Moses to his old friend Sesostris--Account of his mode of life--His meditations upon the oppression of his nation, and upon the character of their predicted Deliverer--Is inspired to write a narrative of the Creation of the World--pp. 482-484. LETTER IV. Journey across the desert--Mount Horeb--Moses, standing upon a mountain-rock--Affecting interview--Grotto of Moses--His wife and sons--Story of his rescue of the daughters of Jethro at the well--His sublime teachings--Will he be the Deliverer?--View from Mount Horeb--Aaron--Miriam--pp. 485-490. LETTER V. Moses leads his flock to a secluded valley--Wonderful appearance of the Burning Bush--Astonishment of the shepherds--The Voice in the midst of the fire--God reveals Himself to Moses, and commissions him to lead forth the people--The humility of Moses--His staff converted into a living serpent--The leprous hand--Moses hesitates--The Lord rebukes him, and the flame in the bush shoots fiery tongues--Aaron to be the mouth-piece of the Lord--Miraculously advised, Aaron comes to Moses--Moses converts his staff into a serpent, before Aaron--He obtains the consent of Jethro to his departure from Midian--Moses in Egypt--Sends messengers to summon the elders of Israel to meet him at Jacob's well--Pharaoh's cruel designs against the Hebrews--pp. 491-503. LETTER VI. Midnight meeting of the elders of Israel--Jacob's well a source of superstitious dread to the Egyptians--Beautiful moonlight scene--Moses opens his errand from the Most High--Aaron unfolds the traditional promises--Unbelieving Hebrews--Terrible means used for their conviction--Korah persists in unbelief--His punishment and horror--The assembly dissolves--pp. 504-508. LETTER VII. Moses goes before Pharaoh--Amazement of the Egyptian courtiers--Harshness of Pharaoh--Moses delivers God's message--Pharaoh defies the Living God--He is overcome by his emotion, but hardens his heart--New toils devised for the Hebrews--pp. 509-513. LETTER VIII. The rod! the whip! the cry of the sufferers!--The Hebrews reproach Moses and Aaron--Moses appeals to the Lord--Seeks to comfort his brethren with the words of the Most High--Hope dies in their hearts--Pharaoh redoubles his worship of all manner of idols--He curses God--Sacrifices a living Hebrew child to the Nile--Sacrifices a Nubian slave to Typhon--Invokes his idol-god against the God of Moses--A secret dread--Children of Israel groan under oppression--pp. 514-522. LETTER IX.