Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1891-11-04

Thus saith the Lord God: Behold. I
Arm against thee. Pharaoh. the King OF
Egyps the great dragon that iieth In
the midst ~ his rivers. which hath said
my river II nine own. aud have made
II for myself But viii put hooks In
thy jaws and / will cause the fsh of
thy rivers To stick unto thy scAies and
will bring thee up out of tho midst of
thy rivera md all tho fish of thv river,
shall stick INTO thy scales and the
land of Egypt shail DO desoiats aud
waste; and they shall know that I am
the Lord; because he hath said the river
II mine. and have made It."
While sailing ON this river or stop
ping at one OF the villages We sec pco-
pie on the banks who verify tho Bible
description, for they arc now - they
were In Bible times. Shoes arc now
taken of In reverence 10 sacrcd places.
Children carried astride tho mothers
shoulder, as In liagar's time. Women
with profusion of jcwclry. M when Re-
bccca was afiianccd Lentils shelled
into the potagc. as when Esnu sold his
birshright TO get such dish. The Same
habits of salntation rs when Joseph and
his brethren fell ON each others nccks.
Courts OF iawheld under big trees. as In
oiden times People making bricks with
out straw. compelled by circumstances
To use stubble instead of straw. Fly.
ing over or standing on tho banks. M
In Scripture days. arc Hamingocs, o.
preys. eagles, pclicans, hcrons. cuckoos.
ana bullhnchcs. On all sides OF this
river sepulchers, villages OF scpuichers.
cities OF sepulchcrs, nations OF sepul-
chers. aud one Is tempted To call II an
empire OF tombs. 1 never saw such n
place IA Egypt Ia for graves. And now
we understand the complaining sarcasm
OF the lsraclitcs when they wore ON tho
way from Egypt 20 Canaan. "I,ccauso
therc are no graves In Egypt hast thou
taken us away TO die In the wilder
ness9' Down the river hank come tho
buffalo and tho cattle or kline To drink.
Ana II was tho ancestors OF these cattle
that inspired Pharaoh's dream OF tn.
lean kline and the fat kline.
Here we discmbafIs little while for
Memphis, OFT from tho Nile TO tho
right Memphis. founded by the first
king OF Egypt and for n long while the
capital. city of marble and gold
Home of tho Pharaohs- City nineteen
miles In circumference. Vast colon.
nndcs through which imposing process
sions marched Here stood tho Templo
OF the Sun, itself In briliinncy sur
shone on by another sun. Memphis, In
power over n thousand one hundred
years, or nearly ten times rs long as the
United States have cxistec. Here iss
rccumbcnt statue sevcnty.fvo feet
long. Bronzcd gatewayS A necropoli,
called the Haven OF the Blcst" Hero
Joseph was prime minister Here pha-
raoh received Jacob All possible SPLEEN
doris were built up In this royal city.
HoscA Ezekiel, Jeremiah and Isaiah
speak of IL as something wonderful
Never did visit city with such OF.
allied expectations aud never did nv
anticipations drop so dat Not pillar
stands Not n wall Is unbroken. Not
fountain losses In the sun. Even tho
ruins have been ruined and all that ro-
mains arc chips of marble. small pieces
OF fractured sculpture and splintered
human bones Here and there n letter
OF some elaborate inscription. A toe
or ear OF statue that once
Ind stood In niche of palace
wall Ezekiel prophesicd It's blot
ting out, and the prophecy has been
fulfilled. Ride on" l said TO our party.
"and don't wait for me-" And M I
stood there alone the city of Memphis
In the glory OF past centuries returned.
And ! heard the rush of her chariots
aud the DISH of her fountains and ths
convivinlity OF her palaces and saw the
drunken mobiles roll on the floors a
mosaic. while In startling contrast
amid all the royalties of the place
saw Pharaoh look up into the face Of
aged, rustic Jacob, the shepherd. say.
Ing: How old art thou?"
| int lno -.
till you reach Thebes, In Scriptures
called the City OF No. Hundred-gatsd
Tbebea A quadrangular city four
miles from limit TO limit -Four great
temples, two OF them Karnick and
Luxor. once mountains of exquisite
sculpture and gorgeous dreams soiidi-
fed In stone. Statue Of Harnesses
III. Ss7 tons In weight and seventy-si ave
feet high, but now fallen and scat
tered Walls abloom with the battle
fields OF centuries The surrounding
hills OF rock followed into sepuichers,
on tho walls OF which are chiseled I'm
picture and bieroglyphics the confrma-
ton OF Bible story In regard 20 the
treatment OF the Israelites In Egypt so
that as explorations go ON with the
work, the walls OF these sepuichers be-
come commentaries OF the Bible. thu
Scriptures originally written upon
parchment here cut into everlasting
stone. Thebes mighty and dominans
500 years.
Then she went down In fuifillment Of
Ezclsiers prophecy concerning the City
OF No. which was another name for
Thebes: II will executs judgment In
No. I will cut of the multitudes Of
No" Jeremiah also prophesled: Thus
saith the Lord, win punish the multi
tides Of No" This city OF Thebes and
all the other dead cities Of Egypt, tier
ate and reiterate the veracity Of the
Scriptures, telling the same story
4 which Moses and the prophets told
Have you noticed how God kept
back these archaeological combinations
Of the Bible until our time. when the
air IL full OF unbelief about truthfuineas
Of the dear old book2 He waited un-
al the printing press had been set UP Ia
It's perfected shape. and the submarine
cable was laid, and the world was intel.
ligent enough 70 appreciate the testi-
mony, and then lie resurrocted the deaS