Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-10-08

its Hebrew Specification, means pleasure or de
light The land Of Eden, according to our sacret
author, lay on the banks of large river, which OF
leaving that country was divided into four stream
called Pison, Gihon, Hiddekel and Perathy or Eu
pirates To ascertain the true situation Of Para
disc, we must find out and trace thecomse Of thes'
four noted streams, neef which still retains th'
name it bore IN the time of Noses and is famiiarl
known to both ancient and modern geographers
The first river mentioned by Moses is the Pison
which he informs US ''compasseth the whole lant
of Hayalah." 1t appears, however, from another
passage in his writings, that Havalah is a part O
the country inhabited by the posterity Of Ishmael
"And they dwelt from Havalah unto Shur, that j
before Egypt. " In the first book of Samuel, it Ii
mentioned again thus: ts'Saul smote the Amaia
kites from Havalah until theu comest to Shur tha
is before Egypt As Arabia is the country al
lotted to Ishmael and his descendants, Havalaf
must be situate near the Persian Gulf; for NShur
which is before Egypt, " is the western exteemit!
of Arabia at the bottom of the Red Sea, the fol
lowing passage from the book of Exodus plainly
proves; Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea
and they went out into the wilderness of Shur."
Shur is opposed by the sacred writer to Hava
lah and therefore, the latter must be the eastern
extremity of Arabia or that part Of the country
that borders on the Persian Gulf Moses tells us
that Havalah, which was refreshed by the waters
Of the Pison, was distinguished for its fine gold
bdellium and onyx stones. The same valuable pro
ducts formerly abounded in the eastern extremity
Of Arabia, and both inspired and profane authors
commend the gold Of that country: Diodorus, il
his works. mentions the gold Of this country as be-
ing very fine. See also Ezekiel, xvii: %. An
other distinctive character of this country is it<
possessing the bdellium. The word is vsriously
translated by interpreters and is either an aromatic
gum or pearl, both Of which are to be found il
+ the land of Havalah. According to the highest
authority, the Persian Gulf and particularly thai
part which washes the shores Of Havalah,a pro-
duces finer pearls than any other part Of the world
The last distinguishing mark of Hava1ah is the
onyx-stone. 1t cannot be ascertained with certain
ty what particular stone is here referred to- but il
is expressly stated by both sacred and profane VII
ters, that Arabia abounded in precious stones o.
various kinds Hence, we infer that in the eastern
extremity Of arabia, was situated country called
Havalah, abounding in fine gold, in pearls, in arc
matte gums and in precious stones. Now this
country, Moses informs us, was encompassed by
the river Pison.- On inspecting the maps Of both
ancient and modern geographers, we discover q
stream washing, in its winding course, one side o.
that celebrated region, and also communicating
with three other rivers by one common channel
This gives us all the marks by which the inspired
historian distinguished the Pison, and We conclude
that the western channel Of the Euprates is the
Pison Of the sacred scriptures. '.;. =
The name of the second river is Gihon: t'"The
same is it which compasseth the whole land Of
Cush." As the Gihon cannot be at any great dis
lance from the river Pison, we must look for the
land of Cush near the country of Havalah. We
find country here, watered by the eastern branch
of the Euphrates, which has borne the name o
Cush from the remotest antiquity to the present
time and that the river that washes it must be the
Gihon of Moses.
The name of the third river is Hiddekel Thi!
is generally believed to be the same with the Tigris
The seventy interpreters render the Hebrew wore
Hiddekel, the Tgris, which is only the origina
word in different form. Moses says ''that is il
which goes before Assyria." Assyria, in the day.
of Moses, was the designation Of that single pro
vince only Of which Ninevah was the capital. A
traveller from Egypt or indian, where Moses
wrote, could not enter Assyria without first cross
ing the Tgris, and this corresponds exactly will
the description which the sacred historian gives
the Hiddekel. ....,.....
The last of the four rivers is the Euphrates
This noble stream was Familiarity known to the ma
tions for whom the inspired historian wrote, with
out any mark of distinction. Moses calls this rive
Perath. The Greeks, adjusting it in their usua
manner to their own language, turned it into Eu
pirates.
The sacred text speaks of only one river which
watered the land of Eden, which, after leaving it
boundary, was divided into four streams This ac
count corresponds with the course Of these river
VIC have been tracing. The Euphrates and tht
Tgris unite their waters, and after flowing togeth
er in one channel for some distance separate agair
into two channels, one of which we have shown tt
be the Pison, taking westerly, and the other
which is the Gihon, an easterly direction. From
these data it is easy to ascertain the situation o.
the land of Eden, where the garden Of Paradise
was placed 1t lay on the single channel, common
to all four of these streams for says the historian
"a river went out of Eden to water the garden
and from thence it was parted and became intt
four heads" Within the limits of Eden the rive
flowed in only one channel, but from thence it wa
parted and became four heads
These observations clearly prove that the coun
try of Eden, where the terrestrial Paradise was sit
uated, lay on single river formed by the unitec
streams of the Tigris and Euphrates, and it neces
sariy follows that the garden, fitted for the abode
of our first parents, lay on the same stream for
is expressly affirmed that river went out of Eder
and watered the garden. -..-
The primitive idea of the terrestrial Paradise wal
long present to the imagination of the oriental ma
tions. Itfurnished the enraptured poets of Greece
and Rome with the never-tading verdure, the
perpetual bloom and the fruits of FURNISHED gold
with which their glowing imaginations clothed the
Fortunate Isles, or enriched the garden Of Hes
perides. ***
WONDERFUL FEAT OF A DoG.-A few night:
ago, Mr.. Williams, who resides west of Spring
field, let neighbor, Mr. Petit, have the use o.
his dog to assist and protect him from the chicken
thieves. On the same night burglar entered the
stable of Mr.. Williams and stole therefrom ayoung
bay mare, and was riding along the road past Pet
tit shouse when the dog commenced barking and
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