Daily Republican., 1889-09-11
Ancient rIaces.
For the REPUBLICAN.

FOR the REPUBLICAN.
In q former article. have shown that
the Mora stone, near Upsaia, in Sweden.
was probably the same stone that j oshua'
the Israelilish chief, had once set IN ia
the plain OF Moreh.
In continuation Of the subject I will
state that the town OF Salem stood on tile
plain OF Moreh, and still can be found
tle;e to-day. This may havo been the
town OF Melchizadek, for there is no evI.
dence that the present city OF Jeru-salem m
was SO called at that time. Gen. %. .18.
And Jacob came to Shalem, q city OF
shechem, which Ia in the land of Ca
naan, when he came from Padan-aram.
and pitched his tent before the city y
20. And be erected there an altar and
called 1t tEl-Elohe-Israel." 1t was then
considered very sacred place. 1 wish
to show that Up-Sala In Sweden is named
from Salem In the plain of Moreh.
| The prefix Up denotes some hing that
is further up stream or up q mountaiu.
or, as In this case, up north.
The city of Upsala has been the sacred
| city OF Sweden from time immemorial.
1t and tho Mora Stone near by was the
place OF the National Assemblages. and
! there was splendid temple and sacred
grove, like the kings OF Israel, planted
In their own land; aud here is still the
seat oil the Chief Archbishopric and q
great cathedral $50 feet long. $40 feet
wide and 105 feet high.
The ten lost tribes left Media and
Persia, where they had been transplanted
by Shalmanezer, the King of Assyria. 100
years b. G.. They disappeared in the
northern wilderness, and were probably
under the command of Hosea their King.
About this time there appeared In Ger
many, Sweden and Denmark such a bod v
oil people aud established their new wor-
ship at Upsala.
Ia the language of Scandinavia their
leaders name is spelled SIgge. But q
| often has had the sound of iu that
language, and 10 Greek always when
two g's came before vowel. For In.
stance dag for day.
These men settled In Saxony, Dem
mark and Sweden. A large body In the
South of Sweden were called Golhs. The
termination 9th was rather peculiar to
Hebrew, as Chineroth, Beeroth, Succoth
al the tanks of the Jordan were called
Gioth. This last word is probably the
source Of their name, as they had come
from the banks of Jordan.
They remained hidden from the world
in this north country for nearly q thou-
sand years. But finally their numbers
became 30 great that they were forced t,
send out bands of colonists.
Germany was Oiled with their own
people, so they had to push further
south. Then they came 10 contact with
the lcRions OF imperial Rome.
Now commenced contest which WAS
to decide whether Europe was to remain
Roman or become Gothic.
In her conquest of the civilized word
Of men, seldom had Rome met with any
serious reverses. she was then at the
zenith OF her power. With the whole
world at her back, could she not then
drive back these scattered bands OF colo
nists? 1t appeared she could not. The
struggle was long and enduring; for the
colonists, obtaining their lands, would
settle down and cultivate them.
But the north was crowded with young
men. They must have more room. They
had heard OF the successes of the pioneers
and kept coming on, so the conflict was
almost unceasing, till fiually.the Gothic
trumpet was heard in the streets of
Rome" Rome fell.
The Goths having achieved the con-
guest of Europe, established the modern
Kingdoms as they are to-day.
| cannot here give all OF the proofs
which serve to Identify lost Israel; but /
Will quote from tue prophecies OF what is
to be. Jer. 10, IA: Therefore the days
come, saith tho Lord, that It no more
shall be said, the Lord liveth that brought
up the children OF Israel out of the land
of Egypt. But, the Lord liveth that
brought up tho children of Israel out of
the land of the north"
Now, 1t might be said that this refers
only to the Jews. But the text will not
permit that Interpretation.
Jer. 8, II. ''In those days tile house
of Judah shall walk with the house of
Israel, and they shall come together out
of the land of the North to the land that
have given for an inheritance unto
your fathers." We are now acquainted
with oil parts of the world, and l ask
where else, except IN the North OF Europe,
can you find people answering to the
d descendants Of the people of Israel in any
northern part ofthe world.
DR. OuISDy