. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . w travelers, hegave water to the strangers. Over this dreadful route Joseph and Marystarted for this land of Egypt. No time to make much preparation. Herodwas after them, and what were these peasants before an irate king? Joseph,the husband and father, one night sprang up from his mattress in great alarm,the beads of sweat on his forehead, and. his whole frame quaking. He haddreamed of massacres of his wife and babe. They must be off, that night, rightaway. Alary put up a few things hastily, and Joseph brought to the door thebeas
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . w travelers, hegave water to the strangers. Over this dreadful route Joseph and Marystarted for this land of Egypt. No time to make much preparation. Herodwas after them, and what were these peasants before an irate king? Joseph,the husband and father, one night sprang up from his mattress in great alarm,the beads of sweat on his forehead, and. his whole frame quaking. He haddreamed of massacres of his wife and babe. They must be off, that night, rightaway. Alary put up a few things hastily, and Joseph brought to the door thebeast of burden and helped his wife and child to mount. Why, those loaves ofbread are not enough, those bottles of water will not last for such a long way. But there is no time to get anything more. Out and on. Good-by tothe dear home they expect never again to see. Their hearts break. It doesnot need that ours be a big house in order to make us sorry to leave it. Overthe hills and down through the deep gorge they urge their way. By Hebron, A SACRED PILGRIMAGE 125. 126 T. DE WITT TAUIAGE—HIS LIFE AND WORK by Gaza, through hot sand, under a blistering sun, the babe crying, the motherfaint, the father exhausted. How slowly the days and weeks pass. Will theweary three ever reach the banks of the Nile? Will they ever see Cairo?Will the desert ever end? When at last they cross the line beyond which oldHerod has no right to pursue, their joy is unbounded. Free at last. Let themdismount and rest. Now they resume their way with less anxiety. They willfind a place somewhere for shelter and the earning of their bread. Here they are at Cairo, Egypt. They wind through the crooked streets.
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