sides of them. Pharaoh and all the Egyptians pursued them into the midst of the sea; but God looked out of the cloud upon them, and they were filled with fear. The wheels of their chariots were broken, so that they could not get on, All the children of Israel reached the opposite shore in safety. God then *¥ told Moses to stretch out his rod over the sea, and the waters covered the hosts of Pharaoh, and every man and horse * was drowned. It is thus that God saves His people, and > punishes the wicked who disobey His com- mands. As the children of Israel were de- livered from Pharaoh by passing through ¢ the Red Sea, so are we saved by the waters