The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-20

watch towers upon ihe Mgris and EuPsrs1s.
upon the Chaldean empire. which had rs centre
capital. They also looked on the other Cd.
to Egypt. They found the state Of things In thess
countries wholly at variance with the God Of Tuth.
Everywhere the masses were depressed BY the Ar5te
crazy, who were enjoying themselves ct the exPenss
Of the great masses humanity They knew that such
state of things could not remain long, and with sub
lime intuition declared that such state OF aAa'n
must end Thsse teachers Of religion had some n
tercourse with the beings above; let anybody read
about them and they would be convinced of that
truth. Only catch the tone of their argument, and
they would DC convinced that anything written asr
over to Babylon. They looked over 10 Nineveh
which was city OF three days journey. Herodotas
tells us that Babylon was twelve miles in circurn.
ference with walls three hundred and fifty feet high
Some OF the palaces, traces Of which remain to this
day, were said to be half mile in length. In
order to understand its history, you must, az tAs
painter says, restore its monuments. The grandeur
OF its walls three hundred and fifty feet high and
Twelve miles IN circumference, did not deter the
prophets from their work. They knew that ne
spirit who built that city could not preserve it, "They
should perish who had cut of many people" WOE
to them that build city of bloodr- She then wenf
to say that there are no writings more democnie
in their sentiments than those of the prophets At AsG
period They declared that the God Of Israel was the
God of the poor and needy. They declared that -
God of Israel was the God of equal rights. Do those
sentiments contained in the Declaration of InAs-
pendence declare more freely the value OF eqaaa
rights than those declared by the prophets5 Horrible
propheses declared by the prophets which shssA
make us fearful of their coming but they should zee
at the end q beautiful vision rising which would
eclipse all Others in beauty. They should not expect
the prophets to present the visions OF that time
as it was presented at a later period. In
the eighth century, the northern powers had
been subdued. Nineyeh had been destroyed By Q
people who came down from the mountains of he
NORTH ON the east OF the Tgrs of this Kurdish race
there was one Nebuchadnezzar-h it was who car.
ried the children OF Israel into captivity That race
was branch of the IndoGermanc race, from
which they were all descended She then alluded e
the history of Persia Cyrus was alike the fayorito
theme for Greek tradition and Hebrew prophesy
Cyrus was Of their kindred, and the people of tss
nation were the same race as those Of the Anglo
Saxon, AngloNorman and German. Their language
and their writings alike proclaim that they are of
their kindred Several words in Persian are pre-
nounced and have the same meaning, as those IN
English Fada for father. mudder for mother, SOM
ma for son. and dauter for daughter. This strikinx
similarity should show them that they were all des
cended from that nation. They had no religious
rites and it is of their characteristics not to have
any idols They received those luxurious rites and
with it they received the corrupt nature of the &C.
mite On the whole, it will be seen that this
great chapter is one of Semitic character. The
Persians appear in history, and constitute great
character; but of their history they have of them
selves no records whatever Their whole civilization
is so modified that their prevailing characteristic il
poetry. They know nothing of Cyrus, Darius. or
OF Xerxes and his attempt to subjugate Greece and
his great defeat Their only native gift is phiIoso
ply and abstraction and their only thoughts ere
those which now occupy the attention Of our most
learned theOlOgians.