THE LIFE OF MOSES,

refused to let the Israelites depart; so
God, to exhibit his power, and show
that he would be obeyed, sent plague
after plague upon Pharaoh and _ his
people; yet still the king was obsti-
nate. The thick darkness, the hail,
and fire, bent not the stubborn will.
But when the last terrible plague was
sent,—when the angel of Death ho-
vered above, and smote the children
of the Egyptians, from ‘the first-born
of Pharaoh that sat on his throne,
even unto the first-born of the captive
that was in the dungeon,—when the
king bent over the form of his fair
dead child,—then did he tremble,
fearing that more terrible things might
come, and he let the children of Israel

go. They departed, praising the Lord;
J