Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-08-16
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Tne Extent of PrODhecy.

Jews. and tic ex;irpatioa of The Edomites,
form but smaI par. Of Tie prophecies con-
taiccd 10 this wonderful book. the Bible. The
prophecies of the Bible form sketch. BY an
ticpatiou, CT the history of tie Surld Lot of
its politics as such. but Of liz history as con.
nccted with the progress Of religion. The
prophet Muses. IOreloid The rise tf the Roman
empire SJ0 years before lts existence. The
Lord shall bilog u2;!oG against thee from far,
| a nation whose tongue Ter language thou sbas
not uodersaOd AID he shall eaG the fruit Of
thy cattle, and ,he irult Of Thy laod, uutl thou
| be Destroyed Whlch also shall not leave thee
corp, wine CT OIL, Or the Increase Of thy kind,
or hocks OF sheep, unti liz h4v. destroyed
| thee ard lie sh. De5icge thee III ali Thy gates,
| until thy nigh aud tcGcrd walls c,me down.
wheEcia thou tIIStcst, throughout sill Thy
lard aEd th0C SHat eat CT the ltuIt OF thine
! oTn betty, the Il sh OF thy sons aoG of thy
| daughters. which the Lord Thy God hath given
thee IN the siege, It'd IN the sirBitucss where.
with lhlne eneulrs stall distress thee" See
| Deut IS: ~ 70 the eGl Il he ohsplcr. H.
,orv tells Us lba1 the iO!egoCg was literally
fulfilled dunug the last siege ct jerusalem ty
| Ilus, the Eouan Gene,ul. Tue cl.cum,tsucea
uodcr which these III ng5 wee iorctoid are r.,
msEkapie. lie Jews re srtroGnded oy many
os''ObF: whose iauGusEyS tir! understood. who
We're "fteo attempi!nS Their deouu:'l III, aui Of
Wnom II was !3f%;oih that thcy should be the
| instruments lor mar ccrrIailon tut ter their
| GOAL ul-prlsi9n aud pual l0CGt, II Was pre-.
! olctec that f:siHn shall cJue from afar whose
language they uId cot uoder,t,uG. Human
foresight could lot have r:u, boxed into tbs
dls'aDl future. Moss Was u1oer 30 temptation
/ N M y ,rf, M 10 =
would fqarrc .reh ~ Improbable cJmbi1s,lon
cf crcur.s' .rcss Tor u ,au-t have beeu most
offensive 10 these 10 "hcm /! wss addressed,
ard was. therefore, ur9n meIely human prio
cptcS. cAeui.icd ~ lesley thG authority OF
BIN Wt5 pubh-he; II.
Tie pr, rne iyr.,u.d ttG uvIrtUrow o! Ito
IeIssan cmp,ic IL hicyluicr, 4: the moment
it was rising iu'0 i,Dr SpGukigg of tin ss
the frs! kiug If GTa,e,a; particularly uut,cur
the rapituy e nis c1,uI. s,a, aud c,npsriuy
him to the Iauihlr u, i.vps;d, which |, r..
mp,k.h;e G,f the lup.,no,iiy With wa,oh il
sslz 3 ia prev aud W. know that ir The shori
suace Of twelve eears Aels,nLyr ,yteudsd bj1
90, o1ssrs 70 thu yry ra,ks # thu G,nprs
ruvy icrsloli hc iuurioi division ,f his en-
pirc. and n,r,ic.a,iy the wars and inrsroal
comuoiiops Of Eevot and Svi. from his
desrn 20 the I'm, OF An,l,chus Eninhanps
"And The rough ro.t j, t.v k,ug Of Grecis'
aud the great horn III. Il is h4lwr.u his ewes, i,
The first lirr," Dan, :: II, &c. "B hold.
,tere snail saad W. vet I;,t,a kings 10 persj,
aud lbs i,uc,i MIG shsi be fer rioher thar
they all uud hy bis srensth, through his
riches, he si.ai! SIR up IL apeius: the realm Ct
Gr cia" D.n, ll:2 a.: "Aitcr thi. bo
nell, and l., another, ike in,rsrd, which
had upou the b.ck cl i, TOM w;pss al a fowl
the bees: had s,o riu: heads, aud tominiup
| sas pIy.u TO IT," Dan, 1:6 &c
| The uoahris :yr,ioIf the r.y.rrs Of ,hn S,r
acaDs crm,n. from the South. and of ina Turk,
from the North, entering mia tbs m,st "a.
! mark ab!e details rrsD, c;ios tho ua,uTe and ex-
| tent of their c,rQus.:s. sycciying what oDuo,
| tlies Cui ESCAPE. and What should fnIi MIDDAY
| their y WY. And 4; the limo { rhe end sh.lI
the kluy o. The South bush SC h,m ;. ard thn
king Of the N,rt; Shall I unr ar,,nsf HIN Lko
| whirlgiLd with charlots. and with hor.cmen
| and with ,n.Dy ships ami he shuI, cnt,.r i,,o
the ccuuttj.a, and Shall ovc,fl ,w nnd n.ss
over" Dan. ii. 40 g..
Besides tho ci;i,s and c,nnt,;es airr,dv ma,,
| toned ;ha rr,cLri, accnr,.lv dps,rih.d a,o,
tho subs,oucnt history Of Ammnn Mnah
| P.istia mud Lebanon, Ey \ o5.o Z : 10.
| Ez 81 90: jar 49.o.Z nh 90 J,r
4S: Ez K. %: jar Al. : amns ! y NH
l Z lsn AM <
Solp the case Of I,nmae and Il. d,scaodants
the Arsbisus, |, vas Ioretud mar, han z ono
wears aro that ,hc inmilv of I.hmasl sn,,,.J
dwell in tina nrrscy,, Of thr,r rn.mioc tho;r
hand hrinp ayairs. ru.,v nun .nG ors,n
mans hand ava;na, than, G.o 1G. ,o'Io
and II. 20
| At tho present 1av th, Ar,i,i.,s desc,o5od
| fr IN I.hmarl ar, tbnr,,y r.,;,,s - ,bo ,ro,l3
who remain unccrourr,d olhnreb !, bos hnar
often nttemD,ud by various uati1ns, and eel,.
brated waricrs arpCrg the latter NAV bs men
toned Cyrus, Ponptv and Fri,u. Far 200
years they exercised dominion over tina mnst
clviEz:d and icr,ie partiyos of The earth and
yet, 10 striking contrast with o,her na,i,os
their own hahi.s hsye not been altered In rho
midst OF the civilized world thew have ooo,inu.
cd uDciyillzed The children Of the bopd Gonna,
are Tree. The children of 1romisc. descended
| from the same ancestor. are eoronerod and or,,
cast. How opposed Is this to what, humanlv
spoakiOg, IVES probable when tho propbets
wrote these predictions. WGercn was such
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