New-York daily tribune., 1843-03-02


without hand, was, in truth, this same Antiochus
Eeiphanes,I think will be evident to all who pc
the following brief account OF the crletiSs ard
death OF this ;yrant As modern authorities for the
facts mentioned, Iwould name Prdeaux's Counex.
ions, Rollins Ancien, History (book l3, chap. :, }
and the Religious Encyclopedia, article, AHechus
Epiphanes,) because these works ara possessed by
raost readers and easily referred TO. The ancient
authorities are Polybius, Diodorns, JcsePhus, the
two books of The Maccabees, jerome, &c.
NARRATIVE OF rnE cRUELTrEs AsD Death or .S7locHrs
EFIPHANEs.
Anlinclus wko assumed .e tile of Esipi4es or the
ilusrious but Who as many have renarked. was more
which some peopc gave ll succeeded his 5roer selcu
.he throne of Syria, in the year b. C. 75 A, ;ha;
time the good Onias high priest Ssrce-
" Anticchua seated on the ilr e when ihe prtHsae
Jason formed plan suppau lS eroEer Onias IN Tie Or
fee of the high priesthood which az l1a line as oae c:
great dig sy 2ld eDolCtT- Win !is view s0D oteF-
ed Anoctcs about hall million Ol dollars he succeeded
his a,on and appointed high pvtes! but Me-
ne1cs Offering higher price jason Afterwards Gepo-
sed and former appointed It's piace. The scandaiaus
aabilica Of these Jews the cnnen emen OF those ca.
families VIII. which hntioc!us overwhelmed their unhappy
Whit 4 l,icchus vas besiegiHg AeYardra, in Egypt
where ne making rapid ana extensive conqoe'I>, Il
port spread Death jason iIe de posed
high priest. haaght ih idvorsbi opportunity Tcorer
h, sch5rIty marched with rather ihSn 1890
OF The city.
Wien Allochus heard OF this he concluded that-'e~s
had made general iasurcCon, and highly eIasperaiai
al The great oic;ug oi wc he heard among The Jews
al Jerusalem, upon the report OF hs dcah he FASTENED 10
ake vengeance upon their devoted city He Geseged Je-
rualem, cos tie city by Storm, abandoned lGT t days
the u,b dle5 fury n hs soldiers and caased LOB cn
20 be luhuma6y murdered.
Notconlen. with these halhariss h- added sacrsse 10
massacre; forciby entfrei Iao ihe temple and e'en POI
lated by presecce The iniy place he also plan
ered the lemp,c OF t!lr go!en caEoies;cS win seven
ote. utensils, ard g,S OF Kings o OF gold
This horrible and prnznaton 81 lie temple toof
place in the ear y. &. lie
Two years afterwards atiocrs batrd has ambitious
des gn, against Egypt ny he POKER ana hrphe'S OF ihe
enceles sle"s He sent MS general ApoiHiiuS' "iih
% 0GO men, with orders destroy the city OF Jrfu>airni.
and 10 mlssace all tie ard sell The women slaves.
These cruel orders were too faithfully ctecCtr on The
Sabbath day, while the people senled, peaceful v,
ia ther ascgues al the adoli ineA were most cruelty
bulcheed NJ that the streets literally sireGiprd wi blood
setting fire 10 several parts o the CITY, they placed
OF solderS N The holy tempt itself 70
The whole J-~eh nation MS gaTflon tel on all @ho
10 worship Jehovah iii their generated temple and
Sued their blood every part OF thc sanctuary ise
polluted il by all possible methods.
SOP was thus put 10 The 'daily sacceS'' which bad
by the Jews morning and evening in The
,eap,s as The God dared come 20
adore him in that sacred. but ro% polluted place
While in these rrrnfu crcur,an The acher OF he
Slaccabees thus p!anrv~y describes the condition OF the
holy city. II Mac. 8: ij ''Tow Jerusalem lay void as
wilderness there OF her Children iat
ont: The sanctuary also was rod,er dawn. aud aiens
kept the strong hold tie heaten had their habila,on in
that place and JOY taken l;om jacob aa,I tie pPe
Sih The harp ceased"
Ahtochus, after edjc commanding all the
nations subject TO bin, al their ancient reli
ens ceremonies and 10 worship The same gods and IN the
that he did. This decree, though expressed
general terms, aimed principally a. the Jews, whose
religion he had dee mined 10 cSrpa;e In pursuance Of
this elermlRati he suppressed all the oSfrrancee OF the
Jewi. law polluled The temple in such manner that il
longer i'll Tor tie service OF Sod burnt all the copies
up t<e sta OF the god Jupiter upon Tie very
temple Thus the nbominafion of desoiaon
temple Of God and The daily sacrifice .atsn G5cay
rk.sr events place in The yearB c. l3. Now. let
read The words OF this reaTSab Prophecy delivered S25
years before that is the year B g. 515, and ;nk
,ha only be satisfied 10 when lhs description OF The
t,e hor applies but shall perceive in the remarkable iu
tment OF the prophecy, striking proof o the divine In
b But Ibis application is still further confirmed by the in
nalon the death OF th, hi oi fierce connenaEce.
contained the emphatic exoression, tvc7se p " but he
shall be broken without auh' This EXPRESSION seems
hat he should 10 his end witna the n,erven
on Of tie hand cf man. but Icy The immediate ladge.rn
ri God. How we'll does this agree with the AWFUL end
his monster of crue,ty he had 10 ElymaiS in Per-
Sa for the purpas. OF irvyng the tribute imposed Uponlha
narlion O; his ,.0minonS hie Ecialana, hborng
city he heard Of defeat OF his generals Ncanc and IL
mohcus by the brave and ia roc ud's MaccahuS and
resolved TO sat ont immedid ely IrruaieG order
sake nation of the Jews ee The dreadful effects OF his
wrath while this journey :la, he came to mis-
prabe end which described in the following words by
the historian Rollin Who By the way, would always
applies this prophecy TO Antiochus
expeditions venting Rohiag but menaces IN h march, and
brtahrg Only inal ruin anu destruction The news ei
a " hi. f,5y incEeascd Immrdia,ey be Comn,anJed his
a o,e.r 70 drive with ,Le u,mnst speed in order tia; r
nch; sooner have an opportunity Of July saatin his
geace threatening 10 make Jerusalem the turying piace
a he Who'll IT, ss a. an n,rrsd re, ,"t
oressom when he was srucs by the hand OF God. he was
ezed wiki incredible pains in HI; bos'ls a lhe most
~ nv, r.i rs sbs b. 50 is rom it, na ulrng imrf 10
away by tie wild transports Of hls iuy and
breathing nothing but vengeance against the Jews he gave
Sui as hi. runnine forward imPenopy he Il
from his Snd he5eoS 'TGsa ~ @
to p1, hun him n,o liter where he suffered incxpressie
mens wGras c1swied I'd rom n eysry par, o am bis @ sh
became inoleabie TO ali; being hse unable TO bear
lisnglh acknoH lodged hai! vas The bond Of The God