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66 the consistent narrative of the Bible. The descendants of Jacob had been told all along, no doubt, of the promises made to their fathers of another land to be all their own; and when they began to be treated as serfs and slaves, they naturally thought, and no doubt spoke, of this their expected movement. He meant to repress them in numbers and in resources, and to keep them under control. We who live in the United States speak freely of our liberties and advantages. So we well may, and the deepest gratitude ought to fill our hearts when we look at the bondage in which pride, ambition, and the love of continued power have too often held the feeble. We are to be careful as to the use we make of our advantages, to do all we can to extend such blessings, and to remember that if ever we be tempted to abuse our power, the just Ruler, who is stronger than all nations combined, will humble and punish us. The end does not justify the means. Pharaoh, as a ruler who had freed his