, 1874-10-15
BAYAseD TAYLOR AT HOMIE.
V1tc Ncsr Lecture, tAnclnnt Egypt., :,
ht"nef Square, r.. toet. y, Correspondence of III

Ahc Ncsr Lecture, "Anclnnt f3gyrt,,,
hf""ea Square, e.: to,i; y corrfpo's"ee of Mt
On Saturday 1n1,gp'f norninn H. Lti5 i;av,r ,x,or =,
tho request Of hIa oil friends n,.l neighbora,,
Eavo hia new lecture, " "Anocnt Eyynt," in tic
hotr3onEal.haH Mt kepnott sqnare Ohtvtor County.
Mr' Iaylor ayconttod Tho platform ut 7:3o, aud,
snno' ,osaa ',ta lcoturo by III sllnuion 10 Won
dell Phitltps' lecture Oh tho 'Lost Artg,"
which, ho ssId. contained 4 mural for
10 HmarG9,T Ya,,ntnev e9d ,a,,, oaeTn rq9plo, Tho
tecnth 9. cs.lt'iry ~ no far in stlyauco Of
nil former agca. Mr.. Taylor spoko Of tlo monr.
nnonts. columns, and temples Of ancient Egypt.
wofis fIas moro stnpontonu aud enduring than lily
pcculiar unlike That OF any olllor, bu,ndct ],y
scas and dcborty. Tho anciont history pr Egynt
compasHcs thirty-thtoe dynnstics mud from ito
Third down wo havo records found Oh t,blots In
.hopnlchros 9ns! temploa. Erau ware recorded
n, marked m era and also tic roigu Of cac'I King.
With the beginning Of now dynasty bpgan n
new reckoning of tImo. Tho addition of all
haoI noIo sy gyea US tho nso Of p o estonas
tho Pyramids wero once Thought to bo Of tho
which states TINT tho ling who hnit
tl;o Pyranids also repaired tho Sphinx,
t!,un thn former. Tile oxtro,noly mild
temperature OF Egypt, and tlas cntiro nhacnco of
moiaturn Of any kind,nyo rcaBunB why tho mon b.
mcnta' 'm@nmn.scs, @ md papyris remain 80 we'll pre-
opened. tho footprints IL, tho dart, mado BY tso
feet Of thosc who deposited tho papyrna In ko
earconhasur wero an logtL!o al THOSE niatlo or 3v
few hours before; Tho faint outlines O. hasi-
finished pictures in theso temples remain IA
clear aud distinct as though tho workmcn hud
loft it yesterday aud might return any 1uotnn, r.
These wonderful worka loft uy provo tue Eg, H.
t!"i,K TO hn;o boon rooplo Of roinon1ont, Ifyr
min 7tF1ft1n fU tt1t5 IL
completed by 4 people ,lnlcss tloy possessed n
high civilization aud c,tlturo. To tho earncst n }.
henrchos OF Champoloon and Mo,1ette. Frer oh
acholatN: no ero indebted for our knowledge .of
ancient an Egypt. The formor Of those savo .us
tho first translation OF the Hioro9lyplfcs, and
furnished tho key bY which later scholars lu.,p
boen enabled to mako further discoveries.
Ohempoleon having read tho Crock inacript i,,u
On tho :. noaacttn Btono setting FORTH q do
croo Of tho priests that divine honorB phc r!d
hereafter be paid ptolomy, anl tho inscrip: ;i,,n
being n'ao in Hieroglyptic, he, by car nul
comparison. Nns nbn to discover a number of
Tho letters. Other tablets furnislcd sIi t;ht
tlncea 81 tho Language, and by deep aud earl .st
cosorod OVER .50st Egyptian worda. 4 Corr a1l
aayan made important discoveries, but It ro-
1nalned for Marietta to take up tho work Of his
cenuntryman and carry it nobly on. By II, N.ir-
lost language, and to-day wo aro rea f;ng
tho inscriptions and papgruH which toll uu tho
clent Memphis and. says D1r. Taylor, " nix
cd tho atrcots Of the long-buricd city, ne sing
palace ttops. pnvemcnts, and te1npes,- -.tho
limestone gliatcning in tAo sim rs though IL Asiy
built. III these ancient writings arc found rec
oraB confirming tho Bible accounts Of Ii ses
an1 Joseph. md thcir Hebrew brethren; and.
say9 AIr. Taylor. tho Hcbrcwa obtaiued tdieir
stylo of wgitiug from their Egyptian mas ara.
II proof Of this ho gives paeaaEea talon ii ON
Egyptian inscriptions, wilcl, read mitch like, tho
ranlms, while 1nauy quotations wo hoar n orr
day. III - mn that Ia.n," etc.. arc fouu. i on
tleao stones. much older than Mosos. The
gpcasor touched upon tho rogion Of tho
Egyptiaus anl upon lilo cnuaca Of tho dow sfall
OF tho nation, all Of which vas very intere, ing,