The Eighth Plague

The eighth plague has come and gone. The flax and the barley were smitten; but the wheat and the rye, being still in the ear, escaped without injury. Pharaoh has witnessed another demonstration of divine wrath. His heart has been troubled. Fear had taken hold of him. With emphasis he had declared that the people should go and should stay no longer, if Moses would only entreat for him. The entreaty had been made. The mighty thunderings and hail have ceased. But Pharaoh, now that the sun again...