The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-01-16

Il woald." says Stephens. that he
skeptic could stand. Is did, among the
ruins Of this city. among The rOcks, and
open the sacred books. and read he words
Of the inspired penlnan written when this
des0laie place was one Of the greatest ci-
Ties III ihe word. see tie sroiFeI arrest
cd. his cheek pale, his lip quiVering, and
his heart qaaking with fear. as the ruined
city cries our 10 him in voice lid and
powerful, as that Of one risen from The
dead. Though lie would not believe Mo-
ses and the prophets, he believes The hand
writing Of God himself. in The iesoiaiicn
and eternal min around him."
Such is brief description or one of The
most modern developments Of the fulfill
ment " prophecy. There is thus opened
70 rs in these later ages Of the world, i
new leaf Of demonsiraiiyc evidence Of The
truth 81 revealed religion. lie, who csus-
cd the history OF Egypt TO be engraved in
inefaeeatle letters on The mausoleums OF
The Pharaohs, where every eye conld see
and no eye read, where Interpolation and
forgery were physically impossible, and
who has preserved them there, in their
awful silence, for four thousand years, and
who has now opened them 10 The pernsal
Of The present generation, thus confirming
beyond the possibility Of doabi the ar,hen.
ITCHY and veracily Of the ancient scrip
lures, he guided the artisans in their labol
Of ages, in hewing out these iAperishablt
chambers Of Pelra, and decorating then
with carvings and stailiary and every Va
rieiy Of architectural ornament, the iETefut
able evidence through all time Of the op
pulcncc and the power Of those who one,
inhabited these dwellings. And then hc
surrounded these massive works with The
solitude and silence Of the desert. And
then he rolled centuries over them in ut
Ter desolation. And now he has brough
them out 10 the view Of the astonishet
world, and We find, in the Bible, thei
history and their state so infinitely recor
ded, as 10 afford new and miraculous evi
dence OF die truth Of Gods word. Iii.
thus that God has carefully srewed The
evidences Of revealed religion along the
path Of time. II is thus, as Newton has
beautifully expressed 1T, that Z prophecy
is growing evidence" All along III,
rssat, eS,Aashp Yf6pihe,Gs fly Baath Il ntgkd
ding abroad the light Of their resistles
evidence. -------------- -
There is one very solemn reflection
which this subject introduces to the mind
Let your thoughts run back through Tho
long lapse Of centuries 10 the period wher
the metropolis of Edom was in its glory
and its power. Think of the pleasure
parties who strolled upon those cliffs il
the evening moonlight; who tred thos'
floors in the giddy dance, and who mad
those f:etied arches resound with thei
songs and their glees. Young men wer
there. enterprising, full Of hope, re
joicing in prospective pleasure, opnlenc
and fame. There was youth and beau
tvs unfaded cheek, glowing with the eS
! element Of the evening song. with th
! heart.fell laugh, and with all those secret
Of the youthful hearts affections Of love
| envy, jealousy, hope and fear. Their
was fashion elated with her new attire {
! eastern Jewels and purple dye. Their
was the equipagc of titled nobility and hi
reditary wealth; young spendthrifts sqaaI
dering their fathers fortunes, and the da
w collisions of aristocratic pride, wit
prosperity and ambition emerging frol
| obscurity. There were merchants amas:
1 ing wealth, and depositing their thousand
! in costly dwellings and furniture. and i
! ministering to the ambitious desires {
sons and daughters. And there were otI
er merchants pale and careworn, sleepies
and appetiteless, in apprehension Of =:
approaching pay day mprovided TO
| There were thousands exulting in III
| bright May day Of hope, and other thol
| sands with aching heads and aching heart
| dropping in the sere' ard autGmnal leaf
1 sorrow.
Idumea's far famed capital containe
] lust such hearts, each one q busy wcrl
/ in itself, as are now congregated on Oh
j Placements, and throbhing in the hops
4 and fears, with the joys and griefs, While
i gather around our fireside.
But where now are Edom's youth ar
/ beauty! Where her sanguine young me-
her youthful merchants, her young. mech
i nics, her mobiles, her rulers, her shoutin
: ioking. drinking, carousing populace! Al
eEal! are gone. The last funeral processio
i bias disappeared, The very tomhs tin
i bias emptied. Not even a skull bone, Wi
. byeless sockets, can be found, TO tell tn
! here was once a sparkling eye. and
/ kmoothe cheek, and laughing lip. n
i Even handful of dust can be gathered
= those dreary sepulchres, to tell that he
WAS once a schcming, exulting, weepil
;. han. The winds Of twenty centagi
y have, swept Petra's deserted streets al
J. Empty sepulrhres.. And the countle
Is thousands, who there once toiled and 10
Is fd, and hated and died, have gone to TIKI
SC fccount.
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