Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-07-19

The meeting of Alexander, and High
Priest ut Jerusalem, and the transla-
ton Just mentioned were among the
greatest events that have taken place
IN this world. They were the direct
lnstrumentalities by which the relig-
ion of the God of Moses was spread
abroad in the civilized world. Alex
andria was one of the ordained places
from which should radiate the truth,
faith, and doctrines of the Old Tes-
lament.
For over period of 300 years the
Ptolmies the successors of Alexander
ruled Egypt, and all that time Alex
andria WAS the focal point of the
learning of all the world When the
Romans became its possessors, it
kept hourishing. 1t became the
market place at which the grain was
bought for the city of Rome. After
Christ, it became the center of
Christianity. As the Old Testament
had been translated there and sent
out to the world, so was the New
Testament translated there and sent
out to the world 1t was there that
scholars and writers visited and iiv-
ed, SO as to have access to the great
est collection of books. 1t was there
that the greatest dispute about the
Trinity or Godhead was started, and
carried on for a century. 1t was
there that Arius Presbyter of the
Christian Church taught and had an
immense following, that the Father,
and Son are not one; that the Son
is a separate being, and inferior to
the Father. The Holy Spirit he
taught was created by the power OF
the Son. The Bishop of Alexandra
took issue with Arius, and their dis
putes divided the Christian church in
its fairest fields. The Roman En-
peror Constantine had about that
time espoused the Christian religion
and to settle the dispute between the
Christians, he called the bishops, and
fathers of the church together in IA
council at Mecca 325 years aftel
Christ. The Council adopted the
doctrines of the Trinity as taught by
the Bishop of Alexandria. Arius
and his followers were excommuni
Gated and forbidden the privileges
of the Christian church, and
banished. But when Constantine
the 2nd. came to the Roman Throne
he recalled the banished Arians, and
placed them at the head of the Chris
tan Church, and in turn excommuni
Gated. and banished the Trinitarians
1t was a bitter bloody fight between
the early Christians. One time ii
WAS the Arians that were driven out
bv fire and sword. An other time il
was the Trinitarians that were drIv,
en- out by fire and sword. The vic
torious party was always the party
that had the Roman Emperor Oh
their side. If Constantine had moi
united Church and State the contests
would not have taken place, at least
not to the shedding of blood, for the
state would have preserved the peace
between the parties The bloody
contests rs recorded in the history ot
Alexandria teach powerful lesson
against a union of church and state
Both Trinitarian, and Arian, Were
the enemy of Paganism, and when
they were not fighting each other
tbev were fighting the Pagans. The
superb temples of the Pagans a
Alexandria were pulled down by the
Christians. In one grand temple
100000 volumes or books were de
stroyed by fire. 1t contained Il his
torr of the past that could not be re
plaeed. Christianity triumphed oyel
all Pagan opposition, and the result
was the Catholic religion, and mod
ern Professionalism
In the 9TH century the Mohame
dan religion uprooted the Christian
religion in Egypt: in G41 4. ID
Alexandria surrendered to the fol
lowers of the Koran. The religious
/ fanatics of the Koran believed in III
books but the lIohamedan Bible
and consequently ordered the grea
library at Alexandria to be destroyed
bv fire. The loss of that library t,
the world has never been, and nevel
can be replaced. One stands amazed
when told of the great number o
valuable volumes that the library con
tanned. For period of 6 months
the books were used to provide am
ple fslel to heat the 1000 baths tina
were kept in daily use III the city o
Alexandria. The Mohamedans hav
held possession of the place witt
but little interruption from that tlm
to this.
The English began the battle at Z 4
A. NJ, on the 11th inst by movio;
their fleet of iron clads close to tn
Egyptian forts near Alexandria. Th'
English fleet silenced all the for.
excepting two before noon. fIN
men were killed and p wounded c
the English. How many the ESyp
tians lost is not know. On the 1ztl
the English renewed the lombard
ment of the forts. The forces o
Aribi Bey withdrew from the city
and then tie town was set on tre
and pillaged, and thus the grand oil
place founded by Alexander tn
great, was destroyed The EngIsl
landed troops and made an effort t.
save part of the city from the flames
They rescued q number OF foreign
ers, mostly English people that es
capped the Egyptians: The rescue,
Englishmen, "say they sGw hun
dreds of Christians and European
,nassacred, dragged through tn
streets, mutilated, stamped upon an,
thrown into burning buildings wit
hands and feet tied They say tn
berbarities exceed all belief. In
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