Amense

“Mistress of the World,” which I have seen inscribed on the obelisk that Amense is now erecting, so long as she makes no attempt upon our cherished freedom, nor asks of us other tribute to her greatness than the jewelled necklace it was my pleasure to present to her queen, from your hand.

The pillar of fire, or, Israel in bondage 1859

Amense was a young princess, to whose feet the little ark, containing the infant Moses, God-directed, came.

The pillar of fire, or, Israel in bondage 1859

Thou seest that the obelisk of Amense is wanting; that the palace of the governor of the Nile has only its foundations laid.

The pillar of fire, or, Israel in bondage 1859

Know that thou art not the son of Amense, queen of

The pillar of fire, or, Israel in bondage 1859

While, therefore, the intelligence, which soon spread through Egypt, that Amense the Good was to lay down her sceptre in favor of her son, cast a shadow over their hearts, it was chased away by the light of the anticipated splendor, which the reign of a prince, a “Pharaoh,” would shed upon the land of Egypt.

The pillar of fire, or, Israel in bondage 1859

This style of features and head is strictly Egyptian, and pertains to every class, from Amense on the throne to the priests and people.

The pillar of fire, or, Israel in bondage 1859

March of Time through the heavens — Remeses alone beside the altar — Amense not his mother! —

The pillar of fire, or, Israel in bondage 1859

For the space of seventy years their oppression was continued by successive kings, until, under Amenophis I. (the father of Amense, “Pharaoh's daughter”), the alarming increase of the numbers of the Hebrews, led this monarch to take harsher measures with them, “for the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew.”

The pillar of fire, or, Israel in bondage 1859

Thus speaking, the son of Amense rose from the table, and I followed him to the portico which overlooked the gardens.

The pillar of fire, or, Israel in bondage 1859

He bears letters to Amense, the queen of Egypt, commending him to her courtesy.

The pillar of fire, or, Israel in bondage 1859