After a long time his unparalleled toil and anxious thought produced sickness, and he daily grew wore; medicine was of no avail, One day at sunset, though suffering greatly, he still had strength to raise himself on his bed and put his head to the window. All who saw him were struck with his withered appearance, which caused them to sigh deeply. Suddenly the sunlight fulled, a black cloud covered the heavens and there was a driving rain. grew rapidly worse. But who the hero's return to heaven? In th: hour the sour wind came jin gusto and the bitter rain beat down miserably, for the beauty of earth was cutoff. In the midst of the raging wind and rain there w: piercing sound, the cord of life was broken. There was a ery; the hero had passed awa When the Jew heard that Moses was dead there was bitter lamentation as when one mourneth for his parents. Then they encoffined and buried him."
"In the second year after Moses' death the Jews set up festival called the Remembrance Festival to keep in memory the time when this saviour of his" country, this hero, returned to heaven, and sacrifices were offered to Heaven, A Memorial Hynm was also prepared' vad sung by the whole people." 2
Partial Reform.
After this, the most enlightened of Moses" followers endeavoured to carry out the great idea of their Master, but their learning was not to the. They did not know how to conduct the Reform. They laid great stress on agriculture, but neglected They had no intercourse with sand knew nothing of i So while the pop Jation larger, the counts was daily growl Afterwards the people were dev were gradually destroyed. Alas! Alas ACROSS SIBERIA,,
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