So we went; we were about nineteen and twenty at that time, and we felt very homesick and strange at first. But do you know? That was one of the best things that ever happened to both of us! That dear, kind old lady, had a heart full of love to Jesus our Saviour; and she used her money, and her house, and her influence, to help young people to love Him too. And when we got to know her, we had such a happy time, and set to work ourselves to try to bring others to love Jesus. Well, that was God's love in training us for what He wanted us to do afterwards. So, with Moses; he went in and out of Pharaoh's Court, and learned many things which were most useful to him, all his life, in God's Service. The Children of Israel, or the Hebrews as they were called at this time, were slaves in Egypt, and one day Moses saw an Egyptian using one of the Hebrews very badly. So Moses interfered, and killed the Egyptian who was ill-treating one of God's people. This made Pharaoh very angry, and he tried to kill Moses. So Moses fled, and by and bye, he reached the land of Midian, where he sat down by a Well, and rested himself. [Illustration: MOSES IN THE LAND OF MIDIAN.] This Well belonged to the Priest, or Prince of Midian; and he had seven daughters, who every day came to the Well, and filled the troughs for their father's flocks to drink. But some shepherds came and drove the girls away, wishing, I suppose, to use the trough to water their own flocks, without waiting for the maidens to finish their task. But Moses stood up and helped them, so that they watered their father's flock very quickly. When they came home, their father asked them how it was that they returned so soon? And they said: "An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water for us!" In the East, people are very hospitable, and ready to entertain strangers; and directly Reuel (or Jethro) heard what his daughters said, he exclaimed: "Where is he? How is it that you have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread." [Illustration: By and by, Moses and Zipporah had a little son.] So Moses was very happy to stay with Jethro, and soon he married one of Jethro's daughters, named Zipporah. And by and bye Moses and Zipporah had a little son, whom Moses named Gershom. But while all this was going on in Midian, the plight of the Hebrews who were in Egypt grew worse and worse. The King, who had wanted to kill Moses, had died, and the Children of Israel sighed under the cruel bondage that the Egyptians put upon them. And their cry came up to God. And God looked down out of heaven upon the poor, hardly-used slaves, and He came down from heaven and spoke to Moses about them.