Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-06

as of the highest moral worth, calling hin
his friend, his familiar friend. Beside.
this, he tells Pharaoh, sfor this purpose
have raised thee up, that my name should
be declared throughout all the EARTH
The attention, then, of all the world was
thus directed to this march of Moses, begun
in miracle, continued in miracles, and
ending in miracle-enough Of itself to
concentrate the attention Of all the world, as
was declared by God to be his purpose in
raising up Pharaoh. Would God endorse
a falsifier, liar? But which was mis-
taken, God or Moses, in calling it the Red
| Sea? There was water before them, and
high mountains ON the right and left, and
Pharaoh's army just behind them in the
gorge between these two mountains. Now
look at the directions given by God to
Moses as to what he should do to escape
the impending fate; which Moses did do,
and, with his two million and six hundred
thousand, with all their hocks and herds,
passed through the Red Sea, as by dry land;
and which the Egyptians essaying to do
were drowned. Besides this testimony of
God to the credibility Of Moses, we have
the witness, not only of the surviving
Egyptians, but Of all the world besides, that
this passage through the Red Sea was then
made by Moses aid these two million and
six hundred t"ousind followers. Ali the
world believed il Then, and not one of the
two million and six hundred thousand
men, women and children that were with
him then had he slightest doubt that it
was the Red Sea through which they
then passed as by dry land-that the
waters stood in hesps on either
hand, W lie cloud covered them
o1eI, and they were all baptized
into Moses, in the cloud and in the sea.
All of that immense company knew this to
be true, and that their deliverance was
from Gods high hand and his ouIstretched
Almighty arm. But not only was Moses
thus endorsed there, but every Jewish
Prophet from that time 10 the close of the
prophetic age, equally endorsed his credi-
bility, and also the truth of all he wrote.
Were all these falsifiers and endorsers of
an imposter? Did the whole Jewish ma
ton live for fifteen hundred years under
the laws of an imposter, and such a gross
liar when he said he brought his people
through the Red Sea, when in fact he cross
ed no sea at all, if this learned convention
at London speak the truth?
But the endorsement of Moses does not
stop here. The Saviour Of the world, the
Son of God, also equally endorses his cIedi-
bility and his truth. So do all of his
Eyangelists and Apostles; and one especial
ly endorses the truth of Moses in the very
which is the special subject Of !
this controversy. He says: "By faith |
Moses forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath |
Of the king. By faith the children of Israel |
passed through the Red Sea as by dry land; /
which the Egyptians esSayiDg to do were /
lrowned."
Let US run a parallelism: The popula-
ion of Tennessee is now about one-half |
he number that Moses had with him.
Now, suppose President Grant were to order
hem through his Attorney General Will
Jams, TO leave the State with all their
nerds and fiocls and TO meet at Nashville
IN the east bank Of the Cumberland river,
IS the point from which to start from, with
he river at food tide and the bridges gone;
md suppose President Grant were then 20
pen the river as Moses did the Red sea,
md the whole population of Tennessee
houldpass through as by dry land; would
hey not know that il was the Cum
'erland river that they did pass through
Try shod? Would any question the fact
we're it done? And would not all proclaim
t an imposition if false? As well might
my person attempt now TO prove that the
Declaration of Independence, giving free
om to three millions Of people, was not
made in Philadelphia nor on the Fourth day
f July, 1776.
This is not all. The gentlemen of this
earned convention In London, in their
taste TO crush Moses, committed some very
rave blunders. For example, they tell US
u their new map that the learned Egyp-
ian and themselves were aided in the con-
tructiOn Of the map by monumental in
criptions in the Egyptian and Greek Ian
uages, contempOraneous with the exodus
{ the Hebrews from Egypt. Now it so
appens that, at the time Moses left Egypt,
here was not nation Of Greeks on earth ;
IOr did Greek nationality exist, nor its
language, until three hundred years after.
What is now known as Greece and general
7 supposed to be settled by the sons of
apheth (but which is a mistake), was
rst settled by Cecrops, a son of Ham,
'riest Of Osiris Of the city Of Sais, the
rst that was laid out by Mizraim after the
God, and situated between the CannOpic
nd the Sebbennytican mouths of the Nile.
The site is knOwn-its ruins can be seen.
jec ops settled what is now known as
freeze 1856 B. G. The country and city
e called CecrOpia. To it he transferred
II the arts and sciences Of Egypt, and
e and his successors governed the country,
or three hundred and twenty-one years.
The name of the city was then changed to
Athena (nOw Athens), and the country !
Tas called Attica. About one hundred and |
hiTty years after the confederation Of num-
er of these smaller States, it assumed the
anne of Greece. 1t is plain fiOm this sim
lie statement that such thing as Greek
alton or a Greek language did not exist
Or more than three hundred years after the !
xodus of the Hebrews from Egypt; there
Drc, all Greek inscriptions are of no value
n this question.
The Greeks never obtained foothold in
Egypt until Alexander the Great conquered
!, nearly twelve hundred years after Moses
ad left Egypt. There is no Greek inserip-
ion to be found in all Egypt that ante
ates the conquest of Alexander the Great. |
lie died three hundred and thirty-twO years
!. G. These inscriptions, then, can in no
ray sustain the topography of the country |
then Moses left it. Were they not manu-
sctured to suit certain ideas inimical to
God morals, and against God, and mans ,
est happiness-faith, answering faith,
q Gods word?
This learned Egyptian asserts further,
nat the town ZOan and the town RameSes.
thence the Hebrews started, are one and
he same town. This cannot be true, as
ny one can see by reading the Bible &C
cunt of Jacobs entrance into Egypt and
is occupancy of the land of Goshen, a
)ng distance from PharaOh's capital city,
lille its nearest border could be only lew
lilies distant from the Red Sea itself.
Moses was moving with two million six
undred thousand men, women and chill
rem, household stuff, which they carried
u their backs, and all their fOcks and herds,
nd could not travel more than four miles
er day. This statement throws the near
roximity of Rameses, the starting point
f the Jews, to the Red Sea, which sea
very grown Jew must have known when