The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-05-17

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stanley suggests, it stands out Of the
history Of those wars and conquests
with a iruthlulness to human nature
aud q holiness Of religious sentiment
that more than Yindicates Us place in
the Sacred Canon The prophets ad'
venture with the sea monster the BIZ
bic does not say it was a " whale has
often put credcnce 10 the test. loo
seyrrAI things are TO be noted liefe.
40 Tfbe narratiye has every u ap.
pearance Of being strictly accurate
statement Of facts, precisely as they oc-
CURED. The entire book has the APP
pearance Of being distinctly factual,
not al an mythical ca We know
there lid formerly exist enormous mon
stcrs ofthe sea, which were big enough
to swallow man; and we do not
know that il would have been naturally
impossible for a mans life to be pre-.
served for considerable number Of
hours. $50 If il was an instance of
preservation OF life, provid-
ed there was suitable moral reason
for it, such a miracle would be in no
respect more Incredible than any other
Kind Of miracle. And (4) our Savior
refers to Il as If ii was literal occur
renee, well known to have taken place
as recorded, 1t really 10, therefore, un-
10 stumble, as some do, over
this difficulty in the narrative II was
iust such an experience as the Prophet
needed, just then, in order to perfect
his character, aud prepare him for the
mission before him. God
often FIRST casts into the deep waters"
Of humiliation aud ailliction those
whom he calls to peculiar services. 1t
was no slight affair for this home-bred
Israeite to venture, even at Gods
command, upon such mission-to go
preach the living God to an idolatrous
aud wicked city, the metropolis Of the
foremost kingdom then existing, and
call them to repentance. No man is
great enough, strong enough, intense
enough, to do such work, who has
not first himself been tested to the core
and developed to the full stature Of his
manhood by his own unique expe-
fiences,
NlNLvEH; Ii was one of the oldest
Of the worlds great cities the capital
OF Assyria, on the banks Of the river
Tigris. II is mentioned in Gen. IL,
aud was frst built by Nimrod. A city
Of immense size and wealth. Said to
have been so,ne fiity.Gve miles in cir
cumiereuee. But cities were not built
20 compaetly then, as now, but some
times SPREAD out over a wide extent Of
land, including numerous gardens and
other cultivated fields. The population
Of Nineyah at that time is estimated at
about two millions. The surprising
discoveries Of Layard aud others, few
years ago, show that it must have been
a city Of wonderful splendor. 1t is not
strange that Jonah, as the ambassador
Of God, dreaded TO proclaim in such a
city the divine warning.
JoxH's PREAcHNa 1t was TO be
not bis own message, but the Lords
message Arise 80 unto Nineveh,
that great city, and preach unto it the
preaching that bid thee,p That's one
of the grand secrets Of effective preach
ing speaking as Gods messenger, aud
delivering bis word He who does this
speaks with authority"
War - PmAcHED A cry % warn
Ing. a limited probation-"Yet forty
days ADD Nineveh shalt be overthrown.
he mus, have spoken as il 10 believed.
Ii was street preaching 1t was, 10 the
best sense q the word, sensational
preaching twas not 4pretty" preach.
log, il was not a "beautiful" sermon
be had % deliver Not only bis words
bat his manner. was truthful. Noae
doubted that be meant what he said,
AID The people were compelled 70 feel
that what lie said must be as be said il.
As he went on from square to square.
from street 10 street. IRON market place
q market place. from enc temple court
h. another, bis owa startling word 81
alarm. and thrilling Summons to repent
pierced the heart Of The thr0uging.
sarging maititados. woke into strange
vitality. slumbering conscieaces, was
caught ap aud reported far aba vide
repeated again and agaia. kidding )
eosslagtaGas u spiritual an1isty that
swept oFer The city from street 10
palace, ifom tAe popuiaee 10 The king
nRon bis thrrea