_Answer_. All you had to do was to take an innocent animal, bring it to the altar, cut its throat, and sprinkle the altar with its blood. Certain parts of it were to be given to the butcher as his share, and the rest was to be burnt on the altar. When God saw an animal thus butchered, and smelt the warm blood mingled with the odor of burning flesh, he was pacified, and the smile of forgiveness shed its light upon his face. Of course, infidels laugh at these things; but what can you expect of men who have not been "born "again"? "The carnal mind is enmity with God." _Question_. What else did God do in order to in- duce Pharaoh to liberate the Jews? _Answer_. He had his agents throw down a cane in the presence of Pharaoh and thereupon Jehovah changed this cane into a serpent. _Question_. Did this convince Pharaoh? _Answer_. No; he sent for his own magicians. _Question_. What did they do? _Answer_. They threw down some canes and they also were changed into serpents. _Question_. Did Jehovah change the canes of the Egyptian magicians into snakes? _Answer_. I suppose he did, as he is the only one capable of performing such a miracle. 382 _Question_. If the rod of Aaron was changed into a serpent in order to convince Pharaoh that God had sent Aaron and Moses, why did God change the sticks of the Egyptian magicians into serpents--why did he discredit his own agents, and render worth- less their only credentials? _Answer_. Well, we cannot explain the conduct of Jehovah; we are perfectly satisfied that it was for the best. Even in this age of the world God allows infidels to overwhelm his chosen people with argu- ments; he allows them to discover facts that his ministers can not answer, and yet we are satisfied that in the end God will give the victory to us. All these things are tests of faith. It is upon this prin- ciple that God allows geology to laugh at Genesis, that he permits astronomy apparently to contradict his holy word. _Question_. What did God do with these people after Pharaoh allowed them to go? _Answer_. Finding that they were not fit to settle a new country, owing to the fact that when hungry they longed for food, and sometimes when their lips were cracked with thirst insisted on having water, God in his infinite mercy had them marched round and round, back and forth, through a barren wilder- 383 ness, until all, with the exception of two persons, died. _Question_. Why did he do this? _Answer_. Because he had promised these people that he would take them "to a land flowing with "milk and honey." _Question_. Was God always patient and kind and merciful toward his children while they were in the wilderness?