you are now young and tender in religion, but you shall grow stronger by little and little. Your knowledge, and faith, and love, and obedience, shall be increased and confirmed; and in hearkening to Christ's word you shall have such a solid blessedness given you, as to carry you through life, and make you a conqueror over death, and bring you in holy triumph to heaven.

A

SERMON,

&c.

EXODUS, 11. 5 and 6.

And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to

wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. And when she had opened it, she saw the child; and behold the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, this is one of the Hebrews' children.

My dear children, another year has passed, and I am now to talk to you again about religion. I preach to the old; but I talk to the young and the subject I have chosen is the life of Moses. You can all understand this. A child of four years old has heard of Moses, and his being hid in the ark of bulrushes. If the least child in church will look at me, I will try to speak so plain that he may understand And I pray God to open all your hearts,

me.

that you may hereafter become like this great and good man.

I will make some remarks:

I. ON THE BIRTH OF MOSES.

II. HIS CHOOSING THE WAYS OF GOD WHEN HE

WAS COME TO YEARS.

III. HIS MEEKNESS.

IV. HIS EARNEST PRAYERS TO GOD.

V. HIS FAITH IN THE PROMISED MESSIAH OR SAVIOUR.

I. I make some remarks on the BIRTH of Moses.

He was born in Egypt, at the time when King Pharaoh had ordered all the little Hebrew children, that were males, to be cast into the river. His parents, however, seeing he was a goodly child, by faith hid him three months. When they could conceal him no longer, they took an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink. Soon after the daughter of Pharaoh came down to the river, and seeing the ark among the flags, sent her maid to fetch it. She opened it and found within, which was weeping; as well it might in such a case. The heart of Pharaoh's daughter was touched with pity, and the child's mother was called at her command, and

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