Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-26
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ty OF the B bic may be drawn from the prophs'
c:s whcl i. coutslns The eviderce CT prophe'
CT is sscn 10 tie f4cs that events have beeo
predicted eh:cl are not within human fore
sight; ard lat tbeir lccou pIshment has been
broustt 6bcu. ic wey surpassios human pow
or and coo,rivsuo.; md than tie goodness Of
the d,:isn and intlicacy Of is conception ARD
uf.lmen', complete tbs proof that the whole
IS tfGod, Who Wcrketh ell tbiugs after The
ooun,eI of His own Hil"-Epb. l., IL.
Fer Example, when Niocvah, built by AS
shur, SIC Of Shrm. brlUro The dcath OF his
& indiatheT, No.h, was ercit city, declared
TO be SKY miles rcurd, eocompassed by walls
enc HUNDRED feet high, aud so broad that three
chsri1ts could be driven abreast Oh them, baV
ing 500 toatTs 200 feet high placed at loter
sa's Oh he walls. ssyiog In htr heart, II am.
spl there is noue besides me, III !ph. II, 10
-cveu durirp that time did Nahum, and, oue
hundred years after him pbsniah forctclI
the overt brow Of this mighty city; aod Dlodorus
SoaIul, heather, and utterly IL noraht CT apy
pr.di,:9o upon tue sutjset, gave 80 atcouct Of
The destruction, cortirmlog oil that tho pronhets
had said. SEQ Nahum l., S ard 10, and Il 'ph.
| H.. Is ADD -.
Oh Baby'ou. cider perhaps than Nin.vah-
Gen. &. l0-"tte glory Of ogdoms;' Isa.
xiii. 10, the golden city" 1ss iv., 4. 'abun-
| datt 10 Ireasurcrs;" Jer. XIV, Is. 'tbe praise
Of the wLoic earth" Jer. .i., Al. the metIopo-
lis of the would alter tho destruction Of Nluc-
yah, OF Baby lon. which, according TO history.
lad o1e hundred gates of brass. ADD walls 80
feet high, und thick enough for sx chariots to
90 side by DC 90 he top Of them. the prophets
tOreloid The GestruclioE, specifying the various
particulars already referred tc, uaDely. the pattlc
plar nations who should take It, lisa. XII. >; Jrr
H., II; the commanders name, Isa xiv, IS
cod zlv.. ]; the time. Jer. XXX, II and -; the
ndnner-that il should be taken by surprise
a1u by tie drying up Of tho river, La. xiv, 2l
Jer l., 81 and 49, aud Ii Sc and SO; its utter
destruction lsa. xiii, 10 and XIV, - and %;
Jer l., H. %. 80 and 4O.
How improbable did tho fulf'mcnt of those
prophet, seem at tho time they were deliver
I'd. Isaih prophc.isd onc Luldred years b.,
fore Jsrrnilb, End when The Persars we're
scarcely krU9n us o uatior; Jrrsmiah prophc-
sled les than six!y years before BlbyIon was
taken, ADD OF The lime when Nebuchadot2zar,
its King apd mighty corqueror, had vtrS
greatly colargcd it-Dau. iv., &c. The blstorl
us ac,0urt c. filming these predictions Is given
nv two hcnthen historians, Herodotus aud
Nsnopbon. who lived aud wrote several huo-
ured years alter Isaiah, aod who, it Is pre-
sumed. knew nothicg of the prophecies he bad
made.
The coupletc fuflment Of these prophecies
was gradually accomplished through period
of several HUNDRED yesrs. After BabylGn's
first humiliation by the destruction of her idol
temple and her capture by Cyrus efforts wero
made, from time TO lime to restore her 10 Ter
former glaodeur, but, slguElS, without success.
Alexander, the most su.ce<sful. p:rhaps, sud
,he NEST powerful price that ever rtlgCcd, the
most Ubsilraic with regard TO Carrying 90 bis
pr, jecs, q pliucc, GoGo I'll whose enterprises
had ever miscarricd, attempted it, bu! failed;
failed 10 this enterprise alone Of all the gigantic
ones he had undertaken, though it did pot
seem as difficult as the others, but IS remark
ed by another writer, Heaven and earth would
have sooner pissed away than AleXaLder's
otherwise declared 10 prophecy: L will sweep
it vi b the b,s:m of desIuc,iou," saith the
Lord of Hcsts-lsa. xiv, 90. We are the
Witnesses 10 tho truth CT these declarations.
| Such is The present state Of both Nlnevsh ard
Bab5 loo, that their exact situation cannot b.
ascertaiced. Their very ruins have beeu
ruined" as remark by another writer. A
heathcn writer L1clso, who lived in the stc)od
century, has these remaikabl words: BABY
len Will soon be sought fer and not f,uod, IS IS
already the ol55 with NlocVah."
Tyre is now as 1t is dssoli5cd by Ez,. XVI,
4 sid 5; though at tic TING he wrote, it Was 10
tn. lr attest conm ,rci 81 graz cur-Ez *. xvi;
Isa. xxrii., 3 aud s. Tyre, which as early Is
the DAYS OF JOSHUA is meriJhcd as q stroug
cily-Jcsh. x, 2J-Uhcsc antiquity is dc
snih,d by Isaiah IS "of ancient Gsys,' the
er)Ihitg city" whose merchants are princes"
| "wh; SC fratick rs sre tho honorable of The
rarlL"-I;a. Xxni., aud Sis now hovel Tor
f5h' rner. Her pride sealed her doom and
called forth the voice IF prophecy 10 proclaim
| it. Does It not become the people of this land
| OF GUS 10 pause and consider wheth-
| er We, too, may not oom, uader too
same prophetic ndemuatioo-1saiah xXlii.,
10. We boast of our civil and religious priv
| e1es aud liberties, but let us take care lest we
ruo ihsse privileges AID liberties into icentlous'
ness. Righteousness txalteih na,iou, but sin
| is reprOach to any people, and will, sooner
or later, meet with Gods dis pleasure and pun
isbmert.
como DOW to Egypt, ouce the greatest and
most fertile, but now "the bascst of kiogdoms, -
Elk. 90. Ais. It has not had. for more
than 2,UU0 years native Egyptian PRICE to
govern it, Eek. 30, Is. II has been success
sively corquered and oppressed by the Babylo To-
mans, the Pcrsiaus, the Macedouisns, the Ro
mans, the Saracens and the Mamalukes. What
history of sin scd its coDst quercs Yet
men and Dalions, wlfully and wckedIy pass Cd
and arc punished. Examine ard SEQ whether
| these things be so. "Bs no more carried about
With every who'd of doctrine, by sleisht Of men
and cunning orafioess," Epb. 4. IA. PHI.
All babies arc dimiouIive CT,aIs, since they
come they see, they Conquer, sometimes by
their gentle stiffness. but oiteoor by coutinuous
uproarious crying Induced by Coiio. Teetbipg.
FiatueDce, etc. Dr. Bulls Baby Syrup by is
gcO,le yet specific Influence qucts the little
ones without ever producing the least luxurious
effect. Pric, CSC bottle.
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take L,rcque's Anil Bilious Bltters. They are
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