him another training. The man who should be
called to write the first words of God's Book would need a very special
education. Most likely some of the Children of Israel could read and
write, for we know there were plenty of books and good schools in
Moses' time, but they certainly did not make such good scholars as the
Egyptians.

'_And the child grew and she (his mother) brought him unto Pharaoh's
daughter, and he became her son._' (Exodus ii. 10.)

In those few words the Bible shows us the Egyptian side of Moses'
education.

And a very thorough education it must have been, for the Egyptians were
the most highly cultured people in the world in those days, and we know
that '_Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians._' (Acts
vii. 22.)

The Egypt of Moses' time was very different from the Egypt of to-day.
Among all the great nations it held the first place; for the people of
Egypt were more clever, and rich; their gardens more beautiful, their
cornfields and orchards more fruitful than those of the dwellers in any
other land.

Again, of all the peoples in the world the Egyptians were looked upon
at that time as the most religious. From one end to another the land
was full of temples, many of them so huge in size, and so magnificent
with carvings and paintings, that even their poor ruins--the great
columns shattered or fallen, the enormous walls tottering and
broken--are still the wonder of the world.

Every great city had its schools and colleges. Clever men devoted
their whole lives to teaching in these colleges and to writing learned
books, just as they do in the cities of Europe and America to-day.
These men were called 'scribes,' that is, 'writers.' Moses, a boy
brought up in the royal palace, would have the best and most learned
scribes for his teachers.

A fragment of an old Egyptian book describing the duties of a lad in
the scribes' school has been found. It tells how the schoolmaster
wakes the boys very early in the morning. 'The books are already in
the hands of thy companions,' he cries; 'put on thy garments, call for
thy sandals.'

If the lad does not make haste he is severely punished; if he is not
attentive in school the master speaks to him very seriously indeed.
'Let thy mouth read the book in thy hand, and take advice from those
who know more than thou dost!'

He has to write many copies, and as he gets he learns to compose
business letters to his master; before he is fou