LETTER VIII.

The rod! the whip! the cry of the sufferers!--The Hebrews reproach Moses and Aaron--Moses appeals to the Lord--Seeks to comfort his brethren with the words of the Most High--Hope dies in their hearts--Pharaoh redoubles his worship of all manner of idols--He curses God--Sacrifices a living Hebrew child to the Nile--Sacrifices a Nubian slave to Typhon--Invokes his idol-god against the God of Moses--A secret dread--Children of Israel groan under oppression--pp. 514-522.