It would take a score of papyri for me to convey to you the course of
divine and sage instruction by which I arrived at that clear,
luminous, and just notion of the Lord God of heaven and earth, which I
now hold; the possession of which fills my soul with repose, my
intellect with satisfaction, my heart with joy, peace, and love to God
and man. With this _certain_ knowledge of the Almighty that has
entered into my soul, is an apprehension of His omnipresence, His
truth, holiness, majesty, and benevolence; and a consciousness that I
have received his Divine Spirit, which last is, as it were, a witness
vouchsafed of Himself to me. By the light of this new spirit within me
I behold His glory, and recognize that He is my God, my Creator, my
Benefactor, and Lawgiver. I feel that in Him I live, move, and have my
being, and that besides Him there is no God. The realization of these
majestic truths, O my brother, is a source to me of the profoundest
happiness. Before their light the dark clouds of the myths of Egypt
dissolve and fade away forever!
When I speak of Him I find new language rise to my lips: when I write
of Him my words seem to clothe themselves with sublimity and majesty.
Henceforth, like the holy Prince of Uz, I am a worshipper of One God,
whose name is the Almighty, and the Holy One.
To Sesostris I have written of these great things, and to you also I
will send a treatise, that you may, without obscurity, behold His
unity and glory as they were known to our fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob, before the false worship of Egypt corrupted our hereditary
faith. With this knowledge, O Aaron, our people, even in bondage, are
superior to Pharaoh on his throne.
Your affectionate brother,
MOSES.
LETTER IV.
REMESES TO MIRIAM.
TYRE, PHŒNICIA.
MY DEAR SISTER:
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