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the peaceful city of the divine presence. When
Moses came unto Pharaoh and delivered unto him,
as bidden by God, the divine Message, Pharaoh
spoke insultingly saying: "Art thou not he that
committed murder, and became an infidel?" Thus
recounted the Lord of majesty as having been said
by Pharaoh unto Moses: "What a deed is that
which Thou hast done! Thou art one of the ungrateful.
He said: `I did it indeed, and I was one
of those who erred. And I fled from you when I
feared you, but My Lord hath given Me wisdom,
and hath made Me one of His Apostles.'" (1)
And now ponder in thy heart the commotion
which God stirreth up. Reflect upon the strange
and manifold trials with which He doth test His
servants. Consider how He hath suddenly chosen
from among His servants, and entrusted with the
exalted mission of divine guidance Him Who was
known as guilty of homicide, Who, Himself, had
acknowledged His cruelty, and Who for well-nigh
thirty years had, in the eyes of the world, been
reared in the home of Pharaoh and been nourished
at his table. Was not God, the omnipotent King,
able to withhold the hand of Moses from murder,
