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The Right Choice, March 16
By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of
Pharaoh’s daughter; choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of
God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season.
Hebrews 11:24, 25
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In the schools of Egypt, Moses received the highest civil and military training.
Of great personal attractions, noble in form and stature, of cultivated mind and
princely bearing, and renowned as a military leader, he became the nation’s
pride
All who occupied the throne of the Pharaohs must become members of
the priestly caste; and Moses as the heir apparent, was to be initiated into the
mysteries of the national religion.... But while he was an ardent and untiring
student, he could not be induced to participate in the worship of the gods. He
was threatened with the loss of the crown, and warned that he would be disowned
by the princess should he persist in his adherence to the Hebrew faith. But he
was unshaken in his determination to render homage to none save the one God....
Moses was fitted to take pre-eminence among the great of the earth, to shine
in the courts of its most glorious kingdom, and to sway the scepter of its power.
His intellectual greatness distinguishes him above the great men of all ages. As
historian, poet, philosopher, general of armies, and legislator, he stands without
a peer. Yet with the world before him, he had the moral strength to refuse the
flattering prospects of wealth and greatness and fame....
Moses had been instructed in regard to the final reward to be given to the
humble and obedient servants of God, and worldly gain sank to its proper insignif-
icance in comparison. The magnificent palace of Pharaoh and the monarch’s
throne were held out as an inducement to Moses; but he knew that the sinful
pleasures that make men forget God were in its lordly courts. He looked beyond
the gorgeous palace, beyond a monarch’s crown, to the high honors that will be
bestowed on the saints of the Most High in a kingdom untainted by sin. He saw
by faith an imperishable crown that the King of heaven would place on the brow
of the overcomer
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Education, 62
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Patriarchs and Prophets, 245, 246
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