Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1855-10-14
NO. I23.

Iaii'h has been detected aud vet Efs an7eass.f a.
ter all not TO have been extinc.
! Fiaaliy it is possible thar the propb., ,,s.,
= and tiat he vas literally restored "a IN. ,,.
tme OF MS being east By the ish on the isv lara r
Such resurrection soHd flIi IA the s.pps .s,a
gory With that OF Lazarus, and re widows soo AZ
Nam or OF the enid of the Sl.anemite asd ths,
of'the woman of Saepta, with which an seriptpra
: readcrs are familiar. a.
= Aud III be objected that It say.. Thea Ina,
pTaye- unto the Lord his God out.oi the asb's BEL
ly,' writer in Kittos Encyclopedias suggest, the
following reply: r-. y.
@P-rhaps The prayer of J ynair night be uttered
by him, not during his mysterious imprisosnl a.
oai after IT. -Jonuh prayed uRto the Lord BIZ
sod oct i E, when out of Tie G-h', G.fg. CComp-
JOB l2' 2Gi II: IS The hyun seem, 10 have
oeen composed alter hs deliver.nce. aud the reg
soa v ~ bis deiireranee Is uo;ei cit tf. hyma j.
record. d meg be to SHOW the occasion Of lis con-
sition; lhe Lord rad spoken uato iie 6sb. sns il
haa Vonissd Jonah on tie dry laad.
On this tier hypothesis namely, that the 9ropb.
et etexPe'Ieneed dissolution and q ssubseuueu, ressr-
reeti1n, 1t would present the interesting phenous-
non OF The only known d vinely authenticated rev.
eIa2n otthe feelings Of spirit while severed froo.
the body by death. a
1t Is little remarkable that the prophet Dis
tlnetiy speaks of himself crying to the Lord out
Of thv wom0 OF SHEoL SHEOL vas the Hsbres
name ia' the world Of depsr ed spirits. He also
says, "a vent down to tee Buttons Of tie moun-
tains, the earth with her everlasting barriers xss
"Oo0' me- yet hast thou brought up NY lie froA
n L.
q Here the word rendered corruption is a well.
known synonym Of SHEoI. and the expressions are
ali in keeping with the idea Of the aaeents Of 90
ing 70 AID returning from Tat neither world Of
shades. Ifany chooses to understand these sx.
pFcssioas fguFatiy5ly, as Illustrative of the propb-
cts coalition in the dsh's belly. we shall not oh
jeet 7; Is sufficient to notice that they contain in
them nothilg inharmOnious with the idea Of real
descent to and return from tie dead.
VIewei in this light, also, the language Of our
Savior receives still more impressive signifcance
''As Jonah was three days and three nights in the
whales 5ely, 50 shal the Son Of Nan be three days
and three nights in the heart Of the earth"
Our Savi1ts body was three days preserved from,
corruption 10 tie earth, as J0nlas equally dead
had been IN tAe sea. His soul too like Jouahs was
not ieit in Had5s, but Vas raised again aud united
toits body, as David foresaS. David being a
prophet, says Peter, and fores eng The resurrection
of Christ, spake cf The same that His sJu was
not Jeff ia Iaies neither Hs fesh did see corrur-
tion"
What tben, On this hypotaess and it is pure.
y as hypothesis that We indulge in its consider
alton foF a momsut, were the emotions of this
wonderful type Of the coming Rydeemer. duriEz
his brief abode among the dead
al cried he replies, "by reason Of nine aHe-
tioa, unto Jehovah!
sand he heard me;
Out of The womb Of SuEoL cried l,
And thou heardest ny voice
For thou hadst cast ne into tie deep;
In the heart Of the seas
And the foods compassed me about;
All ihy oilows and thy waves passed owe. ne.
Then lisa d 8. am cast o1t Of thy SIGHT;
Yet viii LOOK again toward thy holy temple
The waters compassed ns sbOa; even to the soUl,
The depth closed me roand about,
The weeds were wrapad about nv head.
went dovn to the bottoms Of the mountains:
The e. h vita her everlasting bars WAS abOut
- ne;
Yet hast thou brought up ny life from ruR Pr
0Jehoyah Ry God!
Wien my soul tainted within mel remeu,! er
q Jehovah,
And my prayer came unto tlee-iato thy hoy
temple
shey that observe lying vauiliss i. e., worsl ip
idols
a For axe their own rerc7;
Ba- viii sacrifice unto thee viih the voice Of
-- thanksgiving;
l Will that 1 have vowed
Ssl7atioa Is of the Lo7d -
Whatever theory We may adopt in reference to
tie particalar pointiu question. none can fail to
perceive the subj nifty ard beauty of this PRAYER
or ode, aud the exceeding riehn,s5 Of the whole
event in material Of reflection Particularly in
this The ease, when by faith VIC are dveste Of the
taint Of Of sickly unbe!ief, and subserviency TO
world siucr,dulOus ridicue, and look unqut stion-
ingly up tie transaction as cur Savior did, as
simple ma ter Of fart.
The anaiosies by which the granlest event IN ali
time, our Saviors descent smoHg the dead a.e
here shadowcd forth, are too exubeTsnt and wide
reaching !or US TO attempt TO set them forth.
Tie mind endowed with Imagination aud a "a
eiliiy irr GPprebendrg aualcges ealnot help fash
Ing through trains Of ILLUMINATION swift as light
nn-, ead as vivid, yet almost incapable Of be-
Ing reduced TO writing. 1t is in the power Of sx-
citing these chainlgi things Of the souI and max
ing Z EN- play in m rad lines Of light through the
dar<tess of our rtL-hoEHd sleep, that one chief
glory the Bible consists
OF 'be subsequent career Of tie prophet we via
dizc'urse hereafter. GExY.
BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENTS.
Shortly before the departare Of the lamensed
Hehsr 10 India ne preached sermon With con.
taincd this beautiiu. illustration:
"id'e bears Us on Ike the stream Of a mighty
river Our boat at frs, gldes down the narrow
chaunel-tarough the playful ruFnurag OF the