THE LIFE OF MOSES.

Great was the sorrow and weeping,
when the command was put forth,
and Amram and Jochabed, the pa-
rents of Moses, could not find it in
their hearts to cast their little baby.
into the dark waters of the river; and
for three months they kept him hid-
den in their house, trembling at every
sound of feet, lest it should be some
one coming who might discover the
child. At the end of that time, they
heard that the king’s officers were
going to search the houses; .so they
said, “ We will trust our little one to
God;” and they laid him in a cradle ~
of rushes, coated with slime and pitch,
to keep out the water, and gave him
into the arms of his sister Miriam, to
take to the water's edge.