun n i ed by th scoffers sc offers af pf of th tho holy one lie ho for genvo and blessed them S shi li 0 saw huna him im in ill all tho aspect 0 ot hh b i 4 future career tho gar at plop pi up hot ane great agent oi of alie dl di I 1 ville heia slie she saw him with his head bowed down do w n iu i u prayer rt ind and heard h him IM as A in in reality bay ing g 1113 bless loss her in the name of got gin f that she will not forsake hur people altho wooed by a a royal pr ince his love is but mortal i and will ond end with lite life should hould I 1 she marry him th that a t immortal crown brown of glory glor ithac that is hars by right d vine ivine will be def denind flod miriam listened for shed she shepheard he heard aird a voice calling from f roni a distance and how how melodious was 1 49 its echo baric har ye miriam know ye not that it is written nv rit ten thou shall love the ibe lord thy iby god with all might mind and strength s kongth rong th continued |