124 i BOYS OF THE BIBLE,

always a sweet singer. How natural it would be for the
happy mother to ask her daughter for a song!

Come now, my Miriam, sing us the Lord’s song.
For though as strangers in this land we dwell,
The Lord hath not forgotten us. All our sorrows
Are known to Him, and in His own good time
He will deliver us, and bring us forth
To dwell in the fair land He promised
To Abraham and his seed. Surely this child of ours
Is spared for some high purpose. His salvation
May be a type of that which all his brethren
One day shall find, when God, with mighty hand,
Shall lead us forth from Egypt's hated plains.
Sing, Miriam, sing! my heart is joyful now.

MIRIAM szngs.

The Lord is our strength and our song,
He also is become our salvation.
He is our God, and here shall he dwell;
Our father’s God shall here be exalted.
The Lord is the mighty God,—that is His name.
His right hand is becoming glorious in power.
Great in His excellency is Jehovah.
Who is like unto Him among the Gods?
Who, like Him, is glorious in holiness?
Who, like Him, is fearful in praises?
Who, like Him, doeth wonders? _
Thou, in Thy mercy, will lead forth Thy people;
Thou wilt guide them by Thy strength to Thy holy habitation.
Thou shalt plant them in the mountain of their inheritance,
In the sanctuary, O Lord, which Thy hands have established.
The Lord shall reign for ever and ever!

How long Moses was under his mother’s care we are
not told; but it is most reasonable to conclude that he did
not go to live at the palace of his foster-mother, the princess,
until he was quite old enough to be told of his origin and
parentage. And of this, we may be sure that his mother
Jochebed would not fail to inspire her son with loyalty to the
race to which he belonged, and with reverence to the Lord
God of Israel.