The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1840-08-01

SIDED IN Pekn thcif capltal, Whlch mas
been closed as barria.' even to the power
ful enterprises of co.:mercc. We must
then look for them IN North or South
America. In North america, the eastern
and northern parts ars as well known as
any spot in Europe, comprising Upper
and Lower Canada, the United States,
Louisiana, Mexico, &c. The north
western part aboum, in woods. lakes of
immense magnitude: l!I.ers like seas, and
terrific waterfalls; !: re and there, scat
tered thnly over lars. tracts, arc differ
cnt krals CT tribes { Indians, who at
times have almost tr. ::ien every nook and
glade in their solitary eamblcs and excur-
sions without meeting even a probability
of discovering this inI nense nation Of the
Jews. South Am:rca is equally well
known as the North, and is now the seat
of several states and Kingdoms, both on
its boundaries and ir. IS interior.
Africa, therefore, presents the only
remaining likely plac": and the advocates
for the existence Of I. &c Ten Tribes very
confidently maintain tIat they are enclosed
in the interior of tha: unexplored country.
Africa is inhabited in Ehe northern part by
the pratical and Mo!ammcdan states OF
Morocco, Algiers, T'tnis, Fee, and Tn-
poll, Barca, and Caio. On the eastern
side, Egypt, SEMINAR, Alan. Zanguebar,
Mozambique. On the south, Cape of Good
Hope. Cahraria, and the Hottentots; and
on tho west, Bcnyu2la, Angola, Congo
and Loango, Benin. -hshante, the Gold,
Ivory, and Grain :'-oast, and Azanga.
There arc two places IN the interior which
holds forth the shado,.' of probability of
their existence, which IS Zaara, the Great
Desert, and an un;> >;,lorcd part in the
southwest: With rcEpcct to Zaara, I'M
mcnsc caravans of pi,. rims and merchants,
those that have beer influenced by the
prime pics Of religion and commerce, the
most powerful tccli:gs in man, have at
dnaren thine straversad those vast deserts,
guided with these !oc advantages which,
L; natives. they mus; possess. and with
those valuable auxilIai cSthc camel and the
dromedary. They Lave here and there
met with an oasis. O.. fertile spo:; but IN
all their devious W. dcrlngs and pligr-
,"orn-, net ~. !c,.-s a. '2:-'rs" 81 'ae
lost Isracl;tcs have ever been discovered.
The other unexplorcd part mentioned
above is alike unfliendly to existence and
pilgrimage, and VIC might as well suppose
they were concealed in the depth of the
ocean, or at the north and south poles, as
in those inhospitablc and dcsoIatc regions;
for the same cxcrtioh IF miraculous power
to support them would be as necessary III
the one case as in the other; and although
no doubt can be entertained Of the power
of the Almighty to sustain so vast null
titude any where, yet we know God never
works miracle when the ordinary opera
ton of nature will suffice. But there IS
no necessity for miracle. The twelve
tribes of the children Of Israel arc visible.
and arc constantly met with in our daily
walks, and | believe are spread over
France, Holland, Germany, Poland, &c,
aud that they arc the remnants and actual
descendants of the twelve tribes, think
Scripture renders sufficiently clear. At
the birth Of our Saviour, we read of one
Anna, a prophecies of the tribe of Aser;
Paul, the apostle. was of the tribe OF
Benjamin; Zacharias and his wife were of
Levi; Joseph and the Virgin Mary were
of the tribe of Judah; and in the apostle
Paurs eloquent address to Agrippa, there
is this remarkable passage, Acts XVI: 7:
"Unto which promise our t,celDe tribes,
instantly serving God day and night, hope
to come" Surely there can be no doubt,
therefore, but that some of each of the
Ten Tribes avaicd themselves of the
permission of Cyrus, and returned to the
land of their lorefathors. Again, there
is an evident distinction in the forms used
by the sacred historian relative to the Ten
Tribes of Israel and the children of Judah.
The former is designated " outcasts," the
latter "dispcrscd" Outcast, or cast out,
the same term occurs in the Apocalypse,
when Satan and his angels are cast out,
that is, never more to be recognised in that
character The prophet Ezekiel foretells
the distinction of the Ten Tribes of Israel
l,,J I,IJ,l, cbo,,ld ha abolished and tor